This increase is telling; more consumers are buying generic and store brand items in recent years than ever ... Johnson & Johnson Band-Aid products shown Jan. 24, 2011; and a March 7, 2012 ...

Ever reached for a Kleenex only to realize you’re looking at a generic box of tissues and thought, “Wait, WHAT?” I’m not ...

As Kleenex is exiting the Canadian market, here’s a look at other common brand names that have become generic terms. Updated Aug. 25, 2023 at 2:36 p.m. Aug. 25, 2023 ...

Like Kleenex, ChapStick, and Band-Aid, Botox is such a leader in its field that the brand name itself is regularly used to refer to the generic product it represents.

We have all heard of Band-Aid, Tylenol, Benadryl and Johnson’s baby powder. We have never heard of the new made-up word Kenvue. But Kenvue will be the new corporate parent of these familiar ...

Many items we use every day, like zippers and escalators, were once brand names. These names are or were trademarked, but are now often used to describe any brand in a product category.