Would you believe that Nokia got its start as a wood pulp mill in southern Finland in 1865? Or that Nintendo Koppai was founded in 1889 to produce decks of cards produced from the bark of mulberry
trees? Or that trendy Abercrombie & Fitch started out targeting big game hunters, fisherman and other adventurers (yeah, I would, being that old if not that adventuresome).
Vicki
Passmore has an entertaining roundup of a dozen famous companies that got their starts doing something different from what they're known for today.
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