{"id":29367,"date":"2009-08-20T01:13:38","date_gmt":"2009-08-20T00:13:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/blog\/?p=29367"},"modified":"2009-08-19T02:39:54","modified_gmt":"2009-08-19T01:39:54","slug":"the-procter-gamble-logo-then-and-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/main\/the-procter-gamble-logo-then-and-now\/","title":{"rendered":"The Procter & Gamble Logo Then and Now"},"content":{"rendered":"

What would people think of the Procter and Gamble<\/a> brand if the company still used its original logo created when the company launched in 1951?\u00a0 Take a look at the original logo compared to the current logo below.<\/p>\n

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The original logo is about as antique-looking as a company can get as far as logo design goes, but would you be surprised to know that this logo was used until the 1980s?\u00a0 That was when rumors started flying that the image in the logo of the man in the moon looking over 13 stars representing the original 13 colonies of the United States was actually wrought with satanic symbolism, including at least one hidden “666” in the curly beard.<\/p>\n

Still, Procter & Gamble fought the satanic symbolism rumors until finally in the 1990s they removed the beard graphic and later moved from a graphic logo to a wordmark using just the P&G that the company has become known as in the 21st century.<\/p>\n

Little did P&G know nearly two decades ago when the company finally changed its logo that it would be one of the best things it could do in terms of building its brand.\u00a0 The P&G logo and brand name today are far stronger than the old name and logo were.\u00a0 Of course, Procter & Gamble and P&G will always mean the same thing, but in a world of Web 2.0, when people are busy and looking for shortcuts everywhere, it’s great to see a brand story that could have been damaging turn out better than anyone could have hoped.<\/p>\n

It just goes to show that rebranding can work, even when it’s not done by choice.\u00a0 Sometimes a brand just needs to be updated or needs a kick in the pants, so to speak.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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