Forum:Ingerland/Retail and commercial company names
In an effort to create a sense of consistency across Ingerland can I propose we make a note here of retail and commercial company names so that other mappers can use them. I am working on mapping the centre of Salmouth and I'd like to add some shops and offices but I'd like to use brands that will be used consistently through Ingerland. —Unsigned comment by Myrcia (talk).
Official proposals
For the sake of oragnisation at this point, please keep your suggestions together if not a member of the Ingerland collaborative.
- Supermarkets: Freshmarket and Freshmarket Express, EACO and EACO Local, Allerdale's and Allerdale's Metro, Eller & Cole
- Chemists: Bridges, Savermed
- Bookshops: Stowfordes, AGW
- Department stores: Eamon Jones, Peters and Scott, Lewishead's
Existing chain stores in Glaster
Glaster has carried over a distinct, established and existing variety of stores from before its incorporation into Ingerland. I've included them in a separate section for clarity, as they are not technically proposals but could be upscaled nationally.
- Supermarkets: Almingtons (Almington's Express), Marta (Marta Mini), Glaster Co-operative
- Bookshops: Weston
- Department Stores: Brook's
- Clothing: Morden and Oswald, Lizzie, Blue Banana
- Shoes: Jacobs, Parsons (or Jacobs-Parsons?)
- Electronics: CSV, Silver Shield, Recyclone
- Cars: Leeman, Fabler
- Home and Furniture: Carpet Castle, Glaster Interior Furnishings, Glaster Co-operative Home and Furniture, 1 2 3 Sofa
- Opticians: Weller and Tyler, Pike Optics
- Music: TopDog
- Beauty: Flamingo!, l'Orient
- Travel Agencies: Longitude
- Banks: Glaster Building Society, The Western, South Glaster Investment Bank
- Restaurants: Melodine, The Viceroy, Final Frontier, Al's Diner, Taste of Darcodia (perhaps Plevia is now more appropriate), Big Chicken
- International supermarkets: Ulethan Food Store
- School Uniforms: First Steps
- Garden Centres: Woolmans
- Off Licence: Sparkling Chloe
- Pawnbrokers: Ka-Ching
- Charity Shops: Man Down, Glaster Cancer Society
- Petroleum: Catalyco, PA (PanArchanta)
- Rail companies: Glastrail, West Glaster Railways
Note 1: the precise naming of businesses has been inconsistent throughout the time I have mapped Glaster (9 years now), and feature some variation, though the names on this wiki page can be considered definitive.
Note 2: this list is not exhaustive and there may be more chain stores in Glaster I have not yet identified.
Note 3: a number of these include the word Glaster as part of their naming, though this can be changed quickly if these chains were to be upscaled.
Additional suggestions
Here are some additional suggestions by Rædwald:
- Fast-food restaurants: Brigadier Burger, Simon's Bakery, XD Chicken
- Banks: Huws Bank, Royal Ingerlish Bank
- Entertainment: PLAY
- Petrol: IPC
- Transport and transit: QBus, PrimeDrive, Emerald Bus, Hafenomni, izybus, QCoach, Gigacoach
- Other: Ingerland Parking Management (IPM)
- —Unsigned comment by Rædwald (talk).
- In reorganising this page, a few names that are actual companies were removed, along with a few that are nearly identical or needlessly provocative. You are welcome to contribute to the Ingerland discussion even as not a member of that collaborative territory, but only Ingerland mappers can decide amongst themselves if a company name should be in use. Also, please sign your comments and posts in the future. Thanks. — Alessa (talk) 23:46, 20 November 2023 (UTC)
- Word of caution: some of the items added to the page before Alessa's clean-up were reminiscent of the early days OGF cringe naming. Likewise using prominent company founder names as the basis (O'Leary, Souter). And there also needs to be a certain level of maturity involved - coprolite (fossilised faeces), greedy and suck off for petrochemical company names doesn't really meet that threshold. /wangi (talk) 15:32, 21 November 2023 (UTC)
- —Unsigned comment by Rædwald (talk).
Material from the old wiki still in use outside Ingrea
The following list was compiled by Turnsole80 on the wiki to use in New Ingerland and other locations. Many of these companies are still in use there, and it might be useful to retain them in the new Ingrea. ~~~~
| Name | Industry | Sector | Founded | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASI | Basic materials | Specialty chemicals | 1894 | Allied Specialist Industries (WSE: ASI). Specialist chemicals, explosives, fertilisers, insecticides, dyestuffs, and paints.
cf. Imperial Chemical Industries |
| Averill Motor Company | Consumer Goods | Automobiles & Parts | 1905 | Vehicle manufacturer. Merged with Lilleyman Motors to form IMC 1962. |
| EAC | Industrials | Electronic & Electrical Equipment | 1890 | Electrical Apparatus Company (WSE: EAC). Telecommunications equipment
cf. GEC Plessey Telecommunications |
| Ferraby International | Industrials | Electronic & Electrical Equipment | 1920 | Electrical Components & Equipment (WSE: FBY)
cf. Ferranti |
| Handbury-Prestt | Consumer Goods | Food Producers | 1790 | Confectionery and beverage conglomerate (WSE: HPL)
cf. Cadbury Schweppes |
| Havelock Simpson | Industrials | Aerospace & Defence | 1930 | Aircraft manufacturer (WSE: HSA)
cf. Hawker Siddeley |
| IBC | Consumer services | Media | 1922 | Ingerish Broadcasting Corporation. Broadcasting & entertainment |
| IMC | Consumer Goods | Automobiles & Parts | 1962 | Ingerish Motor Company. Vehicle manufacturer (WSE: IMC)
cf. British Motor Corporation |
| Ingerish Aviation | Industrials | Aerospace & Defence | 1960 | Civil aircraft manufacturer (WSE: IAV)
cf. British Aircraft Corporation |
| Lilleyman Motors | Consumer Goods | Automobiles & Parts | 1911 | Vehicle manufacturer. Merged with Averill Motor Company to form IMC 1962. |
| Lowings & Kingsley | Consumer Goods | Personal Goods | 1850 | Integrated consumer goods (WSE: LAK)
cf. Unilever |
| Nicholson-Brown | Industrials | Industrial Engineering | 1936 | Agricultural and heavy equipment manufacturer (WSE: NBI)
cf. Ferguson-Brown Company |
| O&A | Industrials | Industrial transportation | 1820 | Oriental and Ardentic (WSE: OAA). Shipping and logistics
cf. P&O |
| Phoenix Electric | Industrials | Electronic & Electrical Equipment | 1920 | Electrical Components & Equipment (WSE: PXE)
cf. English Electric |
| Vulcan-Aérospatiale | Industrials | Aerospace & Defence | 1927 | Major international defence contractor (WSE: VUL). Merger of Vulcan and Aérospatiale in 1927.
cf. Vickers-Armstrongs |
Notable domestic subsidiaries
| Name | Industry | Parent company | Founded | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frederick & Chalmers | Consumer products | ASI | 1909 | Matches, toothpicks, skewers, etc. |
| Vulcan Aerospace | Aerospace & Defence | Vulcan-Aérospatiale | 1927 | Military aircraft manufacturer |