No. 289 · Friday, 16 October 2026

Which brand is oldest?

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  1. Levi's 1853

    Blue jeans with copper rivets were patented 20 years later, in 1873. Source

  2. Coca-Cola 1886

    It was first sold in a pharmacy in Atlanta, as a medicine, for 5 cents a glass. Source

  3. Nintendo 1889

    Nintendo started out making hand-made playing cards in Kyoto. Source

  4. Ford 1903

    The Model T came out in 1908. By 1927, Ford had built more than 15 million of them. Source

  5. LEGO 1932

    LEGO first made wooden toys. Today's plastic brick arrived in 1958. Source

  6. IKEA 1943

    Ingvar Kamprad founded it at 17. The name comes from his initials plus those of his farm and village. Source

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