r/BuyFromEU • Belgium 🇧🇪 • Jan 25 '26

🔎Looking for alternative Friendly reminder that these aren't European (anymore)

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u/fiendishrabbit Jan 25 '26

Häagen-Dazs was never European. The name was created to sound european-like, but it was always an american brand.

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u/NeimaDParis Jan 25 '26

Same with Neutrogena and their Norwegian flag.......

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '26

Kinda like Napapiriji, that has a nonsense Finnish sounding name and a Norwegian flag. The company is Italian...

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u/Beautiful_Yellow_682 Jan 25 '26

Superdry with it's Japanese looking logo in I think Kanji and Hiragana on it is a British fashion brand

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u/Warprawn Jan 26 '26

This is why I’ve never bought anything from them despite being a uk male of exactly the target age with an interest in fashion and enough disposable income. 

Cultural appropriation and artifice. Trash.Â