Soon-to-be Panasonic scraps National Japan brand

National/panasonic to just Panasonic branding. Good move matsushita.

I'll miss the old National brand. It had a quaint Stalinist ring to it.

I hate to see old brand names disappear, makes me feel very sad.

Rival companies will continue to refer to it as "Maneshita," due to its propensity to speedily come up with imitations.

Conservative marketing style, that’s why Panasonic failed in the market. Why these people hate “National” brand name. I will also miss the old National brand.

Without a proper survey in the market, they are going to remove “National” brand name. Panasonic will again suffer in the Non-Japanese market with its new brand name.

I too liked the National brand I think Matsushita is making a mistake as the Panasonic brand doesn't really have any currency here or in places like the US

It is a great pity that the National brand is to be 'retired'. I have fond memories from the early to mid-1960s of the invasion of Japanese transistor radios into Australia, an invasion spearheaded by National, Sanyo, and to a lesser extent Sony (also Toshiba, Sharp, Hitachi, NEC, AIWA, Crown, Silver, Standard, Japan Victor Co., even a Yashica ([I had one]). I will miss the big N and the red lightning bolts and the National word. The electric fan in my air-conditioned office is an early 1970s National (Made in Japan) and it is still pressed into service when the air-con fails. Those days certainly seemed to be 'simpler'. Long live the brand name NATIONAL ! There is no real reason why you could not still serve us well. LeW