Attention Bargain Shoppers: Top 10 Green Brands!

Julia — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:46:11 -0400

According to advertising conglomerate WPP, these are the top ten green brands to be on the look out for.

These results are based on 1,504 online interviews in the U.S. and 1,525 interviews in the U.K. Do you think they’re accurate? Any others you would like to contribute to the bunch?

1. Whole Foods – natural and organic grocery store (http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/).

2. Wild Oats – natural and organic grocery store, now merged with Whole Foods.

3. Trader Joe’s – specialty retail grocery store featuring organic and natural foods (http://www.traderjoes.com/).

4. Toyota – Japanese multinational corporation; currently the world’s largest automaker (http://www.toyota.com/).

5. Honda – Japanese multinational corporation, engine manufacturer and engineering corporation (http://www.honda.com/).

6. Sub Zero – the industry leader of built-in refrigerators, freezers and wine storage (http://www.subzero.com/).

7. Ikea – a privately-held, international home products retailer that sells flat pack furniture, accessories, bathrooms and kitchens at retail stores around the world (http://www.ikea.com/).

8. Body Shop – The Body Shop is the second largest cosmetic franchise in the world and has over 2,000 stores in more than 50 countries (http://www.thebodyshop.com).

9. General Electric – a multinational American technology and services conglomerate that is the world's third largest company (http://www.ge.com/).

10. Aveda – a company headquartered in Blaine, Minnesota, that manufactures skin care, cosmetics, perfume and hair care products, and trains students in cosmetology, and esthiology at the Aveda Institute (http://www.aveda.com/).

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Attention Bargain Shoppers: Top 10 Green Brands!