Companies that pivoted – MSN/ Love Money
American Express was first set up as a rival to the ‘slow’ American Postal Service shuttling post between the East and West Coast – hence the name

Companies that pivoted – MSN/ Love Money

Growing and adapting is important to a business’s success, but sometimes a company needs to take a complete change of direction to hit the big time.

From dried fish to root beer and tractors to a wallpaper cleaner, these household names – such as Colgate, Avon, Nintendo and Wrigley – changed direction and business model to become the worldwide successes they are today.

A 1,600-word pictorial feature written for Love Money and first published on MSN Money in September 2020.