Today, many of the products we see being sold in shops and supermarkets are
Celebrities have lent their names to many different products such as food and drink,

clothes and perfume.
'Newman's Own' is a successful brand of foods which made over $200 million for good causes since it was founded 28 years ago.
The brand was set-up after some
guests convinced the famous American actor Paul Newman to mass-produce his own brand of salad cream.
This
of
products.
'Jane Asher's Party Cakes' is a company run by the British celebrity Jane Asher. She says that she should not simply
a product with her name. The product must also be of a very good quality.
But not all people are convinced. Some of the people we asked said that they were not
enough to buy a product just because the
used a celebrity's name.
They also felt that
products were
and some famous celebrities were simply
on their names.
Others said that they would buy a product if there were no
and it was advertised by a sports person.
With so much competition in the market, companies use celebrities to try and sell more of their product.
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