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Thread Number: 42769
/ Tag: Recent Vacuum Cleaners from past 20 years
Does Euro-Pro Even Exist Anymore |
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| Post# 448440 , Reply# 1 12/7/2021 at 13:21 (862 days old) by Mieles5380leo (Virginia) | ||
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| Post# 448441 , Reply# 2 12/7/2021 at 13:30 (862 days old) by weltron (Michigan) | ||
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EuroPro is a company called SharkNinja now. They make the Shark vacuums and Ninja blenders. | ||
| Post# 448529 , Reply# 3 12/9/2021 at 15:18 (860 days old) by wstonehocker96 (North Carolina) | ||
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I assume the name EuroPro talked about European Professional Equipment. | ||
| Post# 448552 , Reply# 4 12/9/2021 at 22:09 (859 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana) | ||
Yes Euro-Pro became Shark, then Shark became SharkNinja.
You can see all the company's various trademarks here: www.trademarkelite.com/tr... | ||
| Post# 448567 , Reply# 5 12/10/2021 at 13:37 (859 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
Euro-Pro has an interesting history. It started out as a Canadian company based in Montreal. Their primary business was importing lightweight European sewing machines for the Canadian market.
Then they started marketing a little hand vacuum that looked like a little shark which became very popular. I think their third project was that cordless swivel carpet sweeper that was promoted heavily through infomercials. And they just grew from there. The owners eventually moved the company from Montreal to Boston...about an 8 hour drive away. | ||
| Post# 448568 , Reply# 6 12/10/2021 at 14:54 (859 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana) | ||
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Yeah that Swivel Sweeper thing, I remember getting one when it was new.
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| Post# 448578 , Reply# 8 12/11/2021 at 18:25 (858 days old) by myles_v (Fredericksburg, VA) | ||
Huskyvac, the Swivel Sweeper was marketed by Ontel, a company that made many different as seen on TV products. The Euro-Pro sweeper was marketed primarily as a Shark, they also sold it under the Fantom brand.
I assume they stopped using the Euro-Pro name and switched to Shark Ninja because of brand recognition; people recognized "Shark" (and eventually Ninja) more than Euro-Pro. I attached a link to one of the Shark sweeper informercials. There are some nice clips supposedly recorded in the vacuum section of a store at one point, I spy a Bravo in the background along with some bottles of Oreck carpet cleaning solution. CLICK HERE TO GO TO myles_v's LINK | ||
| Post# 448579 , Reply# 9 12/11/2021 at 19:05 (858 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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| Post# 448595 , Reply# 10 12/12/2021 at 16:02 (857 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana) | ||
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| Post# 448627 , Reply# 11 12/14/2021 at 07:01 (855 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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Here’s a tv commercial advertising the little Shark hand vac that marked the beginning of Euro-Pro’s entry into the vacuum cleaner market. It’s from the year 2000. Canadian Tire is a nation-wide chain of hardware stores that used to focus on tires and other automotive supplies…over the decades, the chain has expanded to offer everything from housewares and vacuums to patio furniture and gardening supplies.
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| Post# 448681 , Reply# 12 12/16/2021 at 20:37 (853 days old) by myles_v (Fredericksburg, VA) | ||
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| Post# 448702 , Reply# 13 12/19/2021 at 06:38 (850 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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