French Products
and Companies to Boycott
- Air France
- Air Liquide
- Airbus
- Alcatel
- Allegra (allergy
medication)
- Aqualung (including:
Spirotechnique, Technisub, US Divers, and SeaQuest)
- AXA Advisors
- Bank of the
West (owned by BNP Paribas)
- Beneteau (boats)
- BF Goodrich
(owned by Michelin)
- BIC (razors,
pens and lighters)
- Biotherm (cosmetics)
- Black Bush
- Bollinger (champagne)
- Car & Driver
Magazine
- Cartier
- Chanel
- Chivas Regal
(scotch)
- Christian Dior
- Club Med (vacations)
- Culligan (owned
by Vivendi)
- Dannon (yogurt
and dairy foods)
- DKNY
- Dom Perignon
- Durand Crystal
- Elle Magazine
- Essilor Optical
Products
- Evian
- Fina gas stations
and Fina Oil (billions invested in Iraqi oil fields during UN oil for food
scandal)
- First Hawaiian
Bank
- George Magazine
- Givenchy
- Glenlivet (scotch)
- Hennessy
- Houghton Mifflin
(books)
- Jacobs Creek
(owned by Pernod Ricard since 1989)
- Jameson (whiskey)
- Jerry Springer
(talk show)
- Krups (coffee
and cappuccino makers)
- Lancome
- Le Creuset (cookware)
- L'Oreal (health
and beauty products)
- Louis Vuitton
- Marie Claire
- Martel Cognac
- Maybelline
- Méphisto
(shoes and clothes)
- Michelin (tires
and auto parts)
- Mikasa (crystal
and glass)
- Moet (champagne)
- Motel 6
- Motown Records
- MP3.com
- Mumms (champagne)
- Nissan (cars;
majority owned by Renault)
- Nivea
- Normany Butter
- Parents Magazine
- Peugeot (automobiles)
- Pierre Cardin
- Playstation
Magazine
- ProScan (owned
by Thomson Electronics, France)
- Publicis Group
(including Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising)
- RCA (televisions
and electronics; owned by Thomson Electronics)
- Red Magazine
- Red Roof Inns
(owned by Accor group in France)
- Renault (automobiles)
- Road & Track
Magazine
- Roquefort cheese
(all Roquefort cheese is made in France)
- Rowenta (toasters,
irons, coffee makers, etc.)
- Royal Canadian
- Salomon (skis)
- Sierra Software
and Computer Games
- Smart &
Final
- Sofitel (hotels,
owned by Accor)
- Sparkletts (water,
owned by Danone)
- Spencer Gifts
- Sundance Channel
- Taylor Made
(golf)
- Technicolor
- T-Fal (kitchenware)
- Total gas stations
- UbiSoft (computer
games)
- Uniroyal
- Universal Studios
(music, movies and amusement parks; owned by Vivendi -Universal)
- USFilter
- Veritas Group
- Veuve Clicquot
Champagne
- Vittel
- Vivendi
- Wild Turkey
(bourbon)
- Woman's Day
Magazine
- Yoplait (The
French company Sodiaal owns a 50 percent stake)
- Yves Saint Laurent
- Zodiac Inflatable
Boats