Sony introduced Walkman first as "Soundabout." Two months later it went on sale in the United Kingdom as "Stowaway" and then came out as "Walkman." Thus, Sony managers found themselves losing sales because they had three different names for the same item.

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Sony introduced their portable cassette player as "Soundabout" but then changed the name to "Stowaway" for the UK market, before finally settling on "Walkman" as the global name. This led to confusion and potentially lost sales due to the inconsistency in naming.

Sony Introduced Walkman First as "Soundabout