I use to be a part time fitness instructor and when I taught at the Coke headquarters I was told by my coordinator not to bring in a water bottle that wasn’t a Coke brand.

If you go the World of Coke in Atlanta, you won’t see Pepsi products.

Yep, I have a couple of family members who've done really well working for Coke throughout the years. The phrase, "they put the 'cult' in 'culture'" applies. I think it has done really well for them though. When you buy into culture, you become an automatic salesperson.

The latter part about not allowing their sellers to sell Chromecast is reprehensible, and I had no idea that was happening!

Regarding DeWalt, Bosch, etc, I'd highly expect Kobalt to have better product placement (at Lowes). Is that fair?

Would you expect that if you walk into Lowe's and ask for a DeWalt by name, they'd give you a Kobalt? That's what Amazon does with Chromecast