[qd011]

Because it's a good name, and names are brands, not some legal commitment to anyone's intepretation of what the company does.

Apple don't sell produce, Tesla have nothing to do with the Serbian-American inventor, Amazon aren't related to the river, and the Walt Disney company kept his name after he died.

[frou_dh]

Not very convincing because all your examples are nouns, when OP was taking issue with an adjective.

[sophacles]

Here's some examples with bad adjectives:

Best Buy is rarely even close to the best price.

Under armor makes a lot of outerware, and thier underwear is not designed specifically for armor.

Yum brands doesn't have very good properties.

Western Union is a global bank, it neither limited to the west nor meaningfully related to union.