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...This is the old “razor and blade” technique popularised by Gillette, which sold safety razors at cost and replacement blades for a profit. But some companies push this too far....
...He added that the company — whose products include Head & Shoulders shampoo, Tampax tampons and Gillette razors — was “just starting” to “dig our way out” following margin erosion in successive earlier quarters...
...P&G, whose portfolio includes Gillette razors and Head & Shoulders shampoo, said sales volumes declined 7 per cent in its main markets in western Europe, whereas they were in “modest” positive territory...
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...But Mattel allowed Gerwig and her co-writer Noah Baumbach to satirise (albeit affectionately) both the company and its leading brand....
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..., absolutely trouncing the wider market: Buffett simply didn’t own any tech stocks during the tech bubble (his biggest positions then, in descending order of size: Coke, American Express, Freddie Mac, Gillette...
...“It’s the apex of wet shaving,” says Robert Burton, ecommerce manager at The Executive Shaving Company, which sells a range of cut-throats....
...The maker of Tide detergent and Gillette razors on Friday reported a 1 per cent quarter-on-quarter drop in sales volume in the three months to June 30, which it said was offset by an 8 per cent increase...
...HP sells its printers at low margins, just as Gillette sells razors at cost. But both companies make a fortune selling printer toner and razor blades at ever-increasing prices....
...goods), the biggest health insurer, half of a payment duopoly, a vast value retailer, and a collection of strong consumer staples brands (Pampers, Tampax, Gillette, and so on)....
...This is annoying, but you have to admire the business model, which is the Gillette Mach 3, only more expensive....
...Since Dollar Shave Club disrupted Gillette by selling razors cheaply on subscription and digital advertising failed to provide the hoped-for cushion for free media content, every company seems to crave subscribers...
...Rams started working with Vitsoe only as a side project, since he was employed by Braun, a family-owned company for which he designed radios, alarm clocks and other devices (Braun was acquired by Gillette...
...Chapters highlight examples from companies such as Amazon, Nike and Gillette and how they adopt woke capitalism in different ways....
...Procter & Gamble, the company behind Tide detergent and Gillette razors, plans to raise prices on some of its products after warning of a $1.9bn after-tax hit in the year ahead from higher commodity and...
...“It’s a race to become the Old Spice, Dove, Gillette or Axe [Lynx] for this generation of male consumers,” he says. Follow @ftweekend on Twitter to find out about our latest stories first...
...Huskinson was a coal miner for 39 years, and now urges fellow workers in Gillette to prepare for coal’s demise. “They make you believe you can count on 10 or 15 years of employment,” she said....
...Renewables might have a bad name in Gillette, Wyoming, or Hobbs, New Mexico. But in upwardly mobile circles in Houston, clean energy is just energy....
...Colossal coal mines are visible from the road near the city of Gillette. Pump-jacks producing oil and gas dot the horizon across the Powder River Basin....
...Men with no need to go to workplaces are shaving less, weighing on sales of Gillette razors. Its baby, feminine and family care division, by contrast, saw organic sales up 5 per cent....
...In 2019 barber shops were Britain’s fastest growing retail category for the third consecutive year, says the Local Data Company....
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