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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....
...One reader, Michael Kassen, argued that Berkshire’s lower volatility and no-dividend policy create advantages over the S&P: Let’s assume that over the next 10 years BRK and the S&P produce identical returns...
...“Subscription fatigue is not happening any time soon, at least not in entertainment,” says Michael Wolf, chief executive of Activate, the US consulting firm....
...Chapters highlight examples from companies such as Amazon, Nike and Gillette and how they adopt woke capitalism in different ways....
...He has been nicknamed the “Michael Jordan of esports”, after the retired US basketball player....
...Under Michael Greif’s direction, the time-twisting tale unfolds in knockabout style thanks to Norris’s slick, Seinfeldesque dialogue and the cast’s deadpan comic talents....
...However, I wonder what contribution was made by King C Gillette, whose patent for the safety razor was granted in 1904....
...Michael Kassan, chief executive of the consultancy MediaLink, talked of “the chaos at the intersection of marketing, technology and advertising giving [everyone] sleepless nights”....
...If Michael Dubin, founder of Dollar Shave Club, needs to thank anyone for his success, it should be shoplifters. Disposable razor blades make rich pickings for shoplifters....
...The Life and Death of Sherlock Holmes , by Mattias Boström, translated by Michael Gallagher, Head of Zeus, RRP£25, 597 pages Roger Lewis is author of ‘The Life and Death of Peter Sellers’ (Century)...
...The maker of household brands such as Tide detergent and Gillette razors has been resisting Trian's calls for change as it believes that the current management and board are best placed to turn round the...
...Groups such as Unilever, which makes Dove soap, and P&G, which owns Gillette razors, have slashed advertising budgets, as ecommerce giants change the way goods are bought, sold and distributed....
...michael.skapinker@ft.com Twitter: @Skapinker...
...Founder Michael Dubin’s mantra was “stay focused on what’s important, stay narrow”. A third key to achieving bold objectives is to frame your goal for the customer, or audience, you need to convince....
...When Michael Dubin launched his $1 razor online business with an in-your-face slapstick video, describing them as “f…ing great”, his website crashed after two hours and his inventory of razors sold out in...
...It features founder and chief executive Michael Dubin striding through the company’s warehouse explaining how Dollar Shave Club’s razors are “f***ing great” and questioning why anyone would spend $20 a month...
...Sir, I was delighted to read of the innovators challenging Gillette, Schick and others in the lucrative men’s shaving market (“The start-up challengers on the cutting edge of a shave”, December 16)....
...Dollar Shave Club is a subscription service, whose founder Michael Dubin starred in an irreverent viral video that mocked Gillette’s vibrating handles....
...Michael Dell has struggled to find the right formula for Dell since returning in 2007. Kenneth Lay’s comeback at Enron ended with the company’s bankruptcy and his own trial for fraud....
...The two men met while serving on the board of Gillette, and Mr Lemann played a major role in the 2008 takeover of beer maker Anheuser-Busch by InBev....
...Only a few targets, such as Gillette in the late 1980s, have evaded him. A generation ago, he explains, “what you had was a very lazy managerial elite”....
...IT is not his priority, but adaptability and security loom large in a business that handles the accounts of clients that include Diageo, the drinks group, and the Gillette razor brand owned by Procter &...
...Pringles is an orphan brand, out of place among P&G’s Pantene shampoos, Gillette razors and Ariel detergents....
...One by one, Nike, EA Sports, Gillette, NetJets and Gatorade have put their arm round Mr Woods and declared that their relationship continues....
...According to Michael Norton, communications director for Gillette, a further attraction was the unique chance to be involved in an HBO series because the subscription-only channel does not normally carry...
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