Newest Gillette, rotates!
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Wake me up when they introduce a 6 blade, open comb, ProGlide FlexBall slant.
Wall Street Journal article today. P&G (owner of Gillette brand) is rolling out a new multiblade razor. This razor has multi-blades (of course) and looks to have a pivoting head set on a ball, similar to Dyson vacuum cleaners if you are familiar with those.
Looks like overkill to me.
Here is a link to a web posting: http://qz.com/200559/what-gillette-...ball-razor-and-duck-genitalia-have-in-common/
Check the last paragraph in the on-line article. I'd like to see that Harvard Busness Review article that posits a return to single blades. Can anyone here dig it up and post it?
I copied the WSJ article and attached it. Hope it is readable. Interesting pie chart that shows Gillette with 66% of US market for razors and blades. Schick is a distant second at 18%, Bic at 7%. Gillette has 3.6x the market share of next closest competitor. Very difficult to grow much beyond that.
Happy Easter to all. Thank goodness that there is someone who has paid the debt for all of our sins.
BSAGuy
Looks like overkill to me.
Here is a link to a web posting: http://qz.com/200559/what-gillette-...ball-razor-and-duck-genitalia-have-in-common/
Check the last paragraph in the on-line article. I'd like to see that Harvard Busness Review article that posits a return to single blades. Can anyone here dig it up and post it?
I copied the WSJ article and attached it. Hope it is readable. Interesting pie chart that shows Gillette with 66% of US market for razors and blades. Schick is a distant second at 18%, Bic at 7%. Gillette has 3.6x the market share of next closest competitor. Very difficult to grow much beyond that.
Happy Easter to all. Thank goodness that there is someone who has paid the debt for all of our sins.
BSAGuy
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Now if they make one with the floppy Mach3 head, that swivels, and vibrates, but has seven blades, and three lube strips, with a dual blade on the back, and dispenses foam...
They will... next year...
after reading what they compare it to:
after reading what they compare it to:
what he said
The wall street journal must be struggling if it has to roll out a 2 page spread about a new Gillette razor.
Here's a link to the Harvard Business Review article;
http://blogs.hbr.org/2010/02/gillette-razor-blades-and-crea/?_ga=1.107931330.1502724557.1397839246
http://blogs.hbr.org/2010/02/gillette-razor-blades-and-crea/?_ga=1.107931330.1502724557.1397839246
What the hell does a shave have to do with the size and shape of a duck's dong? These people have way too much time and money on their hands.
Aya. Maybe they can add an extra head or two on that ball and call it HYDRA. That'll sell.
Did they hire the same engineer who came up with the dyson vacuum cleaner that has a ball instead of wheels.
Apparently
Source: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-04-18/gillettes-new-razor-could-overturn-its-100-year-old-business-model#r=hp-ls
I could be wrong but with a swiving head like that seems to me like cutting yourself would get easier.
I think the next model should have a flashlight on it for better lighting on your face. And I like the idea of a shaving cream dispenser. But I won't be satisfied until I see at least 10 blades.
ElBandito - Thanks for posting the HBR article link. Also, I agree on where the heck did they get the analogy to avian reproductive organs in the first article.
Cuts hairs 23 microns shorter? 20% fewer missed hairs? Count me in!
