Procter & Gamble's Toxic Sanctimony

Townhall.com ^ | January 16, 2019 | Michelle Malkin

[Gamecock]

So what is the P&G president’s address?

I have a Gillette razor I would like to mail him/her.

[ClearCase_guy]

I really don't understand why corporations who are out in the marketplace living in a world of supply and demand don't just focus on business and make good products at a low price. Why try to do anything else?

But so many corporations are focusing on pleasing leftwing loons, and they ignore sound business practices ("Don't insult your customers"). This doesn't make sense.

[Grampa Dave]

Besides nothing exciting or real value to any non Apple addict, what does the new I phone offer real users not addicts?

Also, Apple’s CEO is more interested in pushing the gay agenda and the anti Trump agenda than his business.

In the near future, the surviving Business schools will document how many CEO’s including the owners of the NFL/Apple/Gillette~P&G have destroyed their companies.

Or they came close to destroying their companies with their liberal attacks against America and those who love America.

Many CEO’s have started the destruction of their businesses with their vile attacks on those who work and live a positive lifestyle instead of a self destructive liberal non productive one!

Politics at its very core embodies the selective. i.e., once a political position is stated you have to account that you are now on the opposite side of 50% of all current, as well as potential customers. Sometimes the numbers can be higher.

But that’s the rule-of-thumb. That’s why it used to be the absolute last thing any CEO worth-their-salt would argue publicly, let alone place its business and customers directly into any political fray.

It seems that many of these CEO’s like NFL/Apple/Gillette~P&G and ? forgot they were in the business of business – not the business of liberal politics.

Many of us have a suspicion, the price they are going to pay in loss of sales, reputation, as well as share holder condemnation will be legendary.

[Leaning Right]

My sources tell me that Gillette will take swift action here. The current CEO will be forced out. His replacement will be this this...person.

[Cronos]

I used to work on analytics for them. I haven't bought any of their products for the past 4 years, not as a protest but just because I took at hard look at the real value for money and realized that I can get the same value, same quality at a much lower price. For blades I use wilkonson sword or Dollar Shave. for toothpastes I use a mix of colgate and Lidl makes and for house cleaning stuff Lidl made stuff knocks any branded stuff out of the water

The problem is that the company is dominated by marketing to squeeze more from the customer.

I always suggest go for non-branded stuff from Discount marketers (lidl, Aldi, Costco etC)

[Cobra64]

Why all the melodrama over an ad that some middle manager approved? This is just a case of poor judgement that offends a large market segment. Move on.

[ecomcon]

It is because large consumer products corporations have to advertise. Advertising and marketing is totally dominated by politically corrected liberals. Put that together with the pressure to continually have a new “pitch”, and here we are.

[rhombus10]

Does Gillette now expect us to shave our chests, pits, and pubes?

[central_va]

I was thinking her.

[Buckeye McFrog]

I really don't understand why corporations who are out in the marketplace living in a world of supply and demand don't just focus on business and make good products at a low price. Why try to do anything else?

Because their marketing departments are staffed with Millenial female SJW's who are addicted to social media and earned degrees from America's finest Liberal brainwashing universities. In their world this IS the best way to conduct business.

This same type of thought is overrunning MBA programs too.

[Mouton]

they have been spinning off businesses for some time: Duracell, IAMS and a ton of “beauty” companies for some time. I guess the next plan is to spin the rest of the business into the ground.

[Gamecock]

I use old school double edge safety razor. Blades cost pennies each. 50 blades will last me 6 or 7 months and cost less than $20.00.

[rhombus10]

When will corporations realize they are paying too much for people with college degrees in BS? Caveat emptor.

[NonValueAdded]

The stock hasn’t taken a big hit yet, but folks are just starting to burn through Gillette to its parent company.

Imagine if the Patriots had home field advantage and lost at “the Razor.” Hey, this is a double whammy on the NFL. As if the kneeling wasn’t enough, now there is Gillette Field.

[Leaning Right]

> Put that together with the pressure to continually have a new “pitch”, and here we are. <

That’s true pretty much across the board. “Steady as she goes” is no longer an acceptable strategy for many company executives. No glory there.

Now it’s “We make washing machines. So let’s get into the insurance business too!”

[Wallace T.]

The odd thing is that most of the biologically male hipsters who would support this commercial’s message have Duck Dynasty type beards, obviously not customers of Gillette products.

[woodbutcher1963]

As much as all of us toxic males are trashing them we have to admit one thing. They are getting huge amounts of publicity out of this. It is all over cable news, the internet and social media. So, if that is what they were aiming for, I would say that for every customer they lose to Dollar Shave Club, Harry’s, Schick, etc maybe they gain somebody else. However, it sure seems like they offended their core customer base. Talk about killing a cash cow product.

[trebb]

I moved to Schick yesterday - a new razor with 3 blades costs about the same as 2 Gillette blades...and the price of 2 Gillette blades gets you 5 blades...

[Perseverando]

Gillette is owned by (P&G) Proctor & Gamble. Here are P&G’s brands: https://us.pg.com/brands/