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P&G bets on new, expensive razor to attract consumers - WSJ
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Posted on 04/18/2014 8:50:12 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA

April 18 (Reuters) - Procter & Gamble Co is planning to offer a new kind of razor, with a swiveling ball hinge and a pricey tag, to move forward with its strategy to push premium products, according to the Wall Street Journal on Friday .

The world's largest household products maker has seen sales of its Gillette razors suffer a hit in the fourth quarter of 2013 from the growing trend of sporting moustaches and stubble.

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How did people ever get by before battery powered razors?/s
1 posted on 04/18/2014 8:50:12 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA
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To: Red in Blue PA
An electric will do on days off....when I need to look my best I use a Gillette Sensor blade which costs about fifty cents at CVS.
2 posted on 04/18/2014 8:53:24 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Stalin Blamed The Kulaks,Obama Blames The Tea Party)
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I find that any razor I use which has more than 2 blades has a greater propensity to cut and leave marks. I use cheap 2 blade Schtick’s.


3 posted on 04/18/2014 8:55:07 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA (When Injustice becomes Law, Resistance Becomes Duty.-Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Red in Blue PA

Can’t imagine this. I buy the generic “for sensitive skin” throwaway razors at Wally World. Do a good job.


4 posted on 04/18/2014 8:55:24 AM PDT by upchuck (Support ABLE, the Anybody But Lindsey Effort. Yes, we are the ABLE!!)
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To: Red in Blue PA

Dollar shave club is pretty good and should be pulling the price downward. Maybe the response is a higher prices alternative that shifts demand.


5 posted on 04/18/2014 8:55:34 AM PDT by ilgipper
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To: Red in Blue PA

So, I’m axing....just why don’t these guys just produce a No-no hair eradicator that works on a man’s beard.

I mean, apparently all the stigma of being a p@ssy, er uh, excuse me, metrosexual —— no, no...that ain’t right, either. A man who likes his forearm and chest to feel like they’ve just had a fresh wax.....dammit! That ain’t it, either. As bald assed as a baby? Nope, that ain’t it, either....

Hell, I just give up. I shave once a week, maybe. I use some old Braun electric shaver I’ve had for 20 years. Smooth, soft? I don’t give a crap...I just shave when the man-stubble irritates me.

All you manginas out there need to get a grip. [Not directed to you, Red in Blue PA]


6 posted on 04/18/2014 8:56:34 AM PDT by Gaffer (Comprehensive Immigration Reform is just another name for Comprehensive Capitulation)
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I’m 60. I got a free multi-blade razor in the mail once with the idea that I’d buy their blades. I used the original blade for three years and it is one of the items that somehow got lost in the divorce.

But I mainly just use a norelco electric I get at costco and replace it every ten years or so...


7 posted on 04/18/2014 8:59:04 AM PDT by cuban leaf
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A traditional wet shave is the best. That trend is coming back. For some, it never left.


8 posted on 04/18/2014 9:00:20 AM PDT by Theoria (End Socialism : No more GOP and Dem candidates)
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To: cuban leaf

Norelco = Braun


9 posted on 04/18/2014 9:00:48 AM PDT by cuban leaf
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To: ilgipper

Dollar shave club - I love that guy’s advert!


10 posted on 04/18/2014 9:01:55 AM PDT by PGR88
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11 posted on 04/18/2014 9:02:58 AM PDT by Ghost of SVR4 (So many are so hopelessly dependent on the government that they will fight to protect it.)
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Cletus does a brih-hog 3x/week with his Norelco.
I get new blade sets annually.
I usually use “Romney-Shave”* to relieve the obligatory “shaver bites” to a minimum.

* Google it; “Lectric Shave”


12 posted on 04/18/2014 9:04:02 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alterations - The Acronym explains the science.)
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I consciously avoid products which have multi-million dollar representatives such as Roger Federer. Nothing against him personally, but that is simply a waste of money and I know my dollars are going into his pocket so why bother?


13 posted on 04/18/2014 9:04:08 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA (When Injustice becomes Law, Resistance Becomes Duty.-Thomas Jefferson)
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That must be better....it has a higher number!/s


14 posted on 04/18/2014 9:04:36 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA (When Injustice becomes Law, Resistance Becomes Duty.-Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Red in Blue PA

what happened to the foam brush?

what happened to the ELECTRIC razor?

what happened to the invetigations over blade price fixing?


15 posted on 04/18/2014 9:04:38 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

Egads! I need an editor.

Note from my previous post “brih-hog” is intended to be “brush-hog”


16 posted on 04/18/2014 9:05:42 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alterations - The Acronym explains the science.)
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To: Red in Blue PA
Used the Mach series for years but it seems the quality fell off. Found “Dorco Pace 6 Plus” at amazon. Just as good, but cheaper.....
17 posted on 04/18/2014 9:06:39 AM PDT by virgil283
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18 posted on 04/18/2014 9:06:56 AM PDT by Red Badger (Soon there will be another American Civil War. Will make the first one seem like a Tea Party........)
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19 posted on 04/18/2014 9:07:35 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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To: virgil283

P&G blades seems to get dull quicker than others I have used. Would love to see someone quantify that in a study.


20 posted on 04/18/2014 9:07:35 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA (When Injustice becomes Law, Resistance Becomes Duty.-Thomas Jefferson)
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