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Old Posted Jan 15, 2013, 7:41 PM
tovangar2 tovangar2 is offline
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King Gillette

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Originally Posted by GaylordWilshire View Post
Gillette didn't stay long.
Gillette was living in "paradise, California style" by 1926 and died in '32.


King got the idea for disposable blades (his one great idea* which did take off) from bottle caps. Something everyone needed, bought and discarded, over and over again.


celebrateboston

And one more of those great Gillette ads:

motleyfool

* If 'planned obsolescence' can be called a 'great idea'.

Last edited by tovangar2; Jan 15, 2013 at 8:34 PM. Reason: add ad
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