Saw this old Gillette ad and had to laugh a bit. How things have changed. It's one of the many old ads available on the bay and I was actually thinking of buying it, framing it and hanging it in my bathroom.
Would King Gillette still feel the same today?
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The current bossess would have gagged him to keep his mouth shut i think after reading a book of this man, though progress is thier answer i guess from shaving with a straight which required skill, time, honing, stropping to a de which meant dropping the stropping and honing to a razor that all you have to do is flick the 5 blades into a bin and pop another one on, the one thing they forget to add about the progress theme is that its so expensive which is what the advert is all about
He would be proud as all get-out -- Gillette is following his standard model of cheap handles and high profit, disposable razors. They have just taken it to newer heights.
Correct. And it's still a fair bit less expensive than going to the barber shop every morning and paying for a straight shave.
I'm pretty sure he wouldn't hear your question over the noise of the cash register ringing.
I think he'd likely still be bankrupt..
Yep. He set the business model long ago. He would love it.
I've considered hanging framed shaving ads in my bathroom as well....
I think he would be very proud,
King Gillette opened the road to a new kind of industry that every big company still follow today.
King Gillette opened the road to a new kind of industry that every big company still follow today.
I'm certain Mr. Gillette, like any other businessman, would understand the current business model and agree with it. Like all businesses, his company is offering a business proposition that is of benefit to the end user. Today, the business proposition isn't about saving on shaves but on providing time savings and end-user friendly shaves using disposible cartridges. People do not have to spend the same level of time and effort to get a decent shave. To many users, that is worthwhile proposition, so much so that it's the dominant form of shaving in North America and Europe.
Do I agree with this business proposition? No, that's why I DE shave.
Do I agree with this business proposition? No, that's why I DE shave.
I think Mr. Gillette's spirit lives on in the company culture and business models.
Though you'd have to wonder how he'd feel about the continuing popularity of some of his old razors.
Though you'd have to wonder how he'd feel about the continuing popularity of some of his old razors.
Would King Gillette still feel the same today?
I don't think so.
After all these years in the ground he's probably pretty stiff by now.
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I don't think so.
After all these years in the ground he's probably pretty stiff by now.
This;
Imagine being able to get a years worth of barbers shaves for $45.
I think he would feel like this.
Agreed with the rest- his model was profits and continual customers.
Make the gold bars "Carbon Credits" and make him look like the Monopoly guy when he's pulling his pocket linings out to show he has no money.
Something tells me he would not be able to resist whatever the most popular current Progressivist juxtaposition is...
did he really die bankrupt?
Reading these posts, I'm amazed how little people know about KC Gillette. He was a utopian so......t - a communist, really - who wanted to eliminate money and big corporations. As to what he would be thinking today, heaven knows!
P.S. What is going on here?? I typed the word s-o-c-i-a-l-i-s-t, and the system turned it into "so......t" above. Censorship? Political correctness? What has happened to the USA?
