Tag Archives: Gillette

Raheem Sterling tries to redefine men for Gillette – is this too ambitious?

When does purpose in advertising become preachiness? These days P&G is following long-time rival Unilever down the purpose route, most notably with Gillette which seems to be trying to redefine what men are all about – apart from beings who ...

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P&G glimpses former glories – as Apple begins to look more like P&G

Are old-style companies on the way back? Procter & Gamble has just posted its best quarterly results for 13 years (if you except a $8bn hit for Gillette, of which more later) while Apple, which is beginning to resemble an ...

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P&G unveils Spanish “mental overload” mystery

Have marketers taken leave of their senses? Maybe it’s all that data. Here’s the mighty Procter & Gamble and Proximity Madrid investigating women’s “mental overload,” to what end we know not. Maybe it’s something to do with International Women’s Day. ...

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Harry Kane fails to score for Harry’s and mental health

Men’s grooming has become a right old business this year with Gillette trying to redefine masculinity (to mixed effect) and now German razors-by-mail firm Harry’s is adding its two-pennorth with England football captain Harry Kane (a Harry’s user presumably) telling ...

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Uniqlo double faults with new Federer campaign

Tennis ace Roger Federer ditched Nike in favour of a $300m ten-year contract with Uniqlo despite admitting that he was at the “back end” of his career. Well Uniqlo needs some bang for its bucks so it’s produced this. Federer ...

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Saturday Night Live enters Gillette fray

Gillette’s controversial ‘toxic masculinity’ campaign is the gift that keeps on giving, as least as far as the world’s humorists and some other brands are concerned. We’ve already had Egard Watches’ spin on it and Saturday Night Live has entered ...

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