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Robert Spear Hudson (6 December 1812 – 6 August 1884) was an English businessman who popularised dry soap powder. His company was very successful thanks to both an increasing demand for soap and his unprecedented levels of advertising. After his death, the company was taken over by his son, and was later purchased by Lever Brothers.
Cussons, Son & Co., catalogue from 1898 when Thomas had moved to Swinton, Manchester. Thomas Tomlinson Cussons (24 November 1838 – 18 March 1927) was the head of the British soap manufacturing business Cussons & Son.
H. Bronnley & Co. (or Bronnley) is a British soap and toiletries producer established in 1884 in London. The company moved to Brackley , Northamptonshire before 1961 and was located in the old Chesham and Brackley Brewery premises, with their box making department located across the road in an old manor house.
The Larkin Company, also known as the Larkin Soap Company, was a company founded in 1875 in Buffalo, New York as a small soap factory. It grew tremendously throughout the late 1800s and into the first quarter of the 1900s with an approach called "The Larkin Idea" that transformed the company into a mail-order conglomerate that employed 2,000 people and had annual sales of $28.6 million ...
Josiah Wedgwood (1730-1795) was an English potter who also popularized the spread of trade catalogs; his first catalog, Queen’s Ware, was published in 1774. [1] Wedgwood targeted upper-class customers, believing that selling to the wealthy would also influence into buying his ceramics.
The UK Cleaning Products Industry Association is the leading trade association for companies representing UK producers of cleaning and hygiene products. This includes soaps, washing powders and liquids, household disinfectants, air care and polishes, as well as professional cleaning and hygiene products used in industrial and institutional applications.
Unilever PLC is a British multinational fast-moving consumer goods company founded on 2 September 1929 following the merger of British soap maker Lever Brothers and Dutch margarine producer Margarine Unie. It is headquartered in London, England.
The Thomas Hedley Co. was a British company based in Newcastle upon Tyne manufacturing soap and candles.It was founded in 1837 by two businessmen, Thomas Hedley and John Green, who set up a manufacturing facility on the city's City Road.