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2. Gillette - Wikipedia

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   Gillette's original razor patent was due to expire in November 1921 and to stay ahead of an upcoming competition, the company introduced the New Improved Gillette Safety Razor in spring 1921 and switched to the razor and blades pricing structure the company is known for today. While the New Improved razor was sold for $5 (equivalent to $85 in ...

3. King C. Gillette - Wikipedia

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   King Camp Gillette (January 5, 1855 – July 9, 1932) was an American businessman who invented a bestselling safety razor. [1] Gillette's innovation was the thin, inexpensive, disposable blade of stamped steel. [2] Gillette is often erroneously credited with inventing the so-called razor and blades business model in which razors are sold ...

4. Safety razor - Wikipedia

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   The Gillette Safety Razor Company was awarded a contract to supply the American troops in World War I with double-edge safety razors as part of their standard field kits (delivering a total of 3.5 million razors and 32 million blades for them). The returning soldiers were permitted to keep that part of their equipment and therefore retained ...

5. William Emery Nickerson - Wikipedia

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   In 1900, Nickerson was asked to review King C. Gillette's razor idea, which he did, but did not meet or become involved with Gillette at that time. [16] In 1901, Nickerson was again asked to review Gillette's razor. [17] This time, after longer review, he "envisioned machinery that would harden and sharpen the thin steel blades to a keen ...

6. American Safety Razor Company - Wikipedia

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   American Safety Razor Company is a personal care brand founded in 1906 by a merger of the Gem Cutlery Company and Ever-Ready. It is a principal competitor to Gillette, with which it shared a name from 1901 to 1904, when the latter renamed for its founder, King C. Gillette. [1]

7. Big Lots: 8 Best Things To Buy at Its ‘All Stores Closing’ Sale

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   Gillette Disposable Razors. At Big Lots, the Gillette Sensor5 5-Blade Disposable Razors, available in a two-pack, is priced at $9.99. Walgreens sells this same product for $14.99.

8. Razor - Wikipedia

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   The single-edged razor is essentially a 4-centimetre (1.6 in) long segment of a straight razor. The double-edged safety razor is a razor with a slant bar that can be used on both sides, with two open edges. The blade on the double-edged safety razor is slightly curved to allow for a smoother and cleaner shave.

9. Gillette Cavalcade of Sports - Wikipedia

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   The sponsorships had begun three years earlier, according to an article on the Gillette Company in Vol. 68 of the International Directory of Company Histories. In 1939, Gillette president Joseph Spang purchased the sponsorship rights to the World Series on behalf of Gillette for $100,000. A special promotion of Gillette razors and blueblades ...