> [$100 million is nothing compared to the $1 billion that Gillette
> spent on deveoping the Mach3 (which I enthusiastically use, of
> course)]
It still blows me away that they spent $1B developing it, but I do agree that it is an excellent razor. Anybody want a couple of packs of TracII blades? -- I'll never use them again.
[snip to the good part]
> Research conducted by Kimberly-Clark shows that consumers
> agree that moist methods clean and freshen better than dry
> toilet paper alone. The results of a recent Kimberly-Clark
> survey showed that 63% of respondents have used a moist
> cleansing method after toileting and one out of four use a
> moist cleansing method on a daily basis.
This is my favorite 'graph. Clean I get, but 'freshen'? I also am enamored of this new (to me, anyway) verb 'toileting'.
I guess ole Wayne gets the big bucks expressly to keep a straight face for this, uh, shit.
> Wayne R. Sanders, chairman and chief executive officer of
> Kimberly-Clark, said, "Kimberly-Clark is bringing a new dimension to
> the toilet paper category through consumer-driven innovation and
> proprietary technology.
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Joseph Noonan Houston, TX jfn1 at msc.com