What is the world coming too?

[Mark1966]

So I was standing at the checkout at the local Woolies today and idly turned around and saw THIS -

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I mean, seriously, WHAT is going on? What is the world coming to?

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Old Spice? Gillette? Nivea? Men's Grooming? Images of stock photo African Amercians shaving?

Please, please, please NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

 

[filobiblic]

People buy what they are told to buy... Basically what makes the biggest margin for the companies doing the telling.

 

[JugV2]

When they have to buy shelf space like that, you know their profit margins are shrinking.
Of course, I have a smug chuckle every time I see such a display.

 

[Maxime D.]

When they have to buy shelf space like that, you know their profit margins are shrinking.

A few days ago, I was at Walmart and I noticed that all the Gillette's softwares were on the lowest shelf of the rack. I remember a time when Gillette was mighty and synonymous of manliness, now the mighty is fighting like a wild dog for a share of the market and manliness went to hell with Wild Rain ( Soon to be followed by Cool Wave as they do not advertise it anymore on their site).

Poor guys that are counting on their local drugstores for shaving supplies.

 

[SmallYetDeadly]

Wait...you guys aren't bathing yourselves in Old Spice "Swagger"?

I'm getting this male grooming thing all wrong

 

[Drubbing]

I like Swagger. And Old Spice original deod.

 

[SmallYetDeadly]

You've had a bit of swagger about you ever since you clipped Glen's wings that time!

 

[Mark1966]

I like Swagger. And Old Spice original deod.

This explains SOOOOOOOO much

 

[Drubbing]

I also own a pirate hat and a surfboard...

 

[Mark1966]

I also own a pirate hat and a surfboard...

and listen to FF and hold some obscure WA radio broadcasting record from memory !