It’s a trap!

by Jeremy Mims 
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Buying toothpaste is hard

How on earth are you supposed to make a decision? And this is just the part of the aisle with colgate....

This is a very good example of a company trying to be everything to everyone and confusing the hell out of their potential customers in the process. No matter what, I was guaranteed to leave feeling like I probably bought a suboptimal toothpaste. There isn't even a chart to help you sort out which one you should buy.

 

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Sep 15, 2009
javiaven said...
There's a great documentary called "Beer Wars", where -although talking about beers, it applies here, too- they explain the reason big companies like Colgate make so many different yet similar products. Since the store will want to show customers they have a big selection of toothpaste, Colgate provides all that choice, in one single, easy-to-use distributor. Great for the store... and great for Colgate, since they take all available shelf space, choking other smaller competitors.
Go to the store and check all the "different" beers -made by Budweiser-, prepared foods -Kraft-, cosmetics -Johnson & Johnson-, and so on...

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