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Everyone here would have been, I'm quite certain! Stalin might have dropped in when we visited - but I doubt it.If Lenin himself had walked around the corner, you would not be surprised.
Everyone here would have been, I'm quite certain! Stalin might have dropped in when we visited - but I doubt it.
At a guess - because theres a (near zero cost) opportunity to sell a product that they already make at a handsome profit.
...although they have been making DE blades in Vietnam for at least 7 years that I know of (Gillette Superthins came in 2 variants back then - Vietnamese or Thai with little to tell between them - I like those blades a lot so bought big big big)
As well, one of their employees posts on another forum and now & again drops some fascinating clues regarding Gillette DE blades & production in St. Pete. One clue was that the Silver Blue blade is merely the old 7 O'Clock Super Platinum (Blue Russian) renamed.
I totally agree with this. Manufacturing costs are at/near a penny per blade, so at $6 for 5 blades (minus packaging & advertising costs) you're looking at roughly a 10,000% profit margin. Nothing to sneeze at even if my math is wrong.At a guess - because theres a (near zero cost) opportunity to sell a product that they already make at a handsome profit.
The Thai market ones were made in Vietnam (when I got mine) and the Vietnamese market ones made in Shanghai... Same machines making the blades but Shanghai didn't have an automated packing line like Vietnam so the blades weren't always the same way up in the packet...
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