Brand Royalty

King of Shaves 1993. King of Blades 2008 (WKoHamat = Tomahawk)

2008-05-02T22:20:21Z

I'm at my parents this weekend with my son and Dad often has a little gift or something for Cameron or me that's caught his eye. This time, he gave me a model of a Piper Tomahawk (which he has been flying for the past year and a half, out of ...

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Enthuses. Exceeds. Enjoys! JT. Go on - be the best you can be - be a King, and Win!

2008-05-01T22:21:01Z

For the past two years, John Terry - Chelsea's 'never say die' Captain has worked with us at King of Shaves (a 'Vauxhall Conference League' brand compared with billion dollar Gillette) to bring stature to our brand, lead our 'Young Blades' sport...

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Introducing the Gillette Fusion Blade-o-Meter. Time for an on pack 'Wealth Warning' perhaps?

2008-05-01T17:23:07Z

It's bad enough when you can't buy the house you want to, nor borrow the money you need to, because the US 'sub-prime' crisis has enveloped the world of lending, leading to the 'Credit Crunch'. But when you see the Crunch-o-meter has five segme...

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Designed to Perform. Braun, Apple & "King of Blades"

2008-04-29T19:04:57Z

Simon, my head of design (and Mac Maniac) has posted an interesting blog piece comparing Apple's recent designs with those of Braun, the German company renowned for its adherence to the 'Form follows Function' philosophy. I worked with Braun i...

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Razor sharp marketing for Gillette Fusion? Perhaps not.

2008-04-28T20:02:14Z

Check this posting out. interesting, eh. You spend all that money (sorry, men, buying Gillette Fusion at £2.50/replacement blade allow Gillette to spend all that money) and it doesn't exactly get traction from the very people you want to buy yo...

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He's not panda'ing to anyone! What a lovely pic!

2008-04-21T21:21:57Z

I wonder what he's thinking about? Whatever it is, he's pretty relaxed. I thought this was a lovely picture, of one of Nature's most endearing bears. Beautiful

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King C Gillette, 1855-1932. The King is dead. Will King, 1965 - ? Long live the King.

2008-04-20T21:16:56Z

Courtesy Roger Harrop You may not yet have heard of King of Shaves - but, believe me, you will! Written 2006: By far the dominant player in shaving products is Gillette followed by Wilkinson Sword and this again is a market where most of us wou...

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The Terminal 5 Song

2008-04-18T06:04:02Z

Very Funny. Other things have 5 that need a song like this to ridicule them...

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Dragon Den's James says "Britain Caan't Manufacture". Will says "Oh Yes We Can"

2008-04-16T18:25:06Z

I attended the HBoS 'Real Business' Entrepreneur's Summit yesterday. James Caan from Dragon's Den was there. He didn't go down particularly well. Read here why. And my King of Shaves blog here Japan still manufacture. So do Italy. France. ...

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Patently, Obviously on the cutting edge of Green at Boots!

2008-03-26T21:37:25Z

Firstly, delighted to see the (100% recyclable) mid-gondola unit in Boots' flagship store at Sedley Place, Oxford Street London today. Well done team. Secondly, please click here for a great article on effective green design by Design Week, fea...

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