No More Ivory Soap?

[blujax01]

Procter and Gamble announced that over the next couple of years they will jettison approximately half of their over 75 brands.

These are the top 25 performers (Annual sales over $1 Billion), which are most likely to stay intact:

Ariel laundry detergent
Bounty paper towels, sold in the United States and Canada (sold as Plenty in the United Kingdom)
Braun, a small-appliances manufacturer specializing in electric razors, coffeemakers, toasters, and blenders
Charmin bathroom tissue and moist towelettes
Crest toothpaste
Dawn dishwashing detergent
Downy fabric softener and dryer sheets
Duracell batteries and flashlights
Febreze odor control
Fusion blade cartridge and razors.
Gain laundry detergents, liquid fabric softener, dryer sheets and dish washing liquid
Gillette razors, shaving soap, shaving cream, body wash, shampoo, deodorant and anti-perspirant
Head & Shoulders shampoo
Iams dog and cat foods
Innova cat foods
Lenor fabric softener and dryer sheets
Olay personal and beauty products
Oral-B inter-dental products, such as Oral-B Glide
Pampers & Pampers Kandoo disposable diapers and moist towelettes
Pantene haircare products
SK-II beauty products
Scope mouthwash
Tide laundry detergents and products
Vicks cough and cold products
Wella hair care products


And the rest. 2/3rds of these will most likely disappear...

Ace stain remover liquid
Always feminine care products
Art of Shaving men's shaving products
Aussie haircare (shampoos/conditioners/styling aids)
Blue Stratos cologne
Bold laundry detergent
Bounce fabric-softener sheet for dryers
Camay, a lightly scented bath soap
Cascade dishwasher detergent
Cheer laundry detergent
Christina Aguilera perfume
Clairol, a personal products division of Procter & Gamble that makes hair coloring, hair spray, shampoo, hair conditioner, and styling products
CoverGirl cosmetics
Daz laundry detergent
Doctor's Dermatologic Formula skincare
Dolce & Gabbana cologne and perfume
Dreft laundry detergent
Dunhill cologne
Era laundry detergent
Escada perfume
Eukanuba dog and cat foods
Fairy dishwashing liquid, toilet soap, household soap, laundry detergent and dishwasher detergent
Fibresure supplements
Fixodent denture adhesive
Frederick fekkai hair care products
Flash cleaning product
Gleem toothpaste
Herbal Essences haircare products
High Endurance body washes, deodorants by Old Spice
Hugo Boss perfume
Infacare baby wash
Ivory soap
Joy dishwashing liquid
Lacoste colognes
Luvs disposable diapers
Max Factor cosmetics
Metamucil bulk fiber supplement
Natura Pet Products brands, which include Innova, Evo, California Natural, Karma, Healthwise and Mother Nature
Mr. Clean household cleaning products
Nice 'n Easy hair color product
Nicky Clarke hair products
Old Spice colognes, deodorants, body washes, body sprays
Puffs tissues
Safeguard soaps
Secret deodorant, body sprays
Sebastian Professional hair products
Silvikrin haircare products
SK-II beauty products
Swiffer cleaning products
Tampax feminine care products
Tip laundry detergent
Viakal cleaning products
Wash & Go haircare
Zirh skin care

 

[islamoradamark]

is it because they are getting rid of the stuff that does not have the high mark up on it where they over charge people

 

[blujax01]

I would imagine that they're discontinuing the products that the fewest people buy. So, if you have a soft spot for GLEEM toothpaste, or FAIRY cleaning products, you probably should be looking into an alternative.

 

[THE PILGRIM]

If they ain't making money on it, they shouldn't be making it.
They are in business to make money.
If they don't make it, that's an opportunity for somebody else to make it.

 

[Rule3]

I thought Cascade dishwasher detergent was a big seller? One of the best??

 

[billwill]

No More Ivory Soap? So how am I to add to my fleet of soap boats for the tub??? I still have plenty of toothpicks and paper sails left!

What is the world coming to!

 

[boatme99]

No More Ivory Soap? So how am I to add to my fleet of soap boats for the tub??? I still have plenty of toothpicks and paper sails left!

What is the world coming to!

You can switch to Irish Spring.

Then you'll have........













Wait for it...........











Here it comes..............












Green Submarines!

 

[gdnagle]

No More Ivory Soap? So how am I to add to my fleet of soap boats for the tub??? I still have plenty of toothpicks and paper sails left!

What is the world coming to!

Stock up didn't you see Blast from the past.

 

[feralmerril]

What are we suppose to use to carve with now?

 

[Salty RI]

No More Ivory Soap? So how am I to add to my fleet of soap boats for the tub??? I still have plenty of toothpicks and paper sails left!

What is the world coming to!

You still have time to stock up, go to Wal Mart and get in line.

 

[blujax01]

Okay, so who's in charge of developing the "Soap Tracker" app?

 

[BearBio]

What are we suppose to use to carve with now?

Forget that (although I did carve a surf shop outta Ivory soap and balsa wood in Jr High).

How do I get a Marilyn Chambers fix?

 

[Mcwsky09]

Could be they sell some of those brands to others rather than just end and bury them.

I would imagine there are many factors involved in such decisions - and productivity versus cost versus profit of each product plays an important role. Could also be they need to increase production of the top brands and rather than build net new plants and adding shipping capacity personnel etc - they are just reducing the number of items produced by a given plant leaving no capacity for a lower performing item.

 

[wyccad915]

I would imagine that they're discontinuing the products that the fewest people buy. So, if you have a soft spot for GLEEM toothpaste, or FAIRY cleaning products, you probably should be looking into an alternative.

or stocking up

 

[3dots]

When I was a kid growing up at Possum Kingdom lake, we bathed in the lake and Ivory was one of the only floaters. I think Dove may have floated too. Oh well, no scrub-a-dub-dub in the lake anymore anyhow .

 

[Rustyt1953]

I live 15 minutes from P&G's hq and never knew they made all those products. I should stick my head out of the rabbit hole more often.

Post script; the "t" in often is silent.

 

[BigBill]

My misses buys what's on sale that she has coupons for. No matter what brand we use it anyway.

Do you think this is a marketing ploy to boost sales?

 

[Straightshooter2]

On some of those products, can you say "marketing ploy" boys and girls? You just know there are some people who will run out and buy every bar of Ivory or some of the other products they can find.

CW

 

[shouldazagged]

I shave with Ivory soap. This means war.

 

[357-RevolverGuy]

This reminds me of what happened to Twinkies. Start stock loading now so you can sell the products at triple the cost when they're gone.