Procter & Gamble Acquires Walker & Company Brands, maker of Bevel razor and Form beauty products
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EXCELLENT flip. Sad to see the company go corporate, but I understand.
I wont continue to support though. I was a monthly supporter since its inception. His price point far outdistanced the actual quality of the razors (5 times what all the top razors cost online), the shaver (made in china, I bought two,both rusted out), the shave cream brush was very good imo. I still used his products daily, as I prefer to put my money in the pockets of Black owned businesses, where I can.
Cant wait to see what he releases next!!
I wont continue to support though. I was a monthly supporter since its inception. His price point far outdistanced the actual quality of the razors (5 times what all the top razors cost online), the shaver (made in china, I bought two,both rusted out), the shave cream brush was very good imo. I still used his products daily, as I prefer to put my money in the pockets of Black owned businesses, where I can.
Cant wait to see what he releases next!!
the guy didnt sell out
he had no operating capital
the only other alternative would have been to shutter his business
I will say this, even though he had an agreement with Target, I've only seen Bevel in one damn store the majority of them carried Harry's, prominently.
I wouldn't be surprised if P&G was paying Target to not market Bevel, not directly but by buying more ad space/ bigger signage....
All apart of waiting Walker out and getting a bigger foothold on the lucrative minority market
I wouldn't be surprised if P&G was paying Target to not market Bevel, not directly but by buying more ad space/ bigger signage....
All apart of waiting Walker out and getting a bigger foothold on the lucrative minority market
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You gotta be trolling man. Dude created a start up, got it funded and ultimately sold it to one of the premiere companies in his space. How is that not successful? How is that hunger for "white validation"?
He literally followed the SV template. I thought for a sec there was some controversy involving this dude that explains the absurd responses but looks like it's actual real life hateration lmao
You never know when you're gonna see it live in the wild and shit
success is arguable
he got 40 mill invested into the company
and has sold it for less than 40
so its a success in that he didnt lose everything
but some of his investors wontbe getting all their money back
Respect...
Thanks for the very fair honest review.
I heard similar comments but brothers were reluctant to speak ill of a black business .
Niggas on this site stay arguing with trolls
They made him an offer he couldn’t refuse and I respect his business move.
To a degree, it’s a slight shakedown though; they’ll buy your brand and handle it from there; you don’t sell, and they see a lane to get your customer and their dollars; they will spare no expense recreating your product and scaling it cost wise to a point where you lose all your customers, and they will crush your company because they have the marketing reach and dollars to do so.
He made the right choice.
To a degree, it’s a slight shakedown though; they’ll buy your brand and handle it from there; you don’t sell, and they see a lane to get your customer and their dollars; they will spare no expense recreating your product and scaling it cost wise to a point where you lose all your customers, and they will crush your company because they have the marketing reach and dollars to do so.
He made the right choice.
So after all that pride in black ownership talk he sold out
BROTHER,
When all the talking, rhetoric and let's circulate "BLACK DOLLARS IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY" talk is done.
These PEOPLE have a price!
And their love of money means more to them than BLACK PEOPLE, BLACK COMMUNITIES and BLACK OWNERSHIP!
I noted this a little later in the thread. Was mainly just reacting to the unwarranted dismissiveness aimed at one of a few black founders doing business in SV. No dog in the hunt otherwise. Wish him well
I like all of this. In a perfect world this would be an excellent closing argument. And honestly the problems of black people at large don't affect me directly because I've always been one of those people that engineered the bridge as well. But I get sobering reminders of the value of black success in this country whenever I see someone that looks like me mistreated by a system that doesn't differentiate between Engineers, fishermen and Rolls Royce drivers. There are lots of pieces to this puzzle but the one we keep coming up short on is the political one. There's a reason you seldom see other ethnic groups out in the streets protesting for rights the way you see black folks doing it. That missing piece of the puzzle is the difference.
That's a good and well but what about the cats who spent 250 on basically an Andis T-liner. I feel slighted
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