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Infectious Ad for Razor Blades Smells a Lot Like Old Spice Mike Dubin cuts through with a winning pitch for DollarShaveClub.com

To sell razor blades on the Web, you'd better have sharp marketing content. DollarShaveClub.com's 90-second promo clip is on the cutting edge. With more than 1 million views in four…

March 08 2012

$100,000 Razor Great for Those Who Spend Lots of Time Inside Volcanos

If you've got an extra $100,000 and need a razor that could survive a road trip with Frodo Baggins to the molten heart of Mount Doom, then I've got great…

June 24 2011

Gillette Paints, Then Shaves, a Giant Grassy Roger Federer

Gillette has gone from grooming to landscaping in England, where it painted, and then shaved, a huge portrait of Roger Federer in a field. The concept of the stunt, which…

June 21 2011

Gillette Etches World's Smallest Ads on Man's Shaven Whiskers

Some people use a pen or pencil to write ads. Others use an electron microscope. To emphasize the precision of its blades, Gillette and French ad agency CLM BBDO, with…

June 10 2011

Bic Gets You All Shaved Up for Human Curling

Bic razors and Paris agency Buzzman have found a new rationale for full-body shaving that's even more disconcerting than the usual ones—as preparation for human curling. As a rule, I…

April 16 2011

Derek Jeter being shaved daily on billboard

Billboards in New York's SoHo neighborhood are certainly getting people in a lather this week. But unlike that anti-abortion ad, this Gillette board from BBDO New York, featuring Derek Jeter,…

February 24 2011

Retro razor ad doesn't have legs to stand on

Chevrolet doesn't have a monopoly on retro-sexism these days. This '50s-style ad for Bic Soleil razors has been pulled from Toronto's subway after an outcry from those who say…

September 23 2010

Federer stunt more credible than his acting

Here's a new Gillette video that's been making the rounds, purportedly showing Roger Federer knocking a bottle off a guy's head from a distance with his serve. It would…

August 18 2010

Gillette asks ladies how they like 'it' shaved

Here's a not-very-clever, one-note Gillette video in which women talk about how they like "it" shaved—with "it," of course, turning out to be their man's face. The e-mail pitch…

July 13 2010

JWT excels at shaving the hair off your nuts

JWT New York has put together some helpful instructional videos for Wilkinson Sword (marketed under the Schick brand in the U.S.) to show guys how best to shave their…

May 11 2010

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