With fanfare of a $10,000,000 advertising campaign, Gillette Safety Razor Co. (oldest, largest) last month announced a new razor, a new blade, promptly proceeded to distribute them. Last week gloating Gillette advertisements said: "We had planned to produce 80,000 of the new razors daily. We have found it necessary to increase this to 100,000 a day." Earnings for their first 1930 quarter were $2,164,348, compared to $4,531,218 in 1929. The decrease was attributed to the cost of preparing the new blade and razor. Jubilant none...
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