Edge (shaving gel)

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Edge
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Product type Shaving gel
Owner Edgewell Personal Care
Country United States
IntroducedMarch 24, 1970;53 years ago (1970-03-24)
MarketsNorth America
Previous owners S. C. Johnson & Son [1]
Website www.schick.com/us/en/edge/lp

Edge is an American brand of shaving gel manufactured by Edgewell Personal Care. The line includes Sensitive Skin, Extra Moisturizing, Extra Protection, Ultra Sensitive, Clean and Refreshing, and Soothing Aloe. [2] [3]

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History

S. C. Johnson & Son launched the Edge brand nationally in the United States on March 24, 1970 with a $4 million advertising campaign. [4] By 1975, Edge was reported to hold "10 percent or so" of the shaving cream and gel market [5] and reached a 17% market share by 1982. [6]

Lawsuits

S. C. Johnson held a patent for the shaving gel [7] and successfully sued Carter-Wallace for infringement based on its Rise brand gel. [8] As a result, Rise gel was withdrawn from the market. [9]

The company also successfully sued The Gillette Company for infringement based on its Foamy brand gel. [10] [11] Foamy, which had long been the best-selling shaving cream, had introduced a gel version in 1983 to compete with Edge. [12] The trial court in the Gillette lawsuit found that Edge accounted for more than 20% of the market for shaving products at the time of trial, and the appellate court described the Edge gel product as "an overwhelming commercial success". [11] Despite the lawsuit, Foamy gel remained on the market because by the time of the trial court's decision, S. C. Johnson's patent had expired. [10] By 1993, Edge had reached 30% of the shaving cream and gel market, leading the category. [13]

Sale to Energizer Holdings

S. C. Johnson sold the Edge brand to Energizer Holdings in 2009 to focus more on household chemicals and fragrances. [1] [14] In turn, Energizer spun off its personal care brands, including Edge, as a new corporation, Edgewell Personal Care, in 2015. [15]

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  5. ↑ Lazarus, George (April 22, 1975). "Shave cream to share Trac II name". Chicago Tribune . p. C13.
  6. ↑ Lazarus, George (March 2, 1982). "Chanel to introduce $6.50 shaving cream". Chicago Tribune . p. C6.
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  8. ↑ S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc. v. Carter-Wallace, Inc., 614 F. Supp. 1278 (S.D.N.Y. 1985), aff'd in part, 781 F.2d 198 (Fed. Cir. 1986)
  9. ↑ Lazarus, George (March 15, 1988). "Edge shaving gel awaiting faceoff". Chicago Tribune . p. B4.
  10. 1 2 "Gillette Is Guilty in Patent Case". The New York Times . AP. August 2, 1989. p. D4. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  11. 1 2 Gillette Co. v. S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc., 919 F.2d 720 (Fed. Cir. 1990).
  12. ↑ Lazarus, George (July 26, 1983). "Razor-thin edge leads to Gillette gel". Chicago Tribune . p. B6.
  13. ↑ Lazarus, George (February 17, 1993). "S.C. Johnson hair-care line for sale again". Chicago Tribune . p. A4.
  14. ↑ "Energizer to buy shaving cream line". The Boston Globe. May 12, 2009. Retrieved November 13, 2012.
  15. ↑ Goodman, Andrew (June 25, 2015). "With the Energizer Split, What Will Edgewell Look Like?". Forbes.com. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
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