
Last Tuesday I was speaking at the Zero Degrees in Bristol, for Bristol University's Entrepreneur society, and was delighted with the response to my 'inspiring, motivational' talk judging from letters and emails I subsequently received. Yesterd.....

The King of Shaves Azor was the best selling branded system razor handle by volume in the UK in October, beating Wilkinette by a decent margin! Here are the key numbers:- Total branded system razor sales 4 weeks to 31/10/09: 430,506 units K.....

---- On Saturday 21st November 2009 I was pleased to receive an email from Mat Morrison of Porter Novelli apologising for the incident & directing me here where there was a further apology from Jean Wyllie, MD of Porter Novelli UK. I accept their.....

Here at King of Shaves, a consumer centric brand, we hail the power of Twitter (original blog posting) Many people in marketing feel that twitter is only good for posting notice of 'deals' and from a 'brand engagement' perspective, it's not that.....

Many people in marketing feel that twitter is only good for posting notice of 'deals' and from a 'brand engagement' perspective, it's not that worthwhile. Wrong! And, here's the proof - from Paul Lancaster, a web development executive working in London. Thanks Paul for your email...

Well, in the UK - quite a lot. Here's my take on what's going on, 52 weeks to 3/10/09. Sales of system razor handles: Grew, both in value (+7.1% to £32.9m) & volume (+12% to 7.4m units)....

I was pleased to be interviewed by Clark Turner, founding editor of top online marketing site, uTalkMarketing.com a week or so ago, and was delighted to read the article today, courtesy a tweet from one of our followers...

In the past four weeks, in the UK alone, we've sold a simply stunning 107,000+ Azor system razor handles and an even more unbelievable 602,000+ Azor Endurium cartridges. With each Azor cartridge delivering 3-4 weeks of high performance use, that's over 2,000,000 weeks of King of Shaving...

Late last year, at a business awards ceremony, I first met Simon Calver, CEO of Lovefilm, the UK's leading on-line film & games rental company. Simon has driven impressive growth for the firm and it became clear A) he was a really nice guy and B) put his customers first...

It's a beautiful sunny day in Cape Town, and with Table Mountain in the background, we showcased our Azor to South Africa's press at the Killarney racetrack, before letting the 20 or so journalists loose on the racetrack in V6 'full on' racing cars...

I flew into Cape Town via Johannesburg yesterday, for the upcoming press launch of our King of Shaves Azor, exclusively in Clicks - South Africa's leading health & beauty retailer...

Today, the Daily Mail published this article on price reductions on Gillette Fusion & Mach3 replacement cartridges. I have blogged at here at BrandRoyalty and reproduce my blog below...

Our King of Shaves Azor 'Shaveolution' (Bend the Rules) ad went live on YouTube yesterday, see it here. It'll be up on our shave.com homepage shortly too. I also had drawn to my attention a review of Gillette's current Fusion advertising in The Guardian newspaper, published on Saturday. Ouch















