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Gillette was scared of DSC they started up Gillette Shave Club. That didn't work so they started attacking DSC in their ads which only helped drive brand awareness of Dollar Shave Club. Its seems they finally just gave up and sued DSC on patent infringement on a razor they don't even manufacturer.

Also no VC backed company is going to be profitable if they have VC money sitting in the bank. It was less than a year since DSC raised cash.

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I agree no VC backed company will be profitable for much of its early life, my point was you can't compare apples to apples between Gillet and DSC. If DSC is spending insane amounts of money on growth and discounting their goods, at some point they have to start making money. And at that point I wonder what their retail prices will be for their blades if they are buying them from a 3rd party.

So what if they bring manufacturing in house? Same price more margin. Seems the obvious end game.

That definitely would help them, and it's something many companies do once they reach a certain size.

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