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With single-digit market share, American Safety Razor (ASR) doesn't exactly give top stubblebuster Gillette a close shave. ASR's main products are value-priced brand-name and private-label shaving razors and blades. It also makes shaving cream, aftershave, and soap; cotton products (cotton swabs, cotton balls, cosmetic pads, coils, tissue, and foot care products); bladed hand tools (carpet knives, paint and window scrapers); bar soap; and specialty industrial and medical blades. ASR sells its wares under such brands as Bump Fighter, Burma Shave, Flicker, GEM, MBC, Personna, and Triple-Flexxx. Investment firm J. W. Childs owns ASR.
COMPETITION |
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Société BIC (BB)
The Gillette Company (G)
Pfizer Inc (PFE)
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FINANCIAL OVERVIEW |
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Fiscal Year-End: December
2000 Sales (mil.): 318.80
1-Yr. Sales Growth: 1.3%
Employees: 2,516
Revenue per employee: $126,709.06
KEY PEOPLE |
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James D. Murphy
CEO
J. Andrew Bolt
CFO
CONTACT INFO |
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240 Cedar Knolls Rd., Ste. 401
Cedar Knolls, NJ 07927
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Phone: 973-753-3000
Fax: 973-326-9004
Online: Web Site
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