Gillette Puts Power Behind Venus Vibrance Blast Off Next Spring
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Gillette is introducing Venus Vibrance as the first power-operated wet shaving system on the market for women, the company said. The power technology for the women's launch is borrowed from M3 Power for men, a pulsating razor introduced by Gillette earlier this year
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