Analyzing The Wet Shaving Market in 2023

They should pay more = consumers pay more = more inflation = rise interest rates = less investment = moving backwards

No thanks.

I think that can be somewhat true, but also can see where Blackland Razors is coming from too. In my current job role, I'm massively underpaid per the going market rates so my solution is to look at other companies who value my talent more. in fact, I have an interview in a few hours where I'll be getting paid 2x what I'm making now...

All due respect, I wasn't surmising, this is an economic fact.
Good luck in your interview, I hope you get it.

Fact according to who, exactly?

This is demonstrably false with a really, really simple point - companies don't print money. They are paying people with money that already exists. Inflation comes from printing money. Circulating existing money is literally one of the indicators we base our economy on.

Even besides that, it's not like everyone everywhere gets exactly the same raise at the same time.

Back to the topic of the thread...

I can't speak for everyone, and I hope Shane's confidence and experience depicts where we are going... But what I see here, possibly only indicative of upstate NY: The cost of everything is still high. Gas, groceries, household items... the day to day necessities are way up. In the end, what this means to me is less cash to spend on fun: frivolous purchases, hobbies, vacations, etc. I have a lot of shaving items, so that's where I'll look to curtail spending first.

Again... That's just me.


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Back to the topic of the thread...

I can't speak for everyone, and I hope Shane's confidence and experience depicts where we are going... But what I see here, possibly only indicative of upstate NY: The cost of everything is still high. Gas, groceries, household items... the day to day necessities are way up. In the end, what this means to me is less cash to spend on fun: frivolous purchases, hobbies, vacations, etc. I have a lot of shaving items, so that's where I'll look to curtail spending first. 

Again... That's just me.


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Back to the topic of the thread...

I can't speak for everyone, and I hope Shane's confidence and experience depicts where we are going... But what I see here, possibly only indicative of upstate NY: The cost of everything is still high. Gas, groceries, household items... the day to day necessities are way up. In the end, what this means to me is less cash to spend on fun: frivolous purchases, hobbies, vacations, etc. I have a lot of shaving items, so that's where I'll look to curtail spending first.

Again... That's just me.


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Look at the top 10 selling shave soaps on Amazon for some indications where people are at with what they want to spend.

Back to the topic of the thread...

I can't speak for everyone, and I hope Shane's confidence and experience depicts where we are going... But what I see here, possibly only indicative of upstate NY: The cost of everything is still high. Gas, groceries, household items... the day to day necessities are way up. In the end, what this means to me is less cash to spend on fun: frivolous purchases, hobbies, vacations, etc. I have a lot of shaving items, so that's where I'll look to curtail spending first. 

Again... That's just me.


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Me two And I like alcohol splashes

I like them too, but my face has a conflicting opinion. lol.

I actually found the Star jelly from PAA is nearly a Best of both worlds sort of post shave. It lacks some of the nice skin feeling I get from his Mysterium Serum or Stirling Balm, but it's a good compromise that I'm happy to have in my repertoire.

But... I'm straying from the topic, again. Lol.

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Back to the topic of the thread...

I can't speak for everyone, and I hope Shane's confidence and experience depicts where we are going... But what I see here, possibly only indicative of upstate NY: The cost of everything is still high. Gas, groceries, household items... the day to day necessities are way up. In the end, what this means to me is less cash to spend on fun: frivolous purchases, hobbies, vacations, etc. I have a lot of shaving items, so that's where I'll look to curtail spending first.

Again... That's just me.


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Look at the top 10 selling shave soaps on Amazon for some indications where people are at with what they want to spend.

Looking this morning, I see about 10-15$ average all the way to #25 spot. They're all common, not a lot of niche names. So this is definitely indicative of folks who aren't hobbyists, rather just skimming the edge, so to speak. Still, $10-15 a soap is lower in the price range these days. I'd say most manufacturers are at the $20+ mark, give or take.

What I'm shocked to NOT see is Sir Henry's. Your soap sits firmly in that good price range, and is a better performer than anything I saw in 1-25. What that tells me is we have some educating to do, to get the masses into a better soap for the same money.

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Educating the masses = Big $$$

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Educating the masses = Big $$$

Looking forward to that Super Bowl ad on Sunday!

Economics 101, check it out!

I think that can be somewhat true, but also can see where Blackland Razors is coming from too. In my current job role, I'm massively underpaid per the going market rates so my solution is to look at other companies who value my talent more. in fact, I have an interview in a few hours where I'll be getting paid 2x what I'm making now...

All due respect, I wasn't surmising, this is an economic fact.
Good luck in your interview, I hope you get it.

Fact according to who, exactly?

This is demonstrably false with a really, really simple point - companies don't print money. They are paying people with money that already exists. Inflation comes from printing money. Circulating existing money is literally one of the indicators we base our economy on.

Even besides that, it's not like everyone everywhere gets exactly the same raise at the same time.

Economics 101, check it out!

When prices go up, that's called inflation.
Printing money is one way this gets initiated.
But anything that causes consumer prices to go up is called inflation... That's why inflation is measured by the CPI (CONSUMER PRICE INDEX).

The rest of the equation is pure logic and reality.