Creative Online

Week of April 20, 1998

Gillette Co. is launching MACH3

Gillette Co. is launching MACH3, with three progressively aligned blades to provide a closer shave in fewer strokes. Gillette spent more than $750 million in manufacturing capital to introduce MACH3. Gillette is supporting the introduction with a $300 million marketing program, the largest in its history. Gillette will spend $200 million for advertising worldwide in marketing year one. The campaign retains the themeline,

Gillette. The Best A Man Can Get. Gillette MACH3 will be merchandised through high-tech point-of-purchase displays including floorstands, counter units, pallet displays, wings and trays. The displays reflect the product’s aerodynamic packaging imagery and will feature MACH3 razor sets and 4-and 8-pack cartridges.

The MACH3 shaving system will retail for approximately a 35% premium to SensorExcel. The anticipated retail price range for a razor set (razor, organizer and two cartridges) in the U.S. will be $6.49 - $6.99.

There will also be an ineternet campaign as Gillette has launched a web site at www.MACH3.com, which will demonstrate the innovative product in ways unavailable in other media, said John Darman, Vice President, Business Management, Male Shaving at Gillette. Mr. Darman: said: Our new site takes full advantage of the latest Web technologies both to entertain and to involve consumers in the MACH3 story. The MACH3 displays were designed by Wallace Church and produced by Chesapeake Display and Packaging, Winston Salem, NC.


Cross Pen Computing Group Ships The CrossPad

The Pen Computing Group of A.T. Cross Co. has launched a CrossPad portable digital notepad (PDN), which bridges the gap between paper and the PC.

CrossPad transfporms how users store, organize and share notes by writing in ink on a standard pad and uploading their handwriting directly to the PC. As a PC file, the user's "digital notes" can be filed, reorganized, faxed, e-mailed or printed in handwritten form or converted to standard ASCII text for use in virtually all Windows 95 applications.

"The Cross Pen Computing Group and our technology partner, IBM, are extremely pleased to have reached this important milestone with the introduction of a new product category, the portable digital notepad," said Robert Byrnes, CEO of the Cross Pen Computing Group. "For A.T. Cross, it is the most important to date in our line of pen-based computing products that combine the simplicity of the pen with the power of the PC. Consumers will find the CrossPad is a powerful note management tool that lets them write naturally on a pad."

The CrossPad is available for $399 at major computer retail stores including Staples, Comp USA, Computer City, MicroCenter, Computer Discount Warehouse and PC Connection.


Diet RC Made With New Sucralose

Royal Crown is the first carbonated soft drink to use the newly available no-calorie sweetener Sucralose in its Diet RC brand. Sucralose is made from sugar and therefore tastes just like it, but without the calories, according to the company. It has no unpleasant aftertaste and is extremely stable under hot and cold conditions for extended periods of time.

"Using Sucralose will clearly set us apart in the diet cola category," said Jeffrey Spencer, Senior Vice President, Marketing, for RC brand at Triarc Beverage Group. Sucralose is produced in the U.S. by McNeil Specialty Products in New Brunswick, NJ, a division of Johnson & Johnson.


Buena Vista Pictures Marketing Promotes K. Glass To VP of Mktg.

Karen Glass has been promoted to the position of Vice President of Marketing for Buena Vista Pictures Marketing, according to John Cywinski, President of Marketing. In her new role, she will be responsible for coordinating and overseeing a wide variety of marketing activities. Glass first came to Disney in 1989 as a member of the marketing team at Buena Vista International Television. Her previous post was Executive Director of National Promotions, which she assumed in 1996.


Symantec Names Dave Hill, V.P. Mktg.

Symantic Corp., Cuperitno, CA, has appointed Dave Hill as Vice President of marketing for the region, reporting to Dana Siebert, Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Support for the Americas. Mr. Hill joined Symantec in 1995 and has held several senior marketing positions with the company, most recently as Director of Customer Marketing. Symantec Corp. is a leading worldwide producer of utility software. The company addresses customer needs in three main areas, the Norton product line of antivirus and PC assistance products; the PcAnywhere, WinFax and ACT! product lines.


Showtime Appts. Hernick V.P. Of Display Division

Showtime Enterprises, Inc., a Paulboro, NJ-based display and exhibit firm, has appointed Mark Hernick as Vice President in charge of its Display Division.

Prior to joining Showtime, Hernick was Vice President of Sales at Art Guild, a New Jersey-based display and exhibit firm. He has over 13 years of experience in the display industry.


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