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Gillette Shave Club Corporate Office

Gillette Shave Club is a new idea for a very old company. Founded in 1901, Gillette, now owned by Procter and Gamble, is perhaps one of the best-known names and top-selling brands in razors and blades in the US and around the world.

Their new shave club is in response to the growing number of people who are just plain busy and do much of their ordering online. The club is very easy to use. Customers select the razor they want to buy, then select how many blades they want shipped to their house and how often. The company has even started a text to reorder service that gives clients a 4th order free after they buy three. Customers can buy just one time, of course, but the real savings are delivered when subscriptions are ordered.

There are other shave clubs, but since its inception in 2015, Gillette has been the leader. P& G estimates that online subscriptions of shave clubs will increase by 25% in the next year. Headquarters for Gillette are located in Boston, Massachusetts.

Gillette Shave Club

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FabFitFun Corporate Office

FabFitFun was founded by Daniel Broukhim, Katie Rosen Kitchens and Michael Broukhim in West Hollywood, California. The company provides beauty and health products to users via a subscription service.

A seasonal box is sent every three months to clients. Each box contains health, beauty, hair, and makeup products. Clients can choose and store their favorite colors, scents, and products via their online account. The company also offers a mobile phone app, where customers can submit pictures of colors or things they have seen that they “love” for possible use in the future.

FabFitFun is listed as #100 on the 2017 Inc. 5000 list of America’s Fastest Growing Companies. In 2016, the company had annual revenue of $41.8 million and a three year growth rate of 3,845%. FabFitFun also took the #7 spot on their list of Top Consumer Products and Services, as well as the #8 spot for Top Los Angeles Companies.

FabFitFun

FabFitFun was founded by Daniel Broukhim, Katie Rosen Kitchens and Michael Broukhim in West Hollywood, California. The company provides beauty and health products to users via a subscription service.

History

Harry’s Shave Club Corporate Office

Harry’s Shave Club, more commonly known as just Harry’s, was founded in New York, New York in 2012 by current co-owners Andy Katz-Mayfield and Jeff Raider. The company operates a subscription mail-order service that delivers razors and other personal care items.

After being unhappy with inconsistent production, the company purchased a razor factory in Germany for an estimated $100 million in early 2014. In an interview in 2016, Katz-Mayfield stated that the company had 2 million subscribers. In 2017, the company began selling its “starter kits” out of Target stores.

Similar to Warby Parker, which was also co-founded by Jeff Raider, Harry’s began with a buy one donate one business model, donating a free razor blade to charitable organizations

The company offers subscriptions to the UK, Canada, and the USA. Although the manufacturing plant is based in Germany, company headquarters remain in New York City.

Harry's Shave Club

History

Similar to Warby Parker, which was also co-founded by Jeff Raider, Harry’s began with a buy one donate one business model, donating a free razor blade to charitable organizations

The company offers subscriptions to the UK, Canada, and the USA. Although the manufacturing plant is based in Germany, company headquarters remain in New York City.

Dollar Shave Club Corporate Office

Dollar Shave Club was founded in 2011 in Venice, California, by friends Michael Dublin and Mark Levine. After discussing their mutual dislike of buying expensive razor blades, they decided to start their own company, selling subscription blades for less.

The company released an intro video in 2012 entitled “Our Blades are F***ing Great” that quickly went viral, crashing company servers, but adding more than 12,000 orders in 48 hours. Within a few years, the company went from unknown to more than $615 million in sales.

Today, the company has more than 3.2 million regular subscribers to its razor home delivery service. In 2013, the company added personal care products including face towels, hair care items, shaving butter, and wipes.

In July of 2016, the company was acquired by Unilever for $1 billion in cash. Dublin remains CEO at this time and headquarters are located in Marina Del Rey, California, while packaging and shipping are performed in Kentucky.

Dollar Shave Club

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HelloFresh Corporate Office

HelloFresh was founded in 2012 by Dominik Richter and Thomas Griesel in Berlin, Germany. This pair of friends wanted to create a fresh meal delivery service that exceeded the typical pizza or Chinese food type of delivery service.

HelloFresh began in Berlin, London, and Amsterdam, but quickly progressed to Australia and the East coast of the United States. By September 2014, the company began serving almost the entire United States. HelloFresh now averages 5.5 million meals each month in 7 countries.

The company offers complete uncooked meals, delivered to the home or office, in boxes. Clients receive full instructions and almost everything needed to cook and create a healthy meal. The company does expect clients to have basic items on hand, such as salt, olive oil, and white sugar, otherwise, everything is provided.

HellFresh also offers vegetarian meal services, as well as more conventional meal plans. Recently, HelloFresh has been criticized for the excessive packaging of their delivered meals, leading to waste. The company has also been criticized for its continually high marketing costs, which have prevented the company from becoming profitable. Another concern is the low level of customer retention. According to an independent analysis, less than 50% of customers remain subscribers after the first week, and less than 10% remain after 6 months.

In March 2018, the company announced that it had acquired Green Chef, another meal delivery service, which pushed HelloFresh into the largest meal delivery service, even larger than competitor Blue Apron.

In June 2022, the company partnered with St. Mary’s Food Bank to deliver meals to 300,000 New York community members in need of food.

In November 2023, HelloFresh warned investors that its revenue may not hit its expected target range.

The corporate office for the US branch of HelloFresh is located in New York, New York.

HelloFresh

History

In June 2022, the company partnered with St. Mary’s Food Bank to deliver meals to 300,000 New York community members in need of food.

In November 2023, HelloFresh warned investors that its revenue may not hit its expected target range.

The corporate office for the US branch of HelloFresh is located in New York, New York.