Blistex was founded in 1947 and has headquarters in Oak Brook, Illinois. The company makes lip care products, including wrinkle reducing, flavored lip balms, moisturizing and healing lip balms, as well as herbal lip care products.
The company also offers other products including Stridex, Kank-A, and Odor-Eaters through other divisions. Blistex is one of the top 3 lip care product companies in the US and is still family owned. Other competitors are Burt’s Bees and Chapstick brands.
The company has suffered from rumors that they are going to discontinue their long time cherry flavored lip balms, but company officials state that this rumor rears its head now and again and that there is “zero chance” that the company will discontinue their #1 flavor.
Since it is privately owned, Blistex does not release annual revenue reports, however, sales reports lists Blistex Original Lip Balm had sales in 2012 of $23.9 million. The company has numerous other brands and flavors.
Blistex
Blistex was founded in 1947 and has headquarters in Oak Brook, Illinois. The company makes lip care products, including wrinkle reducing, flavored lip balms, moisturizing and healing lip balms, as well as herbal lip care products.
The company also offers other products including Stridex, Kank-A, and Odor-Eaters through other divisions. Blistex is one of the top 3 lip care product companies in the US and is still family owned. Other competitors are Burt’s Bees and Chapstick brands.
The company has suffered from rumors that they are going to discontinue their long time cherry flavored lip balms, but company officials state that this rumor rears its head now and again and that there is “zero chance” that the company will discontinue their #1 flavor.
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Since it is privately owned, Blistex does not release annual revenue reports, however, sales reports lists Blistex Original Lip Balm had sales in 2012 of $23.9 million. The company has numerous other brands and flavors.
