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What happens when a consumer giant like Edgewell buys a niche retailer like Harry's?

by Marielle Segarra

Jun 14, 2019

With deals like this, customers sometimes worry that the smaller brand will abandon its roots.

Edgewell is buying subscription razor company Harry’s. Above, English comic Benny Hill shaves at his flat in London in 1955.

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