Is Harry's Going All the Way to the Next Big CPG Challenger?

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If the big thing in CPG is scale and you can't be a niche player, then you know, how are you even going to get there? It's a real problem. And I think it's worth exploring why it is that Harry's felt the need to go into bricks and mortar,. Like there's lots of these DTC companies that are opening up stores that are going into Walmart, going into Target.

Ben and James discuss the FTC’s decision to block the acquisition of Harry’s Razors, the DTC market, and the difference between being a monopoly and being too big.

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