It's as if the price of steel had dropped so close to zero that King Gillette could give away both razor and blade, and make his money on something else entirely.

这好比钢铁的价格几乎下降为零，以致于King Gillette能够将剃刀和刀片双双派送，他完全可通过其它产品或服务赚钱。

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This begins to sound as if GMCR is trying to reverse the old Gillette razor blade business model.

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For a second year a band of unhappy shareholders, led by Boston's Walden Asset Management and including a number of religious groups, organized a revolt against the way razor blade giant Gillette elects its directors and manages its affairs.

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The presence of low-cost competition from generic products gives Gillette an incentive to innovate and introduce better products such as Fusion, a 6 blade razor.

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