LOL, I know, I know...people say I analyze things too much; however, it seems as though every time a product is being raved about or doing great things for someone's hair, skin, etc, it all of a sudden is discontinued. Naturally curly has a great article on it here:
http://www.naturallycurly.com/curlreading/curl-products/why-do-companies-discontinue-products
I ask if it is a conspiracy because one of the main reasons I have heard involve the product not selling. I don't know about you, but it seems as though when product gets rave reviews, people rush out to buy it, just to find that it's out of stock. This is a mystery to me. How is a product not selling if, when people are ready to purchase it, it's not in stores?
I have also noticed a few products (from experience) that have had their ingredients changed to less quality, but the package now touts "new and improved" with the same name. One product in this category was the Dove Sheer Moisture Leave In replenishing mist. The new bottle is a different color and has none of the good stuff left in it like silk amino acids. Walmart even has the nerve to have the old bottle and ingredients still listed on their website. I ordered, knowing better, and received the new "unimproved" bottle that does nothing for me. I will be taking it back asap to get a full refund, including s&h charges because of the false advertisement on walmart's site. I have read reports around the net that companies discontinue products for a variety of reasons. Some are the following:
1) The ingredients used to manufacture the product are no longer available.
2) The product is not selling as expected.
3) Companies have to stay in the trend of "what's in" in today's society in order to keep up. (Heard of Argan oil?)
The list can go on of the whys, hows, whats, whens and wheres but the question remains, is it a conspiracy?
Neutrogena oil free acne wash cloths, not a bad review on the web, I love them a clean wash cloth that can really scrub. I suspect they work to well.
ReplyDeleteif you use those you dont need a dozen lotions and potions so it costs the company to many sales in other products. I bet it is a corp trend from a some tiny man in a office someplace bean counting it out on spread sheets to a board of directors.
I bet I could make a fantastic company remaking all the great things corporations have refused to make. anyone got half a million to start something up. ????