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There are too many other choices on the shelf and their’s is the same as ours. People will shop for what they know works until they are convinced that switching will yield an improvement.
From a business perspective, it’s because the market share of the new product isn’t big enough yet to stop making the old one. However, any business with multiple products should be able to absorb a complete swap one product at a time until all of them are cleaner. It might take years, but it could be done. It would, however, be bad practice to do an across-the-board revamp of all of their similar products at once, as they could actually lose money (as opposed to a simple reduction in profit).
By the way – “water”, “air”, even “soap” are “chemicals”. The brownish colour of (even organic) bread or fried meat is due to a chemical reaction called “Maillard reaction”. Many people judge chemistry or chemists collectively because they have no clue….
Actually, detergents for at least the past 45 years have been made with an isomer of the detergent molecule that environmental bacteria are able to break down.…though it’s possible that China doesn’t use the same safeguards as in the U.S. - all they care about over there is money (blink-blink- …Communists???)
LeeCox almost 6 years ago
And you know what they say about Karma!
BigDaveGlass almost 6 years ago
“I’ll be back” You can never say that without an Arnie accent….
fuzzbucket Premium Member almost 6 years ago
They keep making it because people keep buying it.
SkyFisher almost 6 years ago
Karma’s boomerang, is also a Biblical principle: You reap what you sow.
Willywise52 Premium Member almost 6 years ago
She’s gonna get ya…
PoodleGroomer almost 6 years ago
There are too many other choices on the shelf and their’s is the same as ours. People will shop for what they know works until they are convinced that switching will yield an improvement.
Nick Danger almost 6 years ago
From a business perspective, it’s because the market share of the new product isn’t big enough yet to stop making the old one. However, any business with multiple products should be able to absorb a complete swap one product at a time until all of them are cleaner. It might take years, but it could be done. It would, however, be bad practice to do an across-the-board revamp of all of their similar products at once, as they could actually lose money (as opposed to a simple reduction in profit).
Kali almost 6 years ago
Karma only returns when it’s bad….
bakana almost 6 years ago
Ignore Karma at your peril.
She charges Hourly Compound Interest on your unpaid “Debt” and she always Collects.
Sisyphos almost 6 years ago
It appears that the Plutocrat’s cigar is an even worse environmental hazard than the Same Old Soap….
matjestaet almost 6 years ago
By the way – “water”, “air”, even “soap” are “chemicals”. The brownish colour of (even organic) bread or fried meat is due to a chemical reaction called “Maillard reaction”. Many people judge chemistry or chemists collectively because they have no clue….
WDD almost 6 years ago
Actually, detergents for at least the past 45 years have been made with an isomer of the detergent molecule that environmental bacteria are able to break down.…though it’s possible that China doesn’t use the same safeguards as in the U.S. - all they care about over there is money (blink-blink- …Communists???)