Harry's

Harry's
Private
Industry Consumer packaged goods
Founded 2013
Founder Andy Katz-Mayfield and Jeff Raider
Headquarters New York City, New York, Thüringen, Germany
Area served
 United States, Canada
Products

Blades
Truman, Winston

Other
Website www.harrys.com

Harry's is a New York-based company that delivers razors and personal products directly to consumers by mail. It delivers razor blades and additional grooming supplies on a regular basis. Harry's states that its products focus on craftmanship, simplicity, convenience, and cost-effectiveness.[1] Harry's is a distinct company from Dollar Shave Club, both of which seek to position themselves as low cost alternatives in a market currently dominated by Procter & Gamble which controls over 70% of the world’s razors.

The starter kit from harry's website

History

Harry's is a company that manufactures and sells shaving equipment. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] It was founded in March 2013 by Andy Katz-Mayfield and Jeff Raider.[7] In January 2014, Harry's purchased the Feintechnik razor factory in Germany for a reported $100 million in an effort to provide control over the entire process of manufacturing their products.[8] In July 2015 the company received a third-round financing of US$75.6 Million.[9] [10]

In an interview published in July 2016, founder Andy Katz-Mayfield stated that Harry's had two million customers.[11]

References

  1. ↑ https://www.harrys.com/our-story
  2. ↑ Koblin, John (December 3, 2014). "Investors Bet Big on Harry's, the Warby Parker of Shaving". The New York Times.
  3. ↑ Cava, Marco della (June 10, 2014). "Change Agents: Harry's has shaving in a lather". USA Today.
  4. ↑ Caminiti, Susan (May 19, 2014). "Warby Parker co-founder takes on Gillette". CNBC.
  5. ↑ Empson, Rip (January 22, 2014). "10-Month-Old Harry's Lands $122.5M, Buys 93-Year-Old Factory To Take On Shaving Heavyweights, Gillette And Schick". TechCrunch.
  6. ↑ Empson, Rip (March 14, 2013). "Warby Parker Co-Founder Launches Harry's, Bringing The Startup's Buy-One-Donate-One Model To Shaving". TechCrunch.
  7. ↑ http://www.businessinsider.com/harrys-ceos-explain-how-they-acquired-a-million-customers-in-2-years-2015-12
  8. ↑ http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/01/21/a-start-up-run-by-friends-takes-on-shaving-giants/?_r=0
  9. ↑ Merced, Michael J. de la (July 7, 2015). "Men's Shaving Start-Up Raises $75.6 Million". The New York Times.
  10. ↑ Kolodny, Lora (Jul 7, 2015). "Harry's Picks Up $75.6M at $750M Post-Money Valuation". The Wall Street Journal.
  11. ↑ http://www.bizjournals.com/newyork/news/2016/07/20/shaving-startup-harrys-releases-new-better-blades.html


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