Otter@lemmy.caM to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 year agoWhat a blow! Kleenex pulling out of Canadian consumer marketwww.cbc.caexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up166arrow-down16file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up160arrow-down1external-linkWhat a blow! Kleenex pulling out of Canadian consumer marketwww.cbc.caOtter@lemmy.caM to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square28fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareEm Adespoton@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down20·1 year agoThey’re not pulling out, they’re just removing the brand from the Canadian market… which makes sense, because Kleenex lost its trade mark protection in Canada. So they’re using the Scotties trade name instead (same company).
minus-squareRevan343@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up20·1 year ago So they’re using the Scotties trade name instead (same company). That’s not true.
minus-squareOtter@lemmy.caOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-21 year agoOh ok, found this other article that had more details but it suggests Scotties is a different brand? https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-kleenex-tissue-discontinued-canada-alternatives/
minus-squareMaeve@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoI don’t know who the ultimate parent company of Kimberly Clark is, but iirc, Scott products are manufactured by Koch industries.
minus-squareDerisionConsulting@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 year agoThey don’t own Scotties.
minus-squaresigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoScotties is owned by Kruger Paper in Canada, not Kimberly-Clark.
They’re not pulling out, they’re just removing the brand from the Canadian market… which makes sense, because Kleenex lost its trade mark protection in Canada. So they’re using the Scotties trade name instead (same company).
That’s not true.
Oh ok, found this other article that had more details but it suggests Scotties is a different brand?
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-kleenex-tissue-discontinued-canada-alternatives/
I don’t know who the ultimate parent company of Kimberly Clark is, but iirc, Scott products are manufactured by Koch industries.
They don’t own Scotties.
Scotties is owned by Kruger Paper in Canada, not Kimberly-Clark.