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In Baton Rouge, big brands come to help — and get known

Aug 22, 2016
Tide, Duracell and Clorox are just some of the brand names flocking to the region.
Tide brought a portable laundry services truck to Baton Rouge for the displaced.
Tim Mettey

99% natural and 42% market share, GreenWorks flexes its muscle

Jan 23, 2009
Greenworks (tm) cleaning products have now captured a robust 42% of the consumer cleaning products market despite consternation over Clorox's...

Eco-labeled pesticides! Are your hands on fire yet?

Nov 5, 2008
As I write, millions of you are using EPA-registered pesticides, likely without knowing it, in a marketing-induced frenzy to rid the world of...

Burt's Bees takes on cosmetics

Feb 7, 2008
The Burt's Bees new ad campaign, fashioned by Pool advertising in New York, raises some magnificently sexy issues that are better than a dog-eared...

The dubious road to Clorox's new GreenWorks product line

Jan 21, 2008
Let's start our journey in 2007 when Clorox and the American Red Cross crossed historically strict legal boundaries on using third-party...