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Word: softsoaping (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1928-1928
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...Softsoap. It was not difficult to persuade Mrs. Coolidge that she should not make her own soap. But 120 years ago, such persuasion was the chief problem of soap salesmanship. Soap making was a routine occupation of every household. The eighteenth century housewife thought of buying soap as the twentieth century housekeeper would think of buying fried eggs for breakfast. The first soap manufacturers had to be clever psychologists. They had to make it smart to buy soap...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Colgate-Palmolive-Peet | 7/23/1928 | See Source »

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