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Gwen Whiting

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
487 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
A Multimillion Dollar Deal, a Product Recall and a New Chapter: Gwen Whiting on the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Acquisitions

Yeah.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
A Multimillion Dollar Deal, a Product Recall and a New Chapter: Gwen Whiting on the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Acquisitions

I just had to like silently.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
A Multimillion Dollar Deal, a Product Recall and a New Chapter: Gwen Whiting on the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Acquisitions

It was circumstantial.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
A Multimillion Dollar Deal, a Product Recall and a New Chapter: Gwen Whiting on the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Acquisitions

So I,

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
A Multimillion Dollar Deal, a Product Recall and a New Chapter: Gwen Whiting on the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Acquisitions

Unilever implodes, self-destructs, pulls everything off the market, doesn't sell anything for nine months.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
A Multimillion Dollar Deal, a Product Recall and a New Chapter: Gwen Whiting on the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Acquisitions

Nine months, not a single product was sold, not even a laundry bag, not even your ironing board cover.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
A Multimillion Dollar Deal, a Product Recall and a New Chapter: Gwen Whiting on the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Acquisitions

And I knew I had a...

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
A Multimillion Dollar Deal, a Product Recall and a New Chapter: Gwen Whiting on the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Acquisitions

hunch what they were going to do.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
A Multimillion Dollar Deal, a Product Recall and a New Chapter: Gwen Whiting on the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Acquisitions

I waited to see what they did.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
A Multimillion Dollar Deal, a Product Recall and a New Chapter: Gwen Whiting on the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Acquisitions

And they did exactly what I expected them to do, which was relaunch the brand with a seventh generation formula.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
A Multimillion Dollar Deal, a Product Recall and a New Chapter: Gwen Whiting on the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Acquisitions

with my label on it with some nod version to my fragrance because they like banned, Unilever has their own rules that are not like actually health and safety like rules by the US government or the international standards.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
A Multimillion Dollar Deal, a Product Recall and a New Chapter: Gwen Whiting on the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Acquisitions

So the fragrance was like completely stripped down to like, I had a fine fragrance, it was a perfume.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
A Multimillion Dollar Deal, a Product Recall and a New Chapter: Gwen Whiting on the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Acquisitions

And then I dumbed it down to like a Unilever style fragrance

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
A Multimillion Dollar Deal, a Product Recall and a New Chapter: Gwen Whiting on the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Acquisitions

They just, they're so arrogant that they thought my customers were like, were dumb and that they wouldn't notice that they were getting a seven generation formula.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
A Multimillion Dollar Deal, a Product Recall and a New Chapter: Gwen Whiting on the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Acquisitions

And I was like, no, my customers are actually like really savvy.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
A Multimillion Dollar Deal, a Product Recall and a New Chapter: Gwen Whiting on the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Acquisitions

They are not dumb.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
A Multimillion Dollar Deal, a Product Recall and a New Chapter: Gwen Whiting on the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Acquisitions

They're sophisticated.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
A Multimillion Dollar Deal, a Product Recall and a New Chapter: Gwen Whiting on the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Acquisitions

They're savvy.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
A Multimillion Dollar Deal, a Product Recall and a New Chapter: Gwen Whiting on the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Acquisitions

They see results and they understand the value.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
A Multimillion Dollar Deal, a Product Recall and a New Chapter: Gwen Whiting on the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Acquisitions

And like, you can't play that game.