After much yanking, plucking and squealing, the makeover experts at King of Shaves have emerged from the powder-room with an amazing new look women’s range, Queen of... to leave legs looking and feeling runway ready. Designed to look gorgeous in your bathroom, yet be gentle on your purse, the range features the fabulous Queen of... divas and is ideal for everyday smoothness or as pre-party pampering. Either way your legs will love you! [ Read more ] 4 March 2010 - 10:38:30 AM |
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UK
STYLE AND SUBSTANCE MEET SHAVING Since its launch in June 2008, the best selling King of Shaves Azor System Razor* has delivered tens of millions of close, comfortable, cost effective shaves to men and women worldwide.** Now shaving with the Azor has evolved – following 18 months of consumer research and testing, King of Shaves is delighted to introduce the new Azor M Alloy System Razor. Designed and manufactured in the UK and tipping the scales at 47g, compared to the 17g Azor, the Azor M is perfectly balanced and ideally weighted for maximum control and comfort whilst shaving. The latest addition to the award winning Azor line-up also introduces the new v2 slim blade cartridge, that makes shaving under the nose and other hard to reach places even easier. [ Read more ] 11 February 2010 - 8:00:00 AM |
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King of Shaves joins the Consumer ForumPosted in:
UK
King of Shaves Announces Launch of the Consumer Forum. King of Shaves is delighted to announce our role as a founding member of the Consumer Forum, which launches today (27 October 2009). The Consumer Forum is a partnership of like-minded, innovative, entrepreneurial UK companies. As a founder member we’ll be working with a host of exciting brands - campaigning to promote the importance of good customer relationships, sharing our customer service experience and seeking out innovations to spread to the wider business community. Check out the Forum’s website at www.consumerforum.org.uk which also launches today (27th October 2009). There is lots of exciting content, plus the opportunity to join our online panel. The panel will act as a barometer of consumer opinion, giving you the chance to interact directly with Forum members and voice your views. You can also search Consumer Forum on Facebook or follow us on Twitter @consumerforum. We’ve built our business around what our consumers want; now we’re looking to encourage others to do the same. If you have any questions, or would like any further information on the Forum please visit www.consumerforum.org.uk 27 October 2009 - 8:43:00 AM |
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South Africa
The press were invited to a dynamic launch (Will King style) to sample the Azor (complemented by King of Shaves products) and enjoy racing at Killarney racetrack in 'full on' V6 racing cars. The Azor and Azure are on sale now with retail prices of just 75 rand for the Azor and 2 blades, and 70 rand for 4 replacement Endurium cartridges. King of Shaves are confident that men who previously have bought cheaper disposable razors will welcome the Azor with open arms. [ Read more ] 23 October 2009 - 10:51:54 AM |
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A fascinating story, 'from the kitchen table to supermarket shelf'. Entrepreneur Will King hand filled the first 10,000 bottles of his original King of Shaves shaving oil at his kitchen sink, even getting his ironing lady to help. From a cottage industry to a multi-million pound business in just fifteen years. Not bad! Will also appeared on Sky News with Jeff Randall an Azor Fan! [ Read more ] 14 October 2009 - 10:46:14 AM |
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UK
The King of Shaves Azor is bending the rules of shaving. King of Shaves is raising a glass to those who decide to do things differently so we're offering you the chance to win the original left-hand drive King of Shaves Smart Car owned by Will King himself, the car which dared to be different! We’ve teamed up with online music gurus Spotify and we want to know the music track you believe bent the rules, whether it’s the Pistols saving the Queen or Eminem telling us his name, we want to hear from you. Prize draw winners will be picked at random from all those who nominate a track that makes it onto our playlist, simple! [ Read more ] 7 October 2009 - 10:28:53 AM |
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SHAVE.COM.AU Online Store Now LivePosted in:
Australia
The new store, brought to you from the King of Shaves distributor in Australia, offers a great range of products including Azor razors and replacement blade cartridges, King of Shaves shaving and skincare for men plus King of Shaves Woman. Also, check out the before and after feature about David Williams (Australian Rugby star) – "Wolfman goes bare for a cause". $2.00 from every product sold at shave.com.au will go to the McGrath Foundation – an Australian charity founded to support women with breast cancer and their families. Visit www.shave.com.au by clicking here. 7 October 2009 - 9:55:45 AM |
SHAVE.CO.NZ Online Store Now LivePosted in:
New Zealand
The new store, brought to you from the King of Shaves distributor in New Zealand, offers a great range of products including Azor razors and replacement blade cartridges, King of Shaves shaving and skincare for men plus King of Shaves Woman. Visit www.shave.co.nz by clicking here. 7 October 2009 - 9:34:55 AM |
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Check out the rest of the ad' and find out how bending the rules can change the life of a fortunate young fellow, again (not surprisingly) shorn by our Azor (and banana) wielding chimp. "WOW THAT'S EVOLUTION"! [ Read more ] 1 October 2009 - 8:27:06 AM |
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UK
Over a year in the making the site features a sleek new design, informative Flash animation, interactive product selectors as well as the usual mix of informative shaving and skincare tips, top viral games and, of course, Will King's famous blog. [ Read more ] 14 September 2009 - 11:40:18 AM |
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The teams battled through rain and fierce competition to enjoy a novel launch at the Pavilion sports club in Hyde Park. [ Read more ] 13 August 2009 - 6:59:33 PM |
This targeted market launch is the first step in a national rollout forecasted for 2010. [ Read more ] 13 August 2009 - 6:57:34 PM |
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King of Shaves Win GRAMIA 2009 AwardPosted in:
UK
GRAMIA (The Grocery Advertising and Marketing Industry Awards) have awarded the Azor this accolade in the outdoor category. The 48 sheet campaign poster heralded the launch of the Azor in 850 UK poster locations over the Easter period of 2009. We are now shortlisted for the Diamond Award announced on the 29th October 2009 at The Landmark, London. Fingers crossed, we'll win that award as well! Read more about the poster campaign here. 13 August 2009 - 6:10:23 PM |
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Brazil
"We launched King of Shaves Azor into the booming Brazilian market. Brazil, largely untouched by the global economic recession, has one of the world's fastest growing economies and a population of approximately 160m, with beauty and style always at the forefront." [ Read more ] 10 July 2009 - 10:39:57 AM |
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UK
The proceeds of the Shaving Bond will be used entirely on marketing the King of Shaves shaving brand. Will King is directing a national press, TV and radio campaign which promotes and explains the Shaving Bond in detail. With only five thousand of the £1,000 Shaving Bonds available Will is expecting the investment to be oversubscribed, so he advises applying early. [ Read more ] 23 June 2009 - 10:33:28 AM |
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UK
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Will King scoops industry accolade for his "driven and passionate" workPosted in:
UK
The driving force behind the retail success story that is King of Shaves, Will King, was named Ernst & Young London & South Entrepreneur Of The Year 2009, at a dinner in London on 15 June 2009. The judges described King as an ‘inventor who has the drive, passion and determination to take on two major competitors in the market.’ King will go forward to a national final in October to compete for the title Ernst & Young Overall UK Entrepreneur Of The Year, with 53 top executives from across the UK. The UK winner will go out to Monte Carlo in May 2010 to represent their country at Ernst & Young’s World Entrepreneur Of The Year awards. 21 June 2009 - 1:01:10 PM |
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Japan
The press launch was on 10 June 2009 at the Virgin Café, Shinagawa, Tokyo. Will said, “the launch was judged a great success - we are delighted that Japan features so early on our global roll-out of Azor, and we are pleased and delighted to be working with such professional partners.” [ Read more ] 12 June 2009 - 11:10:39 AM |
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Oscar MeadPosted in:
UK
Oscar Mead is one of the UK's top up and coming solo and shorthanded sailors, despite the fact that he isn't yet 19 years old! Already officially confirmed as the youngest entrant in the 2009 OSTAR Oscar has a long term goal to be a race winning contender on the start line of the race all singlehanders want to compete in, the Vendee Globe round the World Race. Oscars target is 2016! He will be watching the 2008 race online like thousands and thousands of others. Click here to find out more about Oscar Mead. 1 June 2009 - 3:26:31 PM |
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UK
The King of Shaves Company Ltd. will be headed by Founder & CEO, Will King; KMI will be headed by Hiten Dayal, King's business partner. Chris Outram, Chairman of London based OC&C strategy consultants will join both companies as non-executive Chairman, along with Atul Sharma as Group Finance Director. [ Read more ] 28 April 2009 - 12:37:59 PM |
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UK
The activity is the first created for King of Shaves by Hooper Galton and will break over the Easter weekend with an outdoor campaign of 850 48-sheet posters in and around major cities, including London, Manchester and Birmingham. [ Read more ] 10 April 2009 - 1:21:17 PM |
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UK
No mention of Wilkinson Sword or Gillette Fusion Manual, the other razors rated were Gillette Fusion Power (handle £9.99 versus our £4.99, cartridges £2.50 versus our £1.25) and the 11 year old Mach3. [ Read more ] 10 April 2009 - 1:10:56 PM |
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UK
 The Limited Edition Wave has recently been launched into Boots stores throughout the UK.The pack features a striking take on the Union Jack helping to re-enforce the British design of the revolutionary Azor whilst the handle comes in a unique blue and white colour scheme. [ Read more ] 10 April 2009 - 12:55:54 PM |
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UK
Packaged in the same recycled (and recyclable) materials as the men's razor, the design purposefully eschews the traditional pastel colours of female shaving for a strong, striking and on-trend gold and black design. [ Read more ] 23 March 2009 - 1:27:15 PM |
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King of Shaves Wins Two Business Awards!Posted in:
UK
King of Shaves was recognised at the 3rd 'Fast Growth Business Awards 2009', arranged by 'Growing Business' magazine, and sponsored by T-Mobile.
Many thanks to our employees, shareholders and partners, both retail and supply, who have helped us this past year, and of course to the one million odd members of the Great British Shaving Public who've eschewed our competition, and chosen to shave 'closer, longer, for less' with our new King of Shaves Azor. You can see a short interview with Herbie and Will here. 23 March 2009 - 1:13:27 PM |
The Knowledge Issue 21 PublishedPosted in:
UK
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King of Shaves Azor Wins in Shortlist Magazine's Grooming AwardsPosted in:
UK
Voted for by the readers of the magazine, and judged by a panel including celebrity hairdresser James Brown and ShortList Style Director Adrian Clark, KMI are very proud to receive further recognition of the Azor's ability to compete with Gillette and Wilkinson Sword in the system razor market. Visit the ShortList website by clicking here. 15 January 2009 - 4:11:24 PM |
Pac n Save finally takes notice!Posted in:
New Zealand
For over 10 years now, we have been trying to crack the supermarket chain Pac n Save and with the launch of the Azor the Upper North Island group has at last welcomed us with open arms. At the moment they have only taken the razor and cartridges but watch this space as more and more customers start demanding - the King of Shaves. 14 January 2009 - 11:08:03 AM |
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New Zealand
Shavesquad managed to shave 1003 of the 46,000 people that attended he Big Boys Toys event. [ Read more ] 14 January 2009 - 10:35:41 AM |
King of Shaves sponsor Giarnni Regini MoranPosted in:
UK
Giarnni Regini Moran from Lowestoft, Suffolk is currently one of Britain’s top young Gymnasts. Giarnni has been identified as a potential international gymnast for the future, and is being prepared for the European Junior Events by 2012 and is on the shortlist for representation in an Under 12 International Team. [ Read more ] 13 January 2009 - 5:28:54 PM |
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KMI Wins "Company of the Year" AwardPosted in:
UK
KMI has been awarded the prestigious prize of “Company of the Year” in the CBI Growing Business awards for 2008. A true compliment to all the hard working colleagues in our company. Find out more here. 15 December 2008 - 2:33:53 PM |
King of Shaves gets very close at the UK’s FHM Grooming AwardsPosted in:
UK
The King of Shaves Azor and AlphaGel were both “highly commended” at the prestigious FHM 2008 Grooming Awards. 15 December 2008 - 1:50:30 PM |
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UK
Throughout the summer visitors to the Azor BattleBus have competed to
be crowned the King of Air Guitar on the bus’s wireless Nintendo Wii.
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KO Ezine Summer 2008 Issue Out NowPosted in:
UK
Click here to read the Summer issue. The previous issue can be found here. 6 August 2008 - 4:05:03 PM |
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The King of Shaves Battlebus is the brainchild of Will King (founder of King of Shaves) who originally introduced the King of Shaves Fair Shave Manifesto... [ Read more ] 14 July 2008 - 4:35:31 PM |
King of Shaves Fair Shave Manifesto14 July 2008 - 4:30:30 PM |
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The Azor's revolutionary technology is also matched with the King of Shaves long-standing commitment to the environment. [ Read more ] 14 July 2008 - 4:15:12 PM |
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USA News,
News by Region
If you're a King of Shaves loyal subject in the USA and you have a page on facebook we hope you'll become on of our first fans! 10 June 2008 - 2:45:15 PM |
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New Online Store Now OpenPosted in:
USA News,
News by Region
You can order King of Shaves shaving 'software' and skincare for men and women from kmishop.com. Check it out today... and make sure you click on the little US flag in the top right corner if you didn't land on the US store! 1 June 2008 - 3:43:38 PM |
