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For the body parts of the same name, see and Shoulders.


Head & Shoulders is a brand of anti-dandruff shampoo produced by Procter & Gamble.

Procter & Gamble researchers first decided on making a new anti-dandruff shampoo in 1950, when massive public opinion made it clear that the current products on the market were not helping their scalp problems. Nearly a decade of research went into making a new formula, which introduced the product pyrithione zinc into a shampoo for the first time.

Head & Shoulders was first introduced to the U.S. market in November 1961, as a blue-green shampoo formula. Unlike other shampoos, Head & Shoulders had relatively few variations until the late 1990s and early 2000s, and there are now in excess of ten different kinds of shampoo for different hair types under the Head & Shoulders banner. It has since then grown into a billion dollar brand. The people responsible for this were Robert Jongstra (Procter & Gamble General Manager) and Olga Barr (Saatchi & Saatchi Global Creative Director).

A study conducted by University Medical Center Sart Tilman (Belgium) comparing the efficacy of the active ingredient in Head & Shoulders (zinc pyrithione) versus the active ingredient in Nizoral (ketoconazole) found that "Ketoconazole [Nizoral] 2% shampoo was significantly superior to zinc pyrithione [Head & Shoulders] 1% shampoo in the treatment of subjects with severe dandruff or seborrheic dermatitis of the scalp". (Skin Pharmacol Appl Skin Physiol. 2002 Nov-Dec;15(6):434-41.)

The brand's "Extra Strength" product had a cameo role in the 2001 film Evolution, where its startling copper orange color was shown. Head and Shoulders' original ocean blue formulation is more widely recognized.

Product list

  • Classic Clean
  • Classic Clean 2 in 1
  • Classic Clean For Men
  • Cool Menthol / Refresh - with refreshing menthol
  • Citrus Fresh - long lasting fragrance
  • Ocean Spa / Ocean Lift / Ocean Energy
  • Soothing
  • Sensitive - without potential allergens
  • Smooth & Silky - high conditioning formula to help prevent frizzies and fly aways
  • Extra Volume - lower conditioning formula to help add volume to hair
  • Intensive Treatment (1% selenium sulfide)
  • Intensive Solution (2% pyrithione zinc)

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Procter & Gamble Co.
Corporate Directors: Norman Augustine | Bruce Byrnes | R. Kerry Clark | Scott D. Cook | Joseph Gorman | A. G. Lafley | Charles R. Lee | Lynn M. Martin | W. James McNerney, Jr. | Johnathan Rodgers | John F. Smith, Jr. | Ralph Snyderman | Robert Storey | Margaret Whitman | Ernesto Zedillo
Brands: Always | Ariel | Aussie | Bounty | Braun | Charmin | Cheer | Clairol | CoverGirl | Crest | Downy | Dreft | Duracell | Eukanuba | Fairy | Febreze | Folgers | Gillette | Head & Shoulders | Herbal Essences | Iams | Ivory | Joy | Luvs | Max Factor | Metamucil | Mr. Clean | Noxzema | Olay | Old Spice | Oral-B | Pampers | Pantene | Pringles | Puffs | Pur | SK-II | Swiffer | Tampax | Tide | Vicks | Zest
Annual Revenue: $55.4 billion USD (10% FY 2005) | Employees: 110,000 | Stock Symbol: NYSE: PG | Website: www.pg.com

Notes

In human anatomy, the shoulder comprises the part of the body where the arm attaches to the torso. It is made up of three bones: the clavicle (collarbone), the scapula (shoulder blade), and the humerus (upper arm bone) as well as associated muscles, ligaments and tendons.
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Dandruff
Classification & external resources

A large flake of dandruff combed from a beard

ICD-9 690.18

DiseasesDB 11911

Dandruff (also called scurf and historically termed Pityriasis capitis
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Shampoo is a common hair care product used for the removal of oils, dirt, skin particles, dandruff, environmental pollutants and other contaminant particles that gradually build up in hair.
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Procter & Gamble Co.

Public (NYSE:  PG )
Founded 1837
Headquarters One Procter & Gamble Plaza, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA 45202

Industry Consumer goods
Products Consumer goods
Revenue US$76.476[1] billion (2007)
Net income US$10.
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19th century - 20th century - 21st century
1920s  1930s  1940s  - 1950s -  1960s  1970s  1980s
1947 1948 1949 - 1950 - 1951 1952 1953

Year 1950 (MCML
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Zinc pyrithione is chemical compound used as an antifungal and antibacterial agent. This coordination complex, which has many names, was first reported in the 1930s.
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Motto
"In God We Trust"   (since 1956)
"E Pluribus Unum"   ("From Many, One"; Latin, traditional)
Anthem
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Nizoral is an anti-dandruff shampoo with ketoconazole as the active ingredient.

It is distributed by Janssen Pharmaceutica.

External links

  • http://www.nizoral.com/

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- USA -
DreamWorks
- non-USA -
Columbia Pictures
Release date(s) June 8, 2001
Running time 101 min.
Country USA
Language English
Budget ~ US$80,000,000
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IMDb profile

Evolution
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Procter & Gamble Co.

Public (NYSE:  PG )
Founded 1837
Headquarters One Procter & Gamble Plaza, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA 45202

Industry Consumer goods
Products Consumer goods
Revenue US$76.476[1] billion (2007)
Net income US$10.
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Business law
Business organizations
Basic forms:
Sole proprietorship
Corporation
Partnership
(General · Limited · LLP)
Cooperative
USA:
Business trust · LLC · LLLP
Delaware corporation
Nevada corporation
UK/Commonwealth:
Limited company
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director is an officer (that is, someone who works for the company) charged with the conduct and management of its affairs. A director may be an inside director (a director who is also an officer or promoter or both) or an outside, or independent, director.
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Norman Ralph Augustine (born July 27, 1935) is a U.S. aircraft businessman. Born in Denver, Colorado, Augustine is an Eagle Scout, a recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award from the Boy Scouts of America and was the national president from 1994 to 1996.
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Alan George Lafley (born June 13, 1947) is an American businessman who serves as the CEO and the Chairman of the Board of Procter & Gamble. He joined P&G upon his graduation, in 1977. He assumed the CEO office in 2000 and the chairmanship in 2002.
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Lynn M. Martin is a former Professor at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University from 1993 until 1999 and Chair of the Council for the Advancement of Women and Advisor to the firm of Deloitte & Touche LLP for Deloitte's internal human resources and minority
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Walter James "Jim" McNerney, Jr., is an American businessman. On June 30, 2005 he was named the CEO of The Boeing Company. Prior to that, McNerney was the Chairman and Chief Executive of 3M. He had been a member of the Boeing board of directors since 2001.
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John Francis "Jack" Smith, Jr. (born April 6, 1938 in Worcester, MA) is currently the non-executive chairman of the board of directors of Delta Air Lines. Smith has been a member of Delta's board of directors since 2000.
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Ralph Snyderman, M.D., is the Chancellor for Health Affairs at Duke University, as well as President and CEO of Duke University Health System and James B. Duke Professor of Medicine.
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Margaret C. "Meg" Whitman (born August 4, 1956) has been the President and CEO of the online marketplace eBay since March 1998. Whitman joined eBay when the company had 29 employees and operated solely in the United States; eBay is now a global organization with over 11,000
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Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León (born December 27, 1951) was President of Mexico from 1994 to 2000. He is widely credited for laying the groundwork for free and fair elections that ended 7 decades of PRI rule with the ascension of Vicente Fox.
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A brand includes a name, logo, slogan, and/or design scheme associated with a product or service. Brand recognition and other reactions are created by the use of the product or service and through the influence of advertising, design, and media commentary.
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Always is a brand of feminine hygiene products, including maxi pads, pantiliners, and feminine wipes, produced by Procter & Gamble. It was released in 1983 and became the industry leading brand by 1985.
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Ariel is a marketing line of laundry detergents made by Procter & Gamble. It is the flagship brand in Procter & Gamble's United Kingdom portfolio.

History

Ariel first appeared on the UK market circa 1969, and was a detergent with stain-removing enzymes.
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Aussie is a haircare brand including shampoo and conditioner as well as other hair styling products such as hair gel, hair spray, and hair detangler. It is marketed as a product related to Australia, its products are often labeled with a logo of a kangaroo, and its slogan is "Put
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Bounty is a brand of paper towel from Procter & Gamble. Its longtime slogan was "The Quicker Picker-upper," which changed in recent years to "The Quilted Quicker Picker-upper".
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Braun GmbH

Wholly owned subsidiary
Founded 1921
Headquarters Kronberg, Germany

Industry Small appliances
Products Electric razors
Electric toothbrushes
Coffeemakers, toasters, blenders
Parent Procter & Gamble
Website www.braun.
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Charmin (pronounced SHAR-min) is a brand-name of extra-soft toilet paper.

The Charmin name was first created in 1928 by the Hoberg Paper Company in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
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Cheer is the name of a laundry detergent on the market in the United States and Canada. It is manufactured by Procter & Gamble.

It was introduced sometime around 1951, and after a slight reformulation in 1952, was a highly successful follow up to P&G's Tide product from
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Clairol is a personal care products division of Procter & Gamble and was formerly the largest independent hair products company in the world. P&G-Clairol makes hair coloring, hair spray, shampoo, hair conditioner, and styling consumables.
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CoverGirl was founded in 1958 in Baltimore, Maryland, by the Noxzema Chemical Company (later called Noxell) and acquired by Procter & Gamble in 1989. The Noxell Company advertised this make-up line by allowing “cover girls,” fashion models that would appear on the front
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