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Gillette's Five-Blade Wonder
Its new Fusion razor could be its biggest hit yet. And that spells even better things for the shave king's acquirer, P&G
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By William C. Symonds
At first glance, Gillette's Sept. 14 announcement that it plans to start selling the world's first five-bladed razor seems like a classic case of overkill. Gillette (G ) already offers men the three-bladed Mach3 system, in both manual and battery-powered versions. And rival Schick offers four blades on its Quattro razor.