Tampon

Pink tax is when companies charge extra for female products. This also includes personal hygiene products such as sanitary pads and tampons which are considered an unessential item rather than basic necessity goods. To put it in simpler terms, we can say that it costs more money to look “feminine”. Price discrimination often takes place as diverse groups have dissimilar price elasticities for a particular product. That is an elaborative means of saying that they are more or less price sensitive.…

innovation, period panties, during their menstrual period. Menstrual period has been an issue to many ladies, such as leakage, frequent change of tampon or pad, and discomfort. The Co-founder and CEO, Miki Agrawal and Radha, had go through 3.5 years of research and development together with their friend, Antonia Dunbar. Thinx period panties is a replacement for tampon or pad, which cost from USD$24 to USD$38. Thinx consists of four bits of technologies that gives the antibacterial, moisture…

According to their website, Support the Girls “collects and distributes donations of new/used bras and new sealed packages of tampons and maxi pads to homeless women and girls across North America (and in 4 locations worldwide).” Their motto is “A woman shouldn’t have to choose between feeding herself and her personal health.” They have collected and distributed over 1,100,000…

the topic of pads or tampons is the idea that pads and tampons, or other feminine hygiene products should be free to women because periods are something that we can’t control, therefore we should not be charged large amounts of money monthly for something we do not choose. Using a tampon or pad is a necessity for all women on their times of the month, and the price per box can get pretty expensive, which some women may not be able to afford. Another issue is that the tampons and pads are taxed…

for purchase in stores, a large group of citizens in America have advocated for schools to provide free sanitary tampons and pads for the young women. California, Illinois, and New York were the first state governments to not only agree but take action for the young women to improve their health and education. In all classrooms, all young women go through menstruation and all need tampons and pads. Therefore, public schools should provide free feminine hygiene products because menstruation is…

Women all around the world experience the phenomenon known as their coming into adulthood: their menstrual cycle. While the media is becoming more open and vocal about these unknown and sensitive subjects, tampons and other feminine products are still in the unknown. Until recently, many people would not broadcast or be open about what happened once every month. Then Kotex created a new brand, U by Kotex, with the hopes of drawing in a younger group of girls while still maintaining…

Case 5- Tambrands Overcoming Cultural Resistance Lydia Fontanez MGMT-539 Dr. Kay Green February 10, 2018 Summary In this case scenario the company Tambrands’s only sell Tampax, which is the best-selling tampon in the world, with 44 percent of the global market. However, the company got concern when its earnings dropped 12 percent accounting for $82.8 million of revenues. According to the article 45 percent of the sales were attributed to the United States market, which was considered…

I skipped the maxi pads and went right for the tampons, convinced that I would never have to sit out from swimming because of a silly tampon. I did not have the difficulty with insertion that my friend did, and because of that, felt so mature. However, when it came time to take the tampon out, I was unable to do so. I tried for an hour, in various positions and in various ways. At this point in time my family did…

The agency suggested that tampons play a contributing role, perhaps carrying the organism. Patrick Schlievert determined the presence of a rare toxin excreted by the staph strain and although there was a connection to tampon use, the real issue was the staphylococcal poison. This led to determining the set of 2 transposons (TSST-1 and beta-lactamase) linked to the new staph…

obvious that the women were hiding something by their vague responses to their boss’s questions. It added another layer to their already enigmatic lives. Yet, that was only the tip of the iceberg. In the middle of their meeting the boss calls for a tampon collection, where…