• ZWQbpkzl [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    2 months ago

    Napkins and cotton swabs too? Here Kleenex is strictly for your nose (or nut). I think the tissues did so well that the idea of Kleenex for your butt is weird.

    • Damarcusart [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      2 months ago

      It’s just toilet paper, which is probably made in the same factories as tissue paper, so Kleenex decided to cut out the middleman there. Not sure why they only do it in some places though. Maybe the US has too competitive of a toilet paper market?

      • ZWQbpkzl [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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        2 months ago

        No its a simple matter of branding. Kleenex is a brand owned by Kimberly Clark, which also owns the TP brand Cottonelle. No reason to compete against yourself unless you’re trying to make another brand look good by comparison.

        Theres also the fact that the Kleenex brand in the US is extremely closely tied to facial tissues that its basically synonymous. Making a Kleenex TP would dilute that reputation.