Saabira Chaudhuri
Consumer Goods and Retail Reporter at The Wall Street Journal
WSJ consumer goods reporter, author of CONSUMED: How Big Brands Got Us Hooked on Plastic
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2 weeks ago |
scroll.in | Saabira Chaudhuri
Consumer goods companies in the West had occasionally used sachets to entice consumers to try new shampoos and laundry detergents. But it was in emerging markets like India that companies realised the full potential of the plastic sachet. As a mainstream, everyday package, the sachet unlocked enormous multi-billion-dollar markets that had long been out of reach, promising a rush of new growth, courtesy of some of the world’s poorest people, just as sales in developed markets started to slow.
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Jan 16, 2025 |
jp.wsj.com | Saabira Chaudhuri
When Rob Masters listed 400 barrels of two-year-old bourbon for sale online at $900 apiece, he expected them to be gone within days. Eight months later the barrels are still there. “We aren’t even getting a sniff,” said Masters, head distiller at The Family Jones distillery in Denver. Just two years ago Masters could rake in $2,000 for similar barrels. “Back then two phone calls and I could have them gone,” he said.
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Jan 13, 2025 |
msn.com | Saabira Chaudhuri
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Your browser does not support the audio tag. 00:00 / 01:15This article is in your queue. When Rob Masters listed 400 barrels of two-year-old bourbon for sale online at $900 apiece, he expected them to be gone within days. Eight months later the barrels are still there. “We aren’t even getting a sniff,” said Masters, head distiller at The Family Jones distillery in Denver.
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This feels pretty significant given we're never going to be able to get plastic out of our lives or bodies completely https://t.co/zbQs7HvHiF
