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In Sweden, deodorant sticks are smaller than what I’d get in Canada. There’s also an appalling lack of variety. In particular, you never see Old Spice. I think there is a lucrative business opportunity in bringing American deodorant maximalism to the nordics.


> deodorant sticks are smaller than what I’d get in Canada.

This must be due to the size of the north american armpit.

> There’s also an appalling lack of variety. In particular, you never see Old Spice.

There aren't any Tim Hortons either but I'm not sure if "Brand X is missing" and "There is no variety" is generally the same thing.


That was just an example. In general, the Swedish drugstore will have 5-10 options, whereas the Canadian equivalent will have dozens.


A lot of American products have strong scents that are not really liked in Europe. Old spice started really aggressive advertising campaign a few years ago here. They had frequent and obviously high-budget commercials in TV and stocked middle shelves in popular stores, but no one wanted to buy it. People say it simply stinks. It's another Hershey chocolate.




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