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Dollar Shave Club Countersues Gillette

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Santa Monica-based Dollar Shave Club has filed a lawsuit against razor giant Gillette , in the U.S. Gillette claims Dollar Shave Club has infringed on one of its patents for self cleaning razors. Dollar Shave said "we are not intimidated" by the attempt to "thwart competition with litigation."

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Dollar Shave Club Expands Product Line

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Los Angeles-based Dollar Shave Club , is going where no man has gone before: it''s launched a new product, called One Wipe Charlies , for, um. In another humorous, irreverant video, Dollar Shave Club''s founder Michael Dubin, pitches the new wipes , saying it''s "the softest, fastest, manliest way to wipe your a ".

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Dollar Shave Club Gets $9.8M For Subscription Razor Service

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Dollar Shave Club , the subscription razor delivery service headed by Michael Dubin, has raised $9.8M Dollar Shave Club is one of the company's spawned out of Science, Inc., Dollar Shave Club is based in Venice. in a Series A funding. READ MORE>>.

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Dollar Shave Club's Secret Weapon: Snazzy Launch Video

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If nothing else, the video seems to suggest that Dollar Shave Club has, if nothing else, an eye for viral Internet marketing. Dollar Shave Club is offering up an online, subscription service which delivers high quality razors to customers on a monthly basis. READ MORE>>.

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Dollar Shave Club: 2.2M Members, New Commercials

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Santa Monica-based Dollar Shave Club , the membership-based razor delivery service led by Michael Dubin, says the firm is up to 2.2 million members, and has just launched a new ad campaign which taps into TV commercials, outdoor media, radio, social, and online.

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Interview with Michael Dubin, Dollar Shave Club

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Earlier this month, Los Angeles startup Dollar Shave Club (www.dollarshaveclub.com) made a huge splash with its launch of a subscription, monthly delivery service for razor blades. Dollar Shave Club came to me about two years ago, in December of 2010, when I met my co-founder, who was my friend's fianc's father.

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Dollar Shave Club Gets $1M To Disrupt The Razor Industry

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Los Angeles-based Dollar Shave Club said this morning that it has raised $1M in a funding round, led by Kleiner Perkins and Forerunner Ventures, and also including Andreesen Horowitz, Shasta Ventures, and Felicis Ventures, along with angels Shevin Pishevar, Dennis Phelps, and David Hornig. READ MORE>>.