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[[Image:Im091023OT-Lifebouy.jpg|thumb| Advertising sign. ]]
[[Image:Im091023OT-Lifebouy.jpg|thumb| Advertising sign. ]]
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[[Image:Im19391104Pic-Lifebouy.jpg|thumb| April 1939. ]]
[[Image:Im19391104Pic-Lifebouy.jpg|thumb| April 1939. ]]
[[image:Im19391104PP-Life.jpg|thumb| November 1939.]]
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[[image:Im19540619PP-Lever.jpg|thumb| June 1954.]]
[[image:Im19540619PP-Lever.jpg|thumb| June 1954.]]


* 1894 '''Lifebuoy''' soap launched as the ''Lifebuoy Royal Disinfectant Soap''. <ref>[http://www.lifebuoy.com/history.asp] Lifebuoy brand website</ref>
1894 '''Lifebuoy''' soap launched as the ''Lifebuoy Royal Disinfectant Soap''. <ref>[http://www.lifebuoy.com/history.asp] Lifebuoy brand website</ref>


* 1895 '''Lifebuoy''' is a brand of soap containing phenol originally marketed by [[Lever Brothers]] in England. Popular for over 100 years, it is still available in the United States, through specialty shops that import it through Jupiter Imports (UK) in England.  
1895 '''Lifebuoy''' is a brand of soap containing phenol originally marketed by [[Lever Brothers]] in England. Popular for over 100 years, it is still available in the United States, through speciality shops that import it through Jupiter Imports (UK) in England.  


* Though '''Lifebuoy''' has gone out of production in the U.S. and the UK, it is still being mass produced by [[Unilever]] in Cyprus (for the UK, EU and USA).  
Though '''Lifebuoy''' has gone out of production in the U.S. and the UK, it is still being mass produced by [[Unilever]] in Cyprus (for the UK, EU and USA).  


* In India, it is the leading value brand there as well as in some other South Asian and South East Asian countries like Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Indonesia.
In India, it is the leading value brand there as well as in some other South Asian and South East Asian countries like Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Indonesia.
 
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== Sources of Information ==
== Sources of Information ==
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifebuoy_(soap)] Wikipedia
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifebuoy_(soap)] Wikipedia
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Advertising sign.
Advertising sign.
April 1939.
November 1939.
October 1953.
June 1954.

1894 Lifebuoy soap launched as the Lifebuoy Royal Disinfectant Soap. [1]

1895 Lifebuoy is a brand of soap containing phenol originally marketed by Lever Brothers in England. Popular for over 100 years, it is still available in the United States, through speciality shops that import it through Jupiter Imports (UK) in England.

Though Lifebuoy has gone out of production in the U.S. and the UK, it is still being mass produced by Unilever in Cyprus (for the UK, EU and USA).

In India, it is the leading value brand there as well as in some other South Asian and South East Asian countries like Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Indonesia.

See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. [1] Lifebuoy brand website