Pears (soap)

Pears
Pears brand logo
Pears brand logo
Product typeSoap, Face wash
OwnerUnilever
Produced byHindustan Unilever
CountryLondon, United Kingdom
Introduced1807 (1807)
Related brandsLifebuoy, Lux, Dove
MarketsUnited Kingdom, India, Sri Lanka, Nigeria
Previous ownersA. & F. Pears Ltd. (1917)
Registered as a trademark in
WebsiteAll brands | Unilever
Bubbles by John Everett Millais. Pears' most famous advertisement, the painting was purchased by Thomas Barratt in August 1890.

Pears Glycerin soap is a British brand of soap first produced and sold in 1807 by Andrew Pears, at a factory just off Oxford Street in London. It was the world's first mass-market translucent soap. Under the stewardship of advertising pioneer Thomas J. Barratt, A. & F. Pears initiated a number of innovations in sales and marketing. English actress and socialite Lillie Langtry was recruited to become the poster-girl for Pears in 1882, and in doing so she became the first celebrity to endorse a commercial product.[3][4]

Lever Brothers, now Unilever, acquired A. & F. Pears in 1917. Products under the Pears brand are currently manufactured in India and Saudi Arabia for global distribution.

  1. ^ "WIPO Global Brand Database". wipo.int. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  2. ^ "PEARS Trademark Detail". zaubacorp.com. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  3. ^ Jones, Geoffrey (2010). Beauty Imagined: A History of the Global Beauty Industry. Oxford University Press. p. 81.
  4. ^ "When Celebrity Endorsers Go Bad". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2 March 2022. British actress Lillie Langtry became the world's first celebrity endorser when her likeness appeared on packages of Pears Soap.

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