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| | How Crest Made Business History : HBS Working Knowledge |
 | | The story of Crest toothpaste, in fact, provides a clear indication of the distinction between "invention" and "innovation" made by Schumpeter, who argued that "to carry any improvement into effect is a task entirely different from the inventing of it, and a task, moreover, requiring entirely different kinds of aptitudes."47 |
 | | By 1964 Crest had been tested in fourteen different types of situation (compared with just five in 1960), and its endorsement in that year was elevated to "category A," which meant that the ADA seal could be displayed in Crest advertisements. |
 | | Blend-a-Med was widely advertised as "the toothpaste the dentist gives to his family."58 Once it was firmly established in the mass market, however, Blend-a-Med was subjected to intense competition from the multinational toothpaste manufacturers as they developed their own gum health brands. |
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