Diaper Wars – Pampers and Huggies battle it out.

Beginning in 1960, and continuing to present day, a high-tech, top secret, expensive, yet lucrative, war has waged daily over the most innocent bystanders on the planet - babies. Disposable diapers are a 7 billion dollar market, complete with extensive diaper labs and development centers, scientists, chemical engineers, seamstresses, and thousands of testers. Makes the cloth diaper industry seem a bit of an underdog, doesn't it? Gotta love the underdog. According to ABC News Nighline … [Read more...]

The landfills will soon be full of PRETTY disposable diapers.

Leader Staff. "Pampers to Offer Colorful Designer Disposable Diapers at Target" Photo. www.clevelandleader.com 30 June. 2010. Cloth diaper advocates across the globe have long anticipated the emergence of a "cute" disposable diaper. After all, if there is one thing the cloth diapering industry has perfected, it is the art of designing "pretty" ways to collect waste. The only difference between Pampers and the broad array of cloth diaper manufacturers is one simple, unavoidable fact - cloth … [Read more...]

Disposable Diaper promises are all wet.

From time to time truly interesting articles pop into my inbox, and the October 25, 2009 article, P&G Introduces Pampers 3 Way Fit Diapers, published in the business section of Vanguard's e-zine is no exception. The article starts innocently enough, detailing a "Dance with Dad" dance competition sponsored by Pampers to promote their new Pampers 3 Way Fit diapers. The article explains that the diapers "…are designed to celebrate the freedom of movement which is important for babies … [Read more...]