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A hundred-year profile

Camay

Camay peaked in the 1950s.

Procter and Gamble lineage · est. 1926 · Camay soap
14.0%Peak, the 1950s
5Placements
1944 to 1953Span
0%Earned share
Open in the brand lens Compare against a rival
Share of voice by decade0%10%20%1920s1930s1940s1950s
All voiceAdvertising

Quality-weighted share among the tracked houses, read from Photoplay, Screenland, and Modern Screen. Descriptive, not causal.

Out-voiced by

No house clearly overtook it in the sampled decades.

Earned versus paid

Paid 5Earned 0

Present entirely through paid advertising in the sample.

The evidence

A sample of the placements behind the figures above. Every point traces to a real page.

YearOutletChannelWhat appeared
1944Modern ScreenadvertisingCamay
1946Modern ScreenadvertisingCAMAY
1949Modern ScreenadvertisingCamay, the soap of beautiful women
1953Modern ScreenadvertisingCAMAY

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Data via the Muse Parlor historical SOV API. How this is built →