Never Heard of Hoed & Shouders? It’s a Top Seller in Venezuela
Products such as Convenrt toothpaste and Yahnsan’s soap illustrate a knockoff brand bonanza in a country with massive product shortages.
You most likely have tried, or at least heard of, Head & Shoulders shampoo. But Hoed & Shouders? No? How about Max Quottro razors or Aluays pads or Yahnsan’s soap?
In the economic basket case that is Venezuela, these are the hot new consumer products. Very distant relatives of famous American-born brands, they are crowding shelves that earlier this year were pretty much empty of anything, authentic or otherwise, that most people could afford.