Edgewell's acquisition of Harry's 'not a good comparison' to Unilever's Dollar Shave Club deal

Edgewell's $1.37 billion acquisition of shaving start-up Harry's is "not a good comparison" to Unilever's roughly $1 billion acquisition of Dollar Shave Club, Edgewell CEO Rod Little told CNBC on Thursday. Dollar Shave Club's subscriptions slowed after it sold to Unilever, the company has said. Unilever UNA-NL may have been one of first consumer giants to pay big dollars for an online brand, but Edgewell EPC , owner of the Schick and Wilkinson razor brand, doesn't want you to compare its $1.37 billion acquisition of Harry's to the $1 billion deal that started a string of copycats.