![]() | |
Product type | Personal care |
---|---|
Owner | Henkel |
Introduced | 1954 |
Website | int |
Fa is an international brand for personal care products. It is a subsidiary of German company Henkel AG.[1] Fa products include skin care lotions, creams and gels, as well as shower gels, bubble baths, soaps and deodorants.[2]
Name origin
[edit]The name comes from German: fabelhafte "fabulous" and German: Fadenseife "thread soap".
History
[edit]The first Fa product, a new bar soap, talc powders was launched in 1954 by Henkel-subsidiary Dreiring. In 1975, Henkel's first Fa-shower gel was introduced. Fa products were since then joined by new series of bar soaps, liquid soaps, shower gels, bubble baths, roll-on deodorants, stick deodorants and deosprays.[3] As of today, Fa is marketed in some 120 countries.
In 2008, the Federal Cartel Office imposed a fine totaling EUR 21.6 million on the Henkel group for price fixing, among other things, for Fa brand shower gel.[4]
The product family includes soap, shower gel and deodorant.[5] Fa is one of the European market leaders.[6] Products are also marketed under the Fa brand in the Middle East, Africa and Asia. In total, Fa is sold in 146 countries. Since Fa gets a new appearance every few years, the brand is considered a prime example for a product relaunch.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Brands & Businesses". Henkel. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
- ^ "Home". Henkel. Archived from the original on 2018-07-11. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
- ^ Brede, Christina (2005). Das Instrument der Sauberkeit : die Entwicklung der Massenproduktion von Feinseifen in Deutschland 1850 bis 2000. Münster: Waxmann. ISBN 978-3-8309-1439-6. OCLC 75925465.
- ^ magazin, manager (21 February 2008). "Kartell: Strafe für Zahncreme und Duschgel". www.manager-magazin.de (in German). Retrieved 2022-02-09.
- ^ "Home". www.de.fa.com. Retrieved 2022-02-09.
- ^ Henkel. "Beauty Care". www.henkel.de (in German). Retrieved 2022-02-09.
- ^ Joppe, Johanna (2004). Umsatz steigern - jetzt! das A-Z-Programm zur Umsetzung im Unternehmen. Christian Ganowski, Franz-Josef Ganowski. Frankfurt/Main. ISBN 978-3-593-37560-1. OCLC 76505421.
{{cite book}}
: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
External links
[edit] Media related to Fa (brand) at Wikimedia Commons