Template:Did you know nominations/d-CON


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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 23:03, 7 May 2015 (UTC)

d-CON

 * ... that when it was first launched in 1950, rat poison d-CON was advertised so aggressively that it took ten admen to keep up with all the activity?


 * ALT1:... that eight months after launch, d-CON was selling $100,000 of rat poison a week, a feat that was called "as brilliant a record for a new product as you're likely to find anywhere, anytime"?
 * Reviewed: Simon Henig

Created by ThaddeusB (talk) and JennaEnglish (talk). Nominated by ThaddeusB (talk) at 21:31, 2 April 2015 (UTC).


 * Symbol voting keep.svg Article was created March 25 and is long enough. Well-referenced, images are PD, and otherwise within policy. First hook is cited to Printers' Ink and Reporting Agriculture (not available online), and ALT1 is cited to Broadcasting Telecasting ("started on the d-CON account with one assistant and now has 10"). ALT1 doesn't mention that d-CON is an American company, so the currency symbol should probably be "US$". hinnk (talk) 18:25, 7 May 2015 (UTC)