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comex
on April 22, 2022
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Listerine Mouthwash Royalties
The royalty is actually a fixed dollar amount per X weight of product sold - so not inflation protected.
missedthecue
on April 22, 2022
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Since this has been a thing since the 1800s, wouldn't it be paying out pennies per ton at this point? There has been a lot of inflation in the last 150 years.
bombcar
on April 22, 2022
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Is it? The finalized says ten per cent of gross apparently.
Rastonbury
on April 22, 2022
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Surely they sell more that $1.14m worldwide per year
bombcar
on April 22, 2022
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True, though this is an unspecified fraction of the royalties.
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