This begins to sound as if GMCR is trying to reverse the old Gillette razor blade business model.

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Luminex has a razor blade business model, just like 3-D, where it sells the machine and once you buy the machine you have to buy the consumables, or the razors, that run through it.

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The latest model has newly designed, four-blade propellers made of advanced composites that save on weight (60 fewer pounds), reduce noise (inside and out) and lower maintenance costs.

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The significant attraction to companies producing glucose monitoring devices is that the business model is a classic razor-and-blade concept as an overwhelming portion of sales by these companies consists of the recurring test strips.

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Oscar Pistorius, the double-amputee sprinter known as the "Blade Runner, " is charged with premeditated murder in the death of his girlfriend, model Reeva Steenkamp.

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