Quote Originally Posted by TwistedOak View Post
I've read comments about AOS from people that work/used to work there. Apparently management's main goal is to be bought up by Gillette as a high end retailer for their goods, so they try to push Gillette products. This could just be hearsay but from the comments thus far in this thread, I'd say it's obvious from outside the store employees. The last time I went into one of their stores here in Chicago I had the manager tell me how much better the electronic badger brush lathered than a normal brush (and then proceeded to demonstrate it's "superb" lathering ability on my hand).
According to wikipedia that already happened:

"Procter & Gamble, owner of the Gillette brand, purchased The Art of Shaving in 2009."