SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 1, 2025--
MANSCAPED®, the global men’s grooming company, is known for its superior collection of grooming products and ingenious marketing. But for the past five years, the brand has also been dedicated to a cause that directly impacts its community – raising awareness for testicular cancer and educating men on the importance of self-checks. This April marks five years partnering with the Testicular Cancer Society (TCS) and, in honor of this milestone, the launch of their most meaningful bundle yet.
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Today, MANSCAPED and TCS debut The Lawn Mower ® 5.0 Ultra TCS Special Edition and Boxers 2.0 TCS – Flauge, available individually or as part of the TCS Ball Hero Bundle. Accented with a purposeful purple palette, the official color for testicular cancer awareness, this trimmer-boxers duo serves as a constant reminder for men to stay on top of their below-the-waist health. As part of this cause and in recognition of Testicular Cancer Awareness Month, MANSCAPED is donating $50,000 to TCS to further the non-profit organization’s mission to generate awareness, fight the disease, and save lives around the world.
“Five years ago, Mike Craycraft and I formed this partnership with the goal of raising awareness about testicular cancer and highlighting the importance of self-screening and early detection,” said Paul Tran, Founder and CEO of MANSCAPED. “As the brand that founded groin care, we felt uniquely positioned to champion testicular health and support this incredible cause.”
“In 2006, I was diagnosed with testicular cancer, and in that moment, my world was turned upside down,” said Mike Craycraft, Founder of Testicular Cancer Society. “What began as a personal battle became a mission – to ensure no man faces this journey alone. MANSCAPED has been an invaluable ally, using its extensive platform to amplify awareness and action. I’m so grateful to Paul and the team for their dedication to our cause and the men we serve.”
Designed by MANSCAPED’s in-house Product Development and Creative teams specifically for this important cause, these special edition products feature co-branded TCS packaging and include educational inserts on how to perform a self-check for testicular cancer. The Boxers 2.0 TCS – Flauge include a hidden reminder to “Check Your Balls,” along with MANSCAPED’s signature The Jewel Pouch ®, micromodal fabric with anti-chafing, flatlock seams, and moisture-wicking properties. The Lawn Mower 5.0 Ultra TCS Special Edition includes a purple power status indicator light, purple blade combs, and a custom TCS travel case, while retaining all the features customers already know and love: interchangeable SkinSafe ® * foil and trimmer blade heads, waterproof functionality**, a dual-tone LED spotlight, wireless charging, and more.
Available now in the United States and Canada, The TCS Ball Hero Bundle is priced at $119.99 USD and $159.99 CAD. Customers can also purchase The Lawn Mower 5.0 Ultra TCS Special Edition for $109.99 USD and $149.99 CAD and Boxers 2.0 TCS - Flauge for $34.99 USD and $39.99 CAD, exclusively on manscaped.com.
*SkinSafe ® technology does not guarantee cut protection.
** IPX7 rated to protect against immersion in up to one meter of fresh water for up to 30 minutes. Learn more at www.manscaped.com/waterproof.
About MANSCAPED ®
Founded by Paul Tran in 2016, San Diego, California-based MANSCAPED ® is the global men’s lifestyle consumer brand and male grooming category creator trusted by over twelve million men worldwide. The product range includes a diversified line of premium tools, formulations, and accessories designed to introduce and elevate a whole new self-care routine for men. The collection is available globally in 40 countries on manscaped.com, on Amazon in more than 100 countries worldwide, and in major retailers including Target ®, Walmart, CVS, Best Buy, Men’s Wearhouse, Jos. A. Bank, Military Exchanges, and many more internationally. For more information, visit manscaped.com or follow on Facebook, Instagram, X, TikTok, Tumblr, and YouTube.
“Don’t forget the balls” – today and every day. A friendly reminder where it counts.
Experience two of MANSCAPED’s most beloved products while supporting the fight against the most common form of cancer among men ages 15-35.
Introducing the TCS Ball Hero Bundle by MANSCAPED, a co-branded kit designed to raise awareness and celebrate our longtime partnership with the Testicular Cancer Society.
DETROIT (AP) — President Donald Trump's tariff blitz has sent shock waves throughout every aspect of the global economy, including the auto sector, where multi-billion-dollar plans to electrify in the United States are especially at risk.
Here's what consumers should know about the impact of tariffs on electric vehicles.
EVs accounted for about 8% of new car sales in the U.S. in 2024, according to Motorintelligence.com.
Some of those sales can be attributed to expanded tax credits for EV purchases, a Biden-era policy that spurred car buyer interest.
Tesla held a majority of U.S. EV market share in 2024, at 48%. But that share has declined in recent years, as brands including Ford (7.5%), Chevrolet (5.2%) and Hyundai (4.7%) began to offer a wider variety of electric models at better price points, according to Kelley Blue Book.
Electric vehicles remain more expensive than their gasoline-powered equivalents. New gas vehicles sold for $48,039 on average last month, Kelly Blue Book data says, while EVs sold for $55,273 on average.
Tariffs add on to the costs of an EV transition that was already volatile and uncertain, said Vanessa Miller, a litigation partner focused on automotive manufacturing at law firm Foley & Lardner.
Biden’s tax credits essentially required automakers to get more and more of their EV content from the U.S. or trade allies over the coming years in order for their vehicles to qualify. Automakers have worked to build an EV supply chain across the country and significant investment has gone toward these efforts.
EVs assembled here include Tesla models, the Ford F-150 Lightning and more. Tesla actually might be least vulnerable given how much of its vehicles come from the U.S.
Though the industry is growing, tariffs mean costs for automakers and their buyers will stay high and might go higher, as well as hike up the prices of the many parts of EVs still coming from China and elsewhere. From the critical minerals used in battery production to the vehicles themselves, China laps the U.S. industry.
Automakers were already pulling back on ambitious electrification plans amid shrinking federal support and are strapped for cash on what is the less lucrative side of their businesses.
Higher prices might push car buyers to the used car market, but they aren't likely to find much respite there.
If consumers don't buy as many vehicles, automakers will have to prioritize their investments and manufacturing. That means the cars that buyers want and that are most profitable. Automakers still lose thousands of dollars on each EV they make and sell, but they make money from big, popular gas-guzzling pickup trucks and SUVs.
These manufacturers “have put a certain amount of investment into EVs, and it would probably be even more wasteful to completely walk away from them than it is to find the new level at which it makes sense to maintain production of them," said Karl Brauer, executive analyst at auto research site iSeeCars.com. That level “will assuredly be lower than what it was,” he added.
Making fewer EVs won’t help bring their cost down further anytime soon.
Albert Gore, executive director of the Zero Emission Transportation Association, said in a statement the EV and battery sector is working to ensure that the American auto industry grows and that his group will work with the administration on productive trade policy.
“Tariffs on our longstanding trade partners, many of whom have committed billions in direct investment into U.S. factories, introduces uncertainty and risk into an industry that is creating jobs and bringing new economic opportunities to communities across the country,” Gore said.
Trump has already taken a hatchet to federal EV policy. He campaigned on a vow to end what he called former President Joe Biden’s “EV mandate.”
Biden’s EV policies did not require automakers to sell EVs or consumers to buy them, but they did incentivize manufacturers to increase their electric offerings in the coming years. Trump put an end to Biden’s target for 50% of all new vehicles sold in the U.S. to be electric by 2035 in his first days in office.
Also under Biden, Environmental Protection Agency and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration rules on vehicle greenhouse gas emissions and fuel economy were to get increasingly tougher, but could be met by automakers selling a growing number of EVs alongside more fuel-efficient gasoline-powered vehicles. Trump's administrators are already reevaluating emissions standards.
He's also likely to seek to repeal the tax credits.
Alexa St. John is an Associated Press climate reporter. Follow her on X: @alexa_stjohn. Reach her at ast.john@ap.org.
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File - Vehicles move along the 2023 Chevrolet Bolt EV and EUV assembly line at the General Motors Orion Assembly on June 15, 2023, in Lake Orion, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)
FILE - A motorist charges his electric vehicle at a Tesla Supercharger station in Detroit, Nov. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
