Remington (personal care brand)

E. Remington & Sons made occasional forays into products other than firearms, such as sewing machines and farm implements—but its most significant side venture was when inventor Christopher Sholes persuaded the firearms company to help him develop the typewriter with the QWERTY keyboard, which is still the standard today.

The combined company became the Sperry Rand Corporation and continued to market shavers under the Remington brand.

Kiam sold his controlling interest in Remington to Ike Perlmutter prior to the Clairol acquisition that same year.

Remington changed hands again in June 1996 when Perlmutter and Kiam sold their controlling interest in the company to Vestar Capital Partners.

Victor Kiam would often appear in television advertisements for Remington shavers and say: "Shaves as close as a blade, or your money back!