# Bringing Innovation to an Underserved Market

An episode of [HBR On Strategy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1683845677), 9 Apr 2025, 27 min.

Audio: https://audio.hbr.org/on-strategy/20250408133642-105_BringingInnovationtoanUnderservedMarket.mp3

Founded in 2014, Thinx, Inc. makes absorbent underwear that can be worn during menstruation. But the feminine care market had seen virtually no innovation in half a century because of the taboo against discussing the topic of menstruation. As a result, the startup was competing against large incumbents like Procter & Gamble and Johnson & Johnson. Harvard Business School Associate Professor Rembrand Koning examines these strategic marketing challenges and discusses the importance of removing taboos and biases in order to bring innovation to the feminine care market in his case, “Thinx, Inc.—Breaking Barriers in Feminine Care.” Key episode topics include: disruptive innovation, startups, marketing, gender, health and wellness HBR On Strategy curates the best case studies and conversations with the world’s top business and management experts, to help you unlock new ways of doing business. New episodes every week. • Listen to the full Cold Call episode: Innovating in the Feminine Care Market • Find more episodes of Cold Call • Discover 100 years of Harvard Business Review articles, case studies, podcasts, and more at HBR.org

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