An American Brand
Vicks is an American brand owned by the American company Procter & Gamble. Vicks also makes Nyquil and its sister medication, DayQuil, which are also staples of the American household. And for most of the company’s history, Vicks products were made by the family-owned company Richardson-Vicks, Inc. Richardson-Vicks, Inc. was eventually sold to Procter & Gamble in 1985.
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Some history about the product: the history of Vick’s goes way back. When the Spanish flu hit the U.S. in 1918 and 1919, Vicks VapoRub sales skyrocketed from a number of $900,000 to a whopping $2.9 million in just one year. Sales of the product had increased so dramatically that the Vicks plant operated day and night to keep up with orders.