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“The Apple of Toothbrushes”: How Suri is Disrupting the $10 Billion Oral Health Care Industry

In this episode of Scratch, Viren speaks with Gyve from SURI about what it takes to build a challenger brand in a category dominated by habit and legacy players.

Episode 110 of the Scratch: CMO Interviews podcast, hosted by Gyve Safavi, Viren Samani, titled "“The Apple of Toothbrushes”: How Suri is Disrupting the $10 Billion Oral Health Care Industry" was published on April 1, 2026 and runs 50 minutes.

April 1, 2026 ·50m · Scratch: CMO Interviews

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In this episode of Scratch, Viren speaks with Gyve from SURI about what it takes to build a challenger brand in a category dominated by habit and legacy players.

Gyve shares how SURI found its edge by listening closely to real customer frustrations and rethinking the product from the ground up, from design and performance to sustainability. Instead of treating sustainability as the headline, SURI builds products people genuinely want to use first, then makes them better for the planet.

It also dives into how SURI is translating that momentum into retail, competing on shelf through design, clarity, and brand recognition, while continuing to evolve as a work in progress, including early validation from Jony Ive that reinforced their belief in design as a core differentiator.

Watch the video version of this podcast on Youtube ▶️: https://youtu.be/0n5MyEr06NM

  🖊️Mentioned in the show:

Scratch is a production of Rival, a marketing innovation consultancy that develops strategies and capabilities that help businesses grow faster. Scratch is hosted by Viren Samani, and he’s joined by Gyve Safavi of Suri in this episode

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Rival is a marketing consultancy for brands that want to challenge convention in their category. We’re on a mission to understand what challenger brands do differently to grow in categories that are being disrupted, and use a challenger playbook to deliver outsized impact through an integrated, tech-enabled approach. Past guests include CMOs from Mastercard, GE, Shell, Hyperloop, Adobe, PepsiCo, and Papa Johns.

If you’re interested in learning more about marketing from successful CMOs, we compiled a list of the top 5 CMO podcasts to listen to in 2024; check it out here 🔗  https://www.wearerival.com/content-hub-articles/cmo-podcasts-you-cannot-afford-to-miss-in-2024

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