Register for free to join our community of investors and share your ideas. You will also get access to streaming quotes, interactive charts, trades, portfolio, live options flow and more tools.
Register for free to join our community of investors and share your ideas. You will also get access to streaming quotes, interactive charts, trades, portfolio, live options flow and more tools.
Nice recap, and the addition of Florida Hardware Distribution in today's press release only shows the continuation of pressing into the home hardware sector. Will be nice if they can acheive a decent saturation in the state of Florida and surrounding service area.
Inititives like this are exactly what many here have been expecting to happen for growth to occur. This in-store activity along with new free standing case display packaging, different style display racks, racks for multiple setting and sizes, counter displays, brochure holders mounted above product in retail locations, ect... All this activity falls in line with the business model which has been discussed many times. Secure X number of retail locations for product placement, then begin to push inititives that will increase sales to X number of bottles per/day.
Many here continue to slam the financials, and with just cause if you only look skin deep, but it seems they fail to understand the business model here. We are now entering the part of the business model where these sell-through intitives are being more readily deployed, and we should begin to see financials demonstrating the growth of results of these inititives. Time will be the indicator.
New and experimental lol? Oxygen chambers have been used in wound treatment for many years. There is no doubt that pure oxygen has many benefical uses, but that's not the question here even when considering the health issues. The problem is that health providers seems to agree that you can't get additional oxygen to the cells by means of ingesting a glass of oxygenated water lol. Thus the problems with selling such a snake oil type product.
Not sure who that's directed at with such vengence, but I didn't state they had trouble paying the light bill, you did, and I asked if you had knowledge to share. I also didn't state that this was a great PR, but pointed out reasons for it's importance other than what sometimes meets the eye. I have also never stated they will succeed, I generally state when/if when I'm addressing that subject matter, but as progress is made the possibility increases. I have never stated this company makes all sorts of great decisions, as there are many times I believe certain situations could have been handled differently, but my options are to accept them, or move on. I will have no problem making that decision if/when the times comes either. I will either be a happy camper, or lick my wounds and look for another play. There will be no need for me to stick around and beat subject matter that doesn't concern me personally, but others share a different opinion of that as well, and that's fine....just keep it as real as possible.
According to their last published financials they do lol, and are having a very nice year. It's just hard to attract new buyers when when no one knows the status of what's going on. According to filings they are grossly undervalued, trading at 25-50% market cap under annual revs lol, but that's the way the pink market works. Without momentuem or news to create it, the stock usually sits idle.
Oh man, this is really getting deep now lol. I have yet to hear of any of the troubles you speak of in this statement, but would appreciate it if you would make that knowledge public if you have it. Maybe you have it, and maybe you don't, but if so I would like to see it.
You continue to repeat this same statement over and over, and have yet to produce anything of fact to back them up. Naturally anyone with shares stand a better chance of selling when volume is increased through whatever means, but you lead on this conspiracy that things are being done for the sole purpose of selling shares. I would like to see you do a volume chart to blogs for comparative purposes for at least the last few months or so, but while understanding that news should somewhat increase volume simply based on market fundamentals.
I for one wouldn't have a problem for Eric using news or blogs to assist the company's capital endevours. I would much rather see the share price supported when capital is being raised as opposed to the company just allowing the dump of new shares without any support at all.
Any substantial distribution agreement with new distributors needs to be in a formal press release. Any current or potential new retail level customer through this distributor will have the opportunity see this developement ahead of the official presentation by sales representitives by simply doing a google seach of Florida Hardware Distributor. Really pretty easy to understand.
Contrary to the belief of many on this or any board there exist a greater audience of press releases than just the retail investing market. Absolutely the retail investing market is the most important for the benefit of the company and the current shareholders, but many business owners follow the information hiway to keep up with current competitiors, new products, and number of other reasons. There are key words that will direct traffic to our site, our product, our blog, by those who may have never heard of any of it. Press releases are just another way of getting information out on many fronts.
I agree that's what the company needs, but you certainly can't PR something like that until/if it happens lol. On the other hand, the company has plenty of time through phone calls, mail-out, and customer service to nurture these accounts. It's much easier to rub elbows with several distributors than it is to rub elbows with several thousand retailers....that's becomes of the importance of training distribution sales people to handle the retail customer base.
We all understand that WNBD needs to become a fundamental investment based on improving it's financial standings, and I don't believe there have been arguements against that belief, but when dealing with a consumable product that can have commercial, industrial, and residential use, those goals can be accomplished. Given the right combination of inititives falling into place, this could begin a much faster pace of growth on the path to becoming seccussful.
Understanding that financing is the quickest way to meet the objectives of the company, this blog and it's contents would go a long way to put us on the path to increased revenue at an accelerated pace. In locations where the display racks have been installed in the past it's evident that the results come very close or exceed the goals set by the company of 1 bottle per/day average. With the 1,000 locations alone if the racks get installed, and using a conservative turnover of 4 bottles per/week (about 1/2 of what has occured in existing locations) it's pretty easy to see the value of this inititive.
4,000 bottles per/week x 4.25 per/bottle = 17,000.00 per/week
or $884,000.00 annual sales from these 1,000 locations.
If the company were to acheive their goals of 1 bottle per/day on these 1,000 locations would be as follows.
7,000 bottles per/week x 4.25 per/bottle = 29,750.00 per/week
or $1,547,000.00 annual sales from these 1,000 locations.
I have to agree Ant, things look good given it's only available online at this time. It took longer than anticipated to make our online debut at Home Depot in the US, but Eric was true to his word in the end. Thanks for the info.
Have fun in the sun, and thanks for the link.
It seems like this PR is refering to the listing of Home Depot on-line sales, and Eric states we look forward to a US listing when conditions permit. If I remember correctly we have since been granted an on-line listing with Home Depot in the US, so it seems once again Eric has delivered on his word. Maybe a little longer than all had hoped for, but none the less we are there. Thanks again
I don't recall that that PR, it would be much appreciated if you could post a link to it, thanks.
I have no idea of what all it might include (value or concession) given I'm not privy to the internal progects ongoing, and neither are you at this point. Nor do I recall Eric setting a hard 90 day deadline end to the process. He stated we will be working dilligently over the next 90 days to complete, but never that it would be a done deal at that time. Doog it's as simple as this. You and others who have no skin in the game see things one way, and I and others who are shareholders see things another. As I've stated many times, that regardless of your opinion or mine, time will reveal the correct answer.
I fully inderstand how funding works, but thanks for your concern. Time will tell.
haha, you can't really be serious lol. So according to that logic, when a company has a need for capital to expand their retail base, or ongoing company operations that qualifies them as a scam lol. The DTCC has chilled thousands of pink sheet stocks without recourse, and that in no way quantifies any company as a scam either. The DTCC is a private company, and can pretty much do as they wish, so your theories hold about as much water as a dip net.
This comment below that you commonly refer to only describes the difference in what we each believe may happen as far as financing goes. The majority of the companies that accept this toxic financing you refer too are generally scams to begin with, and are only looking to line their pockets with the funds they recieve. In turn the financiers don't care because they will simply hire promoters to hype the stock for their eventual P&D play. On the other hand, when you have a company like Winning Brands who has demonstrated itself in a manner of a real company seeking and having the potential to gain market share in the retail enviornment it becomes a fundamental play, as opposed to your POS momo plays. This behavior has the possibility to attract risk tolerant investors with a broader vision of what could happen if funding wasn't an issue.
It just depends on which angle you are looking at the potential from. momo play or eventual fundamental play.
Good Lord, how many times has this subject been hashed out over the last 4 years lol. Some of the same people have been claiming a R/S was coming that far back. Same old worn out story over and over again.
There is no doubt shareholders don't want to see this happen, especially as long as we are still in the pink sheet market as it is pretty much a death sentence unless the company is at a point where no more dilution would ever be necessary. Some call for the CEO to change verbage on the corporate website for some reason, but the blogs where he specifically addresses this issue is also part of the legal corporate website.
I would doubt very much that you would ever get a CEO of a legitimate company to state he would NEVER have a R/S, and to think so would send up red flags to me. Heck even Citibank had one last year lol. Not comparing the two companies to each other, but there is always a possibility in any company that it could happen, regardless of which exchange it's trading on.
Believe as you will also, and I will allow time to be the determining factor.
If Eric was going after just any type of financing it could have been a done deal by now, but if what he states is true, and looking for financing that will benefit all parties involved then that is a horse of a different color. You know as well as I do that Eric could have recieved toxic financing anytime he desired, but it appears that's not his desire, and friendly financing is his goal. Thus the vetting process takes time.
The vast majority of wealth in this world has been aquired by those willing to take a risk. Even if it was gain by corruption the risk was still there. With that being said, the possibility of Eric finding proper financing outside the normal penny players is absolutely possible if potential can be seen in their investment. Whether or not this is the case is yet to be seen, but common sense tells me that Eric could have secured toxic financing long ago if that was his goal. Good things come to those who strive to be a cut above.
Why continue to beat the same unfounded drum month after month, and not let time provide the answer to the financing? There are things potential financiers are privy too that neither you or I have a clue about. Maybe Eric has found potential outside the normal penny players, and maybe not, but why not allow time to dictate the outcome.
I think most people understand who knows what lol, and the post speak for themselves.
Everyone also knows dilution is taking place especially when it gets repeated here 10-20 times a day, but as most people know the access to capital is the sole reason for companies going public to begin with. Some here think the capital raised has been put to good use while others dissagree. Only time will be the tell-all factor, and I'll be waiting.
HUH??? Do you understand how the public market works??? Maybe that explains alot lol.
Eric nor the company sells shares directly into the public market, period!!! He sells X amount of shares to an accredited investor for X amount of capital. Once this transaction takes place, the company has no control over the number of shares or the timing this investor sells into the public market.
No way hope!!!! Don't you realize the sky is falling while we are all sitting around the camp fire eating carrots and drinking kool-aid while chasing rainbows and dreaming about a land far far away....maybe even somewhere over the rainbow, yea that's it lol.
It also shows this.
30.7 1000+ Stain Remover
Winning Brands
Model: WC200A
Do it Best SKU: 635646
Online Price: $9.99
It has been discussed numerous times if you care to do the DD to figure it out. You asked if anyoneone had any ideas, and I gave you one. If you don't like it or don't agree that's tough.
Some hear are grasping at old worn out straws now, so it apprears desperation is now shifting to old due dilligence. No further discussion on this worn out topic from me given all the answers can be found for those seeking the truth.
It would seem to me that given the fact many TA's charge additional fees for shareholder inquires to cover the overwhelming number of phone calls they recieve, that it would only add additional cost at a time when cost are being reduced. Since Eric posts a copy of the TA's report on the blog in between the quarterly reports, and then the numbers are also included in the quarterly reports there may be no need to incure the additional cost.
I ordered 6 bottles of kind laundry detergent and kind fabric softner early last year, and used them until they were gone last month. My assesment of the product was this:
Advantages of the product: Some of the major claims for the product is eco-friendly, safe for septic systems, and great for people with sensitive skin. My family has never had a problem with skin irritation with any detergent I used, so I can't remark on that claim. Kind did as good of a job cleaning my clothes as the detergent I used for the past 30 years (Tide) and left them smelling clean and fresh. Although I'm not as eco-concious as I should be, it did give me a sense of doing the right thing. I believe the most notable advantage for me had to do with plumbing. I'm assuming it has to do with the way the plumbing in my house is vented, but my washing maching usually stops up at least once a year. It's not the drain stopped up, but the vent that allows air in to assist in draining, and without air there is no draining lol. It is the soap suds from detergent that has created this problem in the past, but it did not stop up at all last year.
In summary: The product was just as effective in cleaning properties, and leaving clothes smelling fresh as any other detergent I've used in the past. As stated, it seems to have advantages for people on septic systems, and in my case was better for plumbing issues. For general use I can't say I would reccomend the product for everyone as long as the product has to be ordered on line, but for those facing similar issues or eco-concious people I have, and they like the product. Once the product is available at local stores I would reccomend it to everyone as a safer alternative to the enviorment, skin, and septic systems than what's available.
What are we supposed to gather from this information?
NEW BLOG
European Union: 1000+ Stain Remover Dispatched Today
Launch Activity
by Eric Lehner
Earlier this month a News Release referred to 1000+ Stain Removere heading to England within a few weeks constituting our official European Union launch. This shipment consists of our Bio-Based formulation, that will eventually be introduced to all markets. We have completed preparation of these goods today for the customer’s Canadian freight forwarder, so the shipment is officially “en route”.
The Winning Brands German Ambassador has been reviewing the proposed German label. The purpose of having country-specific 1000+ labels is to provide the information about the importer and territory contacts for local consumers and retailers in their own languages. All other aspects of the packaging and product are identical, so it’s an easy thing to do.
It has taken several years to be ready to introduce 1000+ to the European Union on a commercial basis (ie product on the shelf for sale, not testing). However, we are far more comfortable now that we have the regulatory issues, product technology and business elements properly developed for Europe – resulting in advances on several fronts now. We will be hearing a great deal about 1000+ from Europe in 2012 and in years to come.
As short and to the point as that blog was I figured it would be a little harder to spin a negative into it, but I certainly knew someone would try lol. The inability to find anything positive in any action accomplished by Winning Brands is completely beyond belief.
Unfortunately the information you seek won't be given to you by any company in any public market. Certain details of Manufacturer/distributor/retailer relationships aren't open for public knowledge. That simply makes good business sense, but it does give some on here something else to complain about lol.
NEW BLOG
Maybe this blog give credience to Andy's assumption.
Actually seems like a sweet deal if that's what Eric has been working on, and can pull it off.
Thanks for the picture and info. always good to hear reports from the field in new retailers.