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Really Don't Understand The Share Price HEre...
When is infomercial scheduled to start?
From: Eric Lehner (Graffiti Story In Chicago)
To: Scott
Sent: Fri, April 23, 2010 1:18:39 PM
Subject: RE: Graffiti story in Wicker Park Chicago
Thank you for the lead. I reviewed the same story yesterday and discussed it at the meeting that I attended.
Best regards,
Eric Lehner, CEO
WinningBrands.com
From: Scott
Sent: April-23-10 2:17 PM
To: Eric Lehner
Subject: Graffiti story in Wicker Park Chicago
Eric,
I understand that you are in Chicago area. This story just came out in Wicker Park neighborhood in local newspapers.
I thought sample bottles to local businesses there could help spread the word about Winning Colors ability to fight graffiti and get Winning Brands in the news here.
SOMEBODY TELL ERIC ABOUT THIS IN CHICAGO Wicker Park. This story was just in the news. The stores in Wicker Park could start like Winning Colors enough to sell it and also get Winning Colors in the local news.
http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/news/metro/20100419-graffiti-blasters-slowed-by-budget-woes-in-wicker-park
'Graffiti Blasters' Slowed by Budget Woes in Wicker Park
Updated: Monday, 19 Apr 2010, 9:49 PM CDT
Published : Monday, 19 Apr 2010, 9:49 PM CDT
Sun-Times Media Group
Chicago - In Wicker Park, Mayor Daley's "Graffiti Blasters" -- those Streets and Sanitation crews armed with high-pressure, spray-paint-erasing devices -- can't blast fast enough to keep up these days.
Take a ride on the Blue Line through the neighborhood or bicycle up Milwaukee Avenue, and you'll see that prolific taggers seem to be winning the city's $9 million-a-year war to keep storefronts and alleyways graffiti-free.
"It's really bad in the alley," says Andrew Manto, a metal fabricator who works in the 1900 block of North Milwaukee Avenue. "I see the Graffiti Blasters -- I see them mostly driving around and not blasting."
Since Daley created the Graffiti Blasters program in 1993, city workers have erased or painted over nearly 2 million graffiti tags, city Department of Streets & Sanitation spokesman Matt Smith says. At a total price tag of about $9 million a year, that means it's costing Chicago taxpayers about $76 a blast.
"Graffiti is constant and cyclical," Smith says, "and we are constantly out there removing it."
Indeed, records show the mayor's Graffiti Blasters have knocked out more than 172,000 graffiti tags citywide a year, on average, in 2008 and 2009.
But with City Hall groaning under the weight of a record budget deficit, graffiti removal has declined every month since last October -- which also happens to be when the city lost its bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Since then, there have been nearly 10,000 fewer graffiti removals citywide compared with the same six-month period in 2008 and 2009, city records show.
Don't read anything into that, says Smith. He says it's difficult to say why there is more or less graffiti removal done at any particular time -- but staffing and budget issues have not affected the work.
"The fact is that we did more total removals in 2009 than we did in 2008," Smith says. "And we've done more removals so far in 2010 than we did in 2008.
"Some years and months, there are more, and some less," Smith says. "It fluctuates. Graffiti is also impacted by the weather. I'm not sure it can be analyzed beyond all of these issues."
Still, in Wicker Park, graffiti is an ongoing problem that gives an "embarrassing first impression" to people visiting the neighborhood, says Paula Barrington, executive director of the Wicker Park and Bucktown Chamber of Commerce.
Barrington says the Graffiti Blasters generally are responsive to her calls -- earlier this month, they removed tags from the chamber's own building a day after she called 311.
But some business owners say they've watched city workers remove some graffiti and then ignore other tags nearby.
"They recently came to blast the sidewalk but didn't take any off the light poles or the walls," says Christa South, owner of Dance Spa on Milwaukee, who has fought taggers by installing security cameras. "We've had to clean up a lot. Once we put up cameras, people stopped writing on our windows."
Allstate insurance broker Pete Fernandez says taggers are relentless near Milwaukee and Western. And he's tired of cleaning up their mess.
"They just come back and hit it worse," says Fernandez. "It's a game to them."
Barrington says she's not ready to surrender to the taggers in the graffiti war along Milwaukee Avenue.
"The goal is to get it off walls and get it out of sight," she says. "We don't want it to serve as inspiration or an invitation for other taggers to do the same thing."
What happened to sweepstakes?
They were supposed to have a drawing already.
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Hopefully this stops the downtrend
Public Association..
What about the public association of WD40 and Winning Colours...now the association is somewhat official.
This realism includes the preparations necessary to do business with America's largest retailers, not merely desiring it.
The statement above is really cool IMO
Hey Guys,
Who thinks this is the type of news to get investors excited?
Since the DRTV ad is moving forward can we presume there is definitely a national retailer?
WHat happened to the guy with all the duck pictures in his signature?
Consumable stocks? DDRX, HANS, WNBD?
ROcket, is DDRX an example of a consumable business gone big?
Last year DDRX went from .35 cents to 35 dollars.
WNBD may have similar upside potential.
2 minute commercials.....
Why not longer?
With IIS coming and other potential news why did this issue drop so fast?
WHat happened to all the momentum in the charts?
Will share structure be in the ISS? how much did shareholders own? it would be nice to stop hearing bashers talk about this issue.
Does Winning Brands have other products worthy of infomercials? If it does, WInning Colours does not have to be the only product using Hawthorne. Could get interesting.
I called stores in Chicago a couple of weeks ago and they did not know what I was talking about.
I called a week later and they were like "oh..thats the new stuff that just got here"
A couple more Chicago Locations..
I see a couple more locations added to my city according to the store locator...it looks like Winning Colors is creeping towards the central business district (loop)
its funny because the previous locations in Chicago told me "Winning Colors is a new product" and they just got it on their shelves a couple weeks ago...lol..
WHat happened?
WHen did this issue become known as a scam? Weren't there some legit professionals at the helm?
I havent checked into this stock in a while...
Rocket...my question is when do i sell to buy the bottom? I have been in this issue for 2 years now and I always imagine that the run will stick and i should not sell because it is going to the moon.
That rarely happens in penny stock. I should have sold the last time at 2 cents. I could have doubled my position by now.
Should i anticipate that every run will be followed by buying opportunities?
For instance, what if this thing runs next week...then i sell.. and the following week WNBD announces a national retailer...lol
its so hard to predict what news will attract buyers....
after all the good news that WNBD put out...why did investors get excited about numbers being put out (well, yeah, it is good news)
are you a full time trader? are there many traders with full time jobs?
Lamentations 3:22-24
(NASB)
The unfailing love of the LORD never ends! By his mercies we have been kept from complete destruction. Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each day. I say to myself, "The LORD is my inheritance; therefore, I will hope in him!"
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I like this...
We have been chasing the big one-time USA account for years....
However there are many other irons on the fire....
Is Eric still releasing any numbers this year?
I am not even really excited about this news. I think building store by store locations is eventually going to lead to more word of mouth branding; however it seems Eric is determined to penetrate the United States in 2010.
Winning Brands CEO, Eric Lehner, explains
the context: "We have now received in writing confirmation
of our being an approved trading partner with our first
major U.S. retailer with national reach. Pending the
activation of this relationship, we will commence building
an 'As Seen on TV' stature for Winning Colours Stain Remover.
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what does "approved trading partner" mean?
what conditions affect the "activation" of this relationship?
What do you think the effect of Eric releasing financials will be?
Twitter, the free micro-blogging and social networking site, enables its users worldwide to discuss (among other topics) all things green. From green living tips to local, national and international environmental news, users can follow the green musings of its 2 million users.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/19/best-green-twitter-feeds_n_119694.html
I'm following Oprah, Home Depot, Lowes...if these guys check out who is following them...they may get curious and check out Winning colors!
I created a twitter account at www.twitter.com/Winning_Brands
I would like to turn this profile over to Eric and link the Twitter Profile to the Facebook profile.
Social Marketing 101
Is anyone tweeting(twitter), blogging, or face-booking about winning colors and its uses?
links to the videos you guys have made could also be tweeted....its one way to reach people who may not know they could use the product.
Second Store In City of Chicago
Full-screen
Store Name: Johnston Paint & Glass
Address: 9274 South Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL 60617
Phone: (773) 768-0506
Country: United States
I think this is somewhat an industrial/commerical supply area...will try to check it out.
100 YouTube Videos in 100 Days
I have a camcorder but I never had any winning colors. I have several hundred thousand shares though.
I guess I better order some since I have been a shareholder going on two years.
What happened over here?
I sold some expecting to buy in lower...not higher...lol
what happened to Wings & INk...are they doing anything?
My friend got mustard on his shirt and we bought some oxi-clean instant stain remover. It did not entirely remove the stain which surprised me due to the advertising. Do you guys think Winning Colours would have done the trick?>
How long can Lowes situation stay crediblE?
Why would Lowes keep us in the system so long?
Just seems sort of odd....
THis CC may break in any direction. It is a great sign that the SP is rising before the CC, however Eric has promised to deliver news both bad and good in a timely manner.
my long term view is that, God Willing, Eric turns this situation into something very positive for shareholders against the odds..
Wow, what volume and what SP appreciation...what a long wait...did we reach a tipping point? we could end the year at .05.
Wow, what volume and what SP appreciation...what a long wait...did we reach a tipping point? we could end the year at .05.
Wow, what volume and what SP appreciation...what a long wait...did we reach a tipping point? we could end the year at .05.