Marani Brands Inc. (MRIB)

[DMeeusen]

Agreed. If someone is surprised by low numbers, someone hasn't been paying attention to release dates and general information about the company. They don't even have to be on IHub to figure it out.

We know it's not going to show much because we all know they didn't start selling until what, 9 days left in $MRIB's quarter? Sure, you can sell a ton of stuff in 9 days but only if you've been in stores for the 60 days prior to those nine and had been marketed to the moon in preparation. But they weren't, and those 9 days are going to be peanuts compared to what's coming now that we're planted and watered.

Look at the IPhone 1. Do you think 9 days of sales of an IPhone 1 would have been nearly what they were had they not marketed the hell out of it for months (years) prior to the release? Marani is only known to those of us who have shared with our social groups right now, and/or those who have purchased the product before the company went dark. They don't have a TV commercial, they don't have billboards, they only have their tasting events, and the New Years party, and now Costco, Hi-Time, and Restaurant Depot, and US!

People only bought Stoli because it was cheap and "middle shelf," but now that they've pumped up their marketing 100 fold, everyone knows them by name and actually purchase it on purpose (god help them).

Why do I know about Luksusowa? My uncle, otherwise I would have completely ignored one of the best Polish potato vodka's I've ever tasted as it sat in the bottom corner of the bottom shelf. No commercials, no mass marketing campaign, just good vodka hidden among a slew of poor ones.

Good to have you back V ;)

DM