"Getting into a Lowes is great; making an impression that turns into future sales is another thing."
Thank you very much for your insight. You have proven to be deliberate and well thought out with your opinions. I for one find the above quote most intriguing and interesting. I will break it down into two separate statements though.
The first being: "Getting into Lowes is great."
The only comment I would like to make is "enough said" but, I will expand somewhat.
Getting in the door of one of these big box retailers is a feet in itself. There are more aspects than just "having the lowest bid." There is a huge trust factor that supports their decision making, so yes they may be the lowest bidder but, that is among companies with trust that can deliver. So that being said, not just anybody can get in.
The second being: "Making an impression that turns into future sales is another thing."
The operative words in this statement are "future sale." Yes real profit making, revenue generating, future sales. And how does one accomplish this? They do this by laying the proper groundwork to set a foundation to achieve success. By getting their foot into companies such as Lowes, Home Depot and by getting accommodating letters of approval from companies like Stanley.
Have they made mistakes in the past? Hell yes they have, who hasn't? Did they use the company fax machine when the shouldn't have, who hasn't. Some here want to treat it as some type of Enron situation.
We need to demand our "future" investment be treated correctly and we do this from learning from our past. Not by dredging up problems of a troubled past that have mostly no bearing on what happens to our future.
All will be discussed in detail at the shareholders meeting on 9/15/10 at precisely 3:00pm
