No offense dude, but many of us entered this venture with eyes wide open and don't need to find a switch, because we are grown up enough to realize that things may not always go as planned, but are still worth supporting. We are also wise enough to realize the uphill battle facing the company, but may posess a deeper understanding of some of the accomplishments and what it means to the possible success of the company going forward. Can this be done while the early shareholders still have a chance to reap rewards, or will we lose our investment while waiting for success to be achieved? It's understandable that the dominating forces on the board only like to talk about the pending doom and gloom, but no one wants to acknowledge or discuss the importance of some of the accomplishments, and in fact pin the label of failure on them simply because they don't understand the nature of business or the time that's required to accomplishment certain task.
Let me discuss the deeper understanding statement for a minute, and use the examples of Lowes and Home Depot as an example. The dominating forces on this board have express their views as a lost cause or a failure over and over for the past year or so. Here is what a deeper understanding of this accomplishment actually reveals. This is the #1 and #2 big box home improvement retailers in North America, and Winning Brands has secured a vendor number and fostered a relationship with both of them. Since we aren't on the shelves of these retailers nationwide at this time, what does it really say about this accomplishment? What it says to me is this: There is probably not a product manufacturer in North America that doesn't have a desire to have their products listed in either of these retailers. What gets overlooked because of the vast number of items these retailers carry, is the limited number of manufacturers approved in each product sector. They may have 10 different paint and stain removers on the shelf, but these products may be manfactured by 2 or 3 different companies. They may have 100 different cleaning products on the cleaning isle, but only 5 or 10 different manufacturers providing these products. So, even though the items are many, the opportunity for manufacturers is limited, and Winning Brands is one of the selected vendors.
The process in which Winning Brands or any company has to go through to reach this level is probably more scrutany than they ever experienced before. From product and package testing and acceptance, to corporate review from insurance to financial and credit standings, from operating and logistics standards to vendor performance with other retailers, ect... Winning Brands passed all these standards and was awarded a vendor number to do business with these retailers, and there are those who can't see the merit in this accomplishment. Whether or not this will relate into national accounts with these two retailers is yet to be seen, but these accomplishments are huge for a company like Winning Brands, and have the potential to turn this company around in a moments notice with one simple word..."YES"
