Replies to post #129367 on Winning Brands Corporation (WNBD)

[ChargnBull]

Thats not the experiences I have been having when I visit my Minnesota Hirshfield's paint stores and I have visited quite a few about every 4-6 months for the last 2 years. My latest follow-up..Repost from yesterday..
I went to the busy St Paul, MN Hirshfield's paint store (was there about 6 months ago too but I usually go to the Edina or Eden Prairie stores for follow-ups on how sales are going) this evening and asked an older sales rep there what he thinks of Winning Colours Stain Remover (which happens to be sitting right up on each side of the four-sided check out counter) his response was "LOVE IT", I asked him how it was selling there..his response "ITS SELLING GREAT...REALLY WELL", I asked him if they would still be carrying it there after 2 years if it was a flop and he said "no way". I asked him if he's gotten feed back on it and he said yes he's had people come back saying that they absolutely love it. He said he personally has a few bottles to clean up stains and pet messes in his home and that their store automatically replenishes it regularly.. every week. He also said that he really pushes the product. I didnt stay long because they had a lot of customers but I obviously left the store very happy and excited. I have had the same experience now with every Hirshfields store that I have visited or called!! Wish I had videod the conversation you guys would be excited too...Tic TOC people!!

pics from my local stores..

[just_an_ant]

You paint an interesting picture imo

[User-65225]

Its obvious that WNBD has lacked a strong marketing campaign... which is why they teamed up with one of the biggest names in the biz to help them.

I dont see their revenue being that bad when you consider that the bulk of sales are in Canada, which has less population than California.... I've always harped on the fact that they need to expand in the USA to see breakout growth.

If they achieved comparable growth (to Canada) in the USA, they would be doing $5,000,000+ in the USA....

...but IMO the chance of doing much more than $5,000,000 is strong, cause the USA marketing will be more powerful than ANYTHING they have ever done in Canada... Hawthorne has earned 9 figure revs for many products and WC can be used by EVERYONE... Oxicleans growth was no joke.

PS: I dont have high hopes for Q1... but after these upcoming initiatives kick in, my expectations will be bigger

[P0ppy]

I can easily see this being the case. I think it all comes down to people's lack of knowledge about this prodcut. That is why I think the ads will be a major boost to our sales.

If I never heard of a product that was being sold at the same price as a brand name, I would go with the brand name. It all comes down to name recognition, which is what the drtv will provide.

[ChargnBull]

You must have not notice the so called "dusty" bottles back at this time..

Posted by: OPM Date: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 1:12:43 PM
In reply to: TAKI who wrote msg# 8324 Post # of 15204

Glad I bought in yesterday. The product has been on the shelves at every Canadian Tire and Home Depot I've been to lately. The best part, picked up a bottle the other day and this stuff works!! Thanks Taki for calling the bottom.

[doogdilinger]

What a complete and utter crock of crap as I personally witnessed Winning Colours going from the cart test placement stage in Canadian Tires across Ontario to shelf space over the past calendar year...and Canadian Tires store purchasing managers would NEVER grant Winning Colours shelf space unless the product was a worthy mover ie: a product that sells well enough to warrant the granting of shelf space!

And the exact same thing can be said about ALL National Accounts up here in Canada that have granted shelf space to Winning Colours as none of them are stupid enough to grant shelf space to products that don't sell!

So anyone attempting to knock WNBD's market penetration endeavors in Canada over the past calendar year simply doesn't understand how hard it is to have purchasing managers from mainstream retailers grant shelf space to products...as the very lifeblood of mainstream retailers is placing products on shelves that SELL well and that's exactly what Winning Colours is doing now in the Canadian retailers who've granted them shelf space over the course of the past calender year:)