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oldestboy

10/01/10 1:37 PM

#147919 RE: PennyPincha #147918

I think you missed the boat on the Walmart CA delisting.

Here is a repost of #146551:


Some people don’t get it.

The delisting of Winning Colors by Walmart Canada is more about Walmart than it is about Winning Brands. We got caught up in a larger corporate decision to scale down the paint departments. The product itself was doing well with good sales growth prospects.

I live in Michigan in an area that doesn’t currently have any retailers carrying Winning Colors, but I noticed the local Walmart super store downsized the paint department about the time Walmart Canada delisted Winning Colors.

It looks to me like a paint department is not a good fit in their retail business model. From a customer service standpoint, it is way too high maintenance. You have to spend too much time mixing paint, sampling, providing technical support, and emotionally supporting the aesthetic choices of people who really don’t know what they want, etc.

Walmart simply does not make that level of investment in their products or their customers. This scenario is much better suited to Sherwin-Williams, O’Leary, and local full service hardware stores.

Walmart wants to put out some display floor models of something and hope that customers take one home in a box and do their own assembly, or “consume mass quantities” of whatever. No muss, no fuss, never needs ironing. Not an indictment of Walmart, just an observation.

I wouldn’t surprised one day to see Winning Colors show up in Walmart USA’s household cleaners section after WB (along with other big boxes and buying clubs) have done the heavy lifting of introducing the product to a wider consumer base in the U.S.
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PennyPincha

10/01/10 1:37 PM

#147920 RE: PennyPincha #147918

I wonder how much more dilution will occur with this new 504b filing?


- Small Company Offering and Sale of Securities Without Registration (D)


UNITED STATES SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.

FORM D
OMB APPROVAL
OMB Number: 3235-0076 Expires: June 30, 2012 Estimated Average burden hours per response: 4.0
Notice of Exempt Offering of Securities



1. Issuer's Identity
CIK (Filer ID Number) Previous Name(s) o None Entity Type
0001114898 GLOBAL E TUTOR INC x Corporation
o Limited Partnership
o Limited Liability Company
o General Partnership
o Business Trust
o Other
Name of Issuer
Winning Brands Corp
Jurisdiction of Incorporation/Organization
DELAWARE

Year of Incorporation/Organization
x Over Five Years Ago
o Within Last Five Years (Specify Year)
o Yet to Be Formed



2. Principal Place of Business and Contact Information
Name of Issuer
Winning Brands Corp
Street Address 1 Street Address 2
SUITE 220A 11 VICTORIA STREET
City State/Province/Country ZIP/Postal Code Phone No. of Issuer
BARRIE ONTARIO, CANADA L4N 6T3 705-737-4062




3. Related Persons

Last Name First Name Middle Name
Lehner Eric
Street Address 1 Street Address 2
11 Victoria Street, Suite 220A
City State/Province/Country ZIP/Postal Code
Barrie ONTARIO, CANADA L4N 6T3
Relationship: x Executive Officer o Director o Promoter
Clarification of Response (if Necessary)
Chairman and CEO

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4. Industry Group
o Agriculture Health Care o Retailing
Banking & Financial Services o Biotechnology o Restaurants
o Commercial Banking o Health Insurance Technology
o Insurance o Hospitals & Physicians o Computers
o Investing o Pharmaceuticals o Telecommunications
o Investment Banking o Other Health Care o Other Technology
o Pooled Investment Fund

Travel
o Other Banking & Financial Services x Manufacturing o Airlines & Airports
Real Estate o Lodging & Conventions
o Commercial o Tourism & Travel Services
o Construction o Other Travel
o REITS & Finance o Other
o Residential
o Other Real Estate
o Business Services
Energy
o Coal Mining
o Electric Utilities
o Energy Conservation
o Environmental Services
o Oil & Gas
o Other Energy




5. Issuer Size
Revenue Range Aggregate Net Asset Value Range
o No Revenues o No Aggregate Net Asset Value
x $1 - $1,000,000 o $1 - $5,000,000
o $1,000,001 - $5,000,000 o $5,000,001 - $25,000,000
o $5,000,001 - $25,000,000 o $25,000,001 - $50,000,000
o $25,000,001 - $100,000,000 o $50,000,001 - $100,000,000
o Over $100,000,000 o Over $100,000,000
o Decline to Disclose o Decline to Disclose
o Not Applicable o Not Applicable



6. Federal Exemption(s) and Exclusion(s) Claimed (select all that apply)
o Rule 504(b)(1) (not (i), (ii) or (iii)) o Rule 505
o Rule 504 (b)(1)(i) o Rule 506
o Rule 504 (b)(1)(ii) o Securities Act Section 4(6)
x Rule 504 (b)(1)(iii) o Investment Company Act Section 3(c)


7. Type of Filing
x New Notice Date of First Sale 2010-07-13 o First Sale Yet to Occur
o Amendment



8. Duration of Offering
Does the Issuer intend this offering to last more than one year? x Yes o No



9. Type(s) of Securities Offered (select all that apply)
o Pooled Investment Fund Interests x Equity
o Tenant-in-Common Securities o Debt
o Mineral Property Securities o Option, Warrant or Other Right to Acquire Another Security
o Security to be Acquired Upon Exercise of Option, Warrant or Other Right to Acquire Security o Other (describe)





10. Business Combination Transaction
Is this offering being made in connection with a business combination transaction, such as a merger, acquisition or exchange offer? o Yes x No

Clarification of Response (if Necessary)




11. Minimum Investment
Minimum investment accepted from any outside investor $ 5000 USD


12. Sales Compensation

Recipient Recipient CRD Number o None

(Associated) Broker or Dealer o None (Associated) Broker or Dealer CRD Number o None

Street Address 1 Street Address 2

City State/Province/Country ZIP/Postal Code

State(s) of Solicitation o All States







13. Offering and Sales Amounts
Total Offering Amount $ 1000000 USD o Indefinite
Total Amount Sold $ 102500 USD
Total Remaining to be Sold $ 897500
USD o Indefinite
Clarification of Response (if Necessary)





14. Investors
o Select if securities in the offering have been or may be sold to persons who do not qualify as accredited investors,
Number of such non-accredited investors who already have invested in the offering

Regardless of whether securities in the offering have been or may be sold to persons who do not qualify as accredited investors, enter the total number of investors who already have invested in the offering: 2




15. Sales Commissions & Finders' Fees Expenses
Provide separately the amounts of sales commissions and finders' fees expenses, if any. If the amount of an expenditure is not known, provide an estimate and check the box next to the amount.

Sales Commissions $ 0 USD o Estimate
Finders' Fees $ 0 USD o Estimate

Clarification of Response (if Necessary)





16. Use of Proceeds
Provide the amount of the gross proceeds of the offering that has been or is proposed to be used for payments to any of the persons required to be named as executive officers, directors or promoters in response to Item 3 above. If the amount is unknown, provide an estimate and check the box next to the amount.

$ 0 USD o Estimate

Clarification of Response (if Necessary)



Signature and Submission
Please verify the information you have entered and review the Terms of Submission below before signing and clicking SUBMIT below to file this notice.
Terms of Submission
In submitting this notice, each Issuer named above is:
Notifying the SEC and/or each State in which this notice is filed of the offering of securities described and undertaking to furnish them, upon written request, the information furnished to offerees.
Irrevocably appointing each of the Secretary of the SEC and, the Securities Administrator or other legally designated officer of the State in which the Issuer maintains its principal place of business and any State in which this notice is filed, as its agents for service of process, and agreeing that these persons may accept service on its behalf, of any notice, process or pleading, and further agreeing that such service may be made by registered or certified mail, in any Federal or state action, administrative proceeding, or arbitration brought against it in any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, if the action, proceeding or arbitration (a) arises out of any activity in connection with the offering of securities that is the subject of this notice, and (b) is founded, directly or indirectly, upon the provisions of: (i) the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, the Investment Company Act of 1940, or the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, or any rule or regulation under any of these statutes, or (ii) the laws of the State in which the issuer maintains its principal place of business or any State in which this notice is filed.
Certifying that the Issuer is not disqualified from relying on any Regulation D exemption it has identified in Item 6 above for one of the reasons stated in Rule 505(b)(2)(iii).


Each Issuer identified above has read this notice, knows the contents to be true, and has duly caused this notice to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.
For signature, type in the signer's name or other letters or characters adopted or authorized as the signer's signature.
Issuer Signature Name of Signer Title Date
Winning Brands Corp Eric Lehner Eric Lehner Chairman and CEO 2010-09-20


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lbdave

10/01/10 1:39 PM

#147922 RE: PennyPincha #147918

Does the link below also tell you about the demise of hefty, Glad, Clorox, or Arm and Hammer. I believe you are being a little critical for your own adgenda here, but that's my opinion of course lol.

http://cfd.net.au/home/article/dumped-brand-names-fight-to-stay-in-stores-20100216-45037.html
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wizkid1

10/01/10 2:14 PM

#147930 RE: PennyPincha #147918

The subject of Walmart has been well vetted on the stock since June and is already well factored in the PPS. It was part of the catalyst for the negativity that drove the stock down. It's impact has also already been shown in the last quarters financial release.

Last news was that we would still be having discussions with Walmart. I have not heard an updated status on where this is at.

Even so, there is much more going on with the comapny than just Walmart. Lowes has even been mentioned, LOL.

You can spin old data anyway you like, but these are good PPS prices to be getting in at IMO given the addition of new stores now and on the horizon. Blog mentioned possibility of 250 Manhattan store being added in January. Don't know if you've been to Manhattan but they have a very large population and lots of foot traffic.

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solarflux2

10/01/10 3:42 PM

#147948 RE: PennyPincha #147918

You find the I-Box incredibly misleading? You know that the company doesn't run the I-Box right, that it's handled by third-party investors/users of I-Hub?