I disagree, DD is the ability to make logical conclusions based on the information available. The fact that there are no shoes in stores, means there are no shoes. That should not be mistaken for success.
As was stated since August, this is a text book Pink Sheet scam, and many others have used this exact same guise: produce and show just enough product to let people believe it's real.
The production was supposedly completed some time ago, the only reasonable explanation we have not seen production numbers is because it will show those ruse for what it really is.
Gelmon can't afford to get caught in a lie on that, he's already in the radar.