And that is why WNBD has invested so much time in marketing type material: counter displays, racks, brochures, product specific site, facebook, in store demos, etc. - all to assist in 'sell-through'
as well as attend dealer shows like Home Hardware and most recently Do it Best.
The product's sell-through was never a primary objective of Eric's plan.... And it still isn't...
- fallacy imo
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a wholesaler makes money (recognizes revenue) when a distributor or retailer buys the product, regardless of when the end consumer buys the product for use.
however sell-through is important to facilitate re-orders as well as frequency of such orders.
I agree, shame Oprahs of air, 'cos its something like that with national/international exposure that would really push sales up. In the UK we had a product called Cillit Bang (Easy Off Bam) that went from the infomercial to main stream but it took a good few years to gain traction.