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Oct 12
Winning Colours Performance at Spartan
As previously noted, we cannot provide store-by-store, period-by-period sales tallies for reasons of commercial privacy of our customers, however ocassional spot reports that are relevant to the viability of the Winning Colours Stain Remover business plan and therefore of specific interest to our shareholders in these early days of U.S. market development is possible. A further 4,032 (4 …
Oct 10
Are there differences between U.S. and Canadian home improvement retailers? How do they affect Winning Brands?
The majority of Winning Brands shareholders reside in the USA. A question that arises from time to time is whether Winning Colours Stain Remover is likely have the same per-store-turnover figures in the USA home improvement channel compared to Canada. For planning purposes, Winning Brands expects sales results for Winning Colours Stain Remover in the U.S. home improvement retailers to eventually …
Oct 08
Now that’s a customer!
It would be fascinating to know, just by looking at a person, whether they are a member of the Winning Brands family of customers; but of course that’s impossible. Nonetheless, situations arise that reveal that this family may be larger than we realize! At dinner last Saturday in a Red Lobster restaurant in Canada, Winning …
Oct 07
Update: Inventory Bridge with Synergex is Operational
Winning Brands’ primary inventory and logistics arrangements in Canada are at the Mississauga facility of Synergex Logistics, because this location is near the international airport and major highways. We have started daily use of the newly arranged live inventory bridge by which to manage remote inventory on-line. The first photo below shows the Synergex facility. …
Oct 06
Update: DSD Program (Direct Store Delivery)
The vapour barrier shrink wrap has been tested by the DSD Program coordinator. It worked well and thus permits resumption of planning for the DSD Program to the convenience store sector. The first printing run of the new blue 12-pak display for the 4 fl.oz. bottles is finished. Samples are being rushed to the coordinator in New …
Oct 05
Update: Winning Colours at Lancaster National Training Conference
On October 21-22, 2010 Winning Colours Stain Remover will be part of a select group of invited vendors to participate in 2 solid days of product training for the Lancaster sales personnel from across America, including for the first time, the new associates at Five Star Distributing. Five Star became part of the Lancaster organization …
Oct 05
What is a clip-strip? Alternative Winning Colours Merchandising
In response to questions about what a “clip-strip” is, the following is a photo of a prototype arrangement of Winning Colours Stain Remover 125 mL (4 fl.oz.) on a clip strip. We are determining which configuration is most widely used by the retailers that we are likely to do business with. There are packing Here, the buying …
Oct 04
StockGoodies.com Interview Listening: No Registration Required
I contacted the interviewing site for a confirmation that membership or registration with www.StockGoodies.com is not required to listen: Q: “Does a newcomer to StockGoodies.com have to register/join to listen to the interview? A: “If they want to listen to it on our site that is archived, they do register, but if they go to …
Oct 02
A Moment to Savour
Thank you to T.W. who shared these photos from his purchase of Winning Colours Stain Remover from the Lowes store in Heath, Ohio, October 1, 2010. The first picture is of Winning Colours Stain Remover on the shelf at Lowes in the USA. This is an accomplishment for Winning Brands, but not time to take it …
Oct 01
Lowes Training Dates: Ohio
Training dates emerging. Customer preference is for a Friday/Saturday period. Tentative start dates: October 15/16. Some in-store demos for customers with table set-up may be permitted at the same time in one or more participating stores. It’s terrific being able to have operational discussion direct with store personnel now. In view of the importance of this begining, …
Oct 01
Lowes Update
The 18 Canadian stores have sold 372 bottles in the first month of having Winning Colours Stain Remover. There has been no in-store merchandising (ie display racks, consumer demonstrations or special signage. ) The business plan of Winning Brands calls for working up to an average of one bottle per day per store over 5,000 paint/hardware/home …
Sep 30
DRTV Update: Shareholder Question
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Sep 30
CEO Interview Completed
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Sep 30
Re: Lowes – Asking a favour…
Hello friends – Thank you for your kind messages pertaining to the operational activation of the first Lowes stores. I have a favour to ask. It is only a favour because “it’s a free country” and this is not enforceable. Nonetheless, it is very important. We would be better off not going to other Lowes …
Sep 30
Lowes Update – Winning Colours Stain Remover
The first U.S. Lowes stores with Winning Colours Stain Remover have been activated – product is on the shelf at these three locations (below). We are now confirming the staff training dates. We will be submitting to Lowes, for their approval, a package of proposed marketing support for the product, including the request to begin …
Sep 29
Winning Brands in Industry Press
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Employee Share Ownership: Shareholder Question
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Sep 28
Dilution: Shareholder Question
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Sep 27
Statistical Projection
When building the long term business model for Winning Colours Stain Remover, a basic metric of one bottle per day per store is the target that we are working toward, measured over the entire group of retailers in the home improvement sector and Paint Departments. This is where the bulk of our placements are currently. Attainment of …
Sep 27
CEO Interview Planned
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Sep 25
Status of Investor Relations: Shareholder Question
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Sep 24
Winning Colours Videos – The Next Generation
Terrific “home made” videos have been produced by a number of friends of Winning Colours Stain Remover. We have all enjoyed the “antics” of Scup and Dirty Dave, and the creative contributions from others. Winning Brands has begun developing a new series of videos that are produced corporately. The purpose is to create multi-media assets …
Sep 24
Store Counts: Shareholder Question
QUESTION: “I was confused reading the new blog this morning regarding Lancaster. You said WC was now in 25% of Lancaster’s stores (559 store fronts); however, in the next paragraph it says Lancaster has 10,000 store fronts. Isn’t 25% of 10,000… 2500?” Onosmodium- This homeopathic remedy is online pharmacy levitra used to treat erection problems …
Sep 23
Winning Colours Stain Remover now in 25% of Lancaster’s independent paint store accounts
Our principal U.S. distributor appointed last year, Lancaster, has submitted an account update by which it reports placing Winning Colours into approximately 25% of its independent customer locations; 559 storefronts to date. Lancaster specializes in selling paint accessories and is generally considered America’s largest in this sector, with approximately 10,000 storefronts selling products that Lancaster supplies. Of those 10,000 …
Sep 22
Share Count Update – Shareholder Question
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Sep 22
The “Word of Mouth” Factor in Building a Reputation – Product Testimonials are Growing
My opinion on the subject of reputation, for products or people, is that it’s a waste of time to pretend. The “community” eventually gets it right when making such assessments, given enough time and sufficent points of view. While particular individuals often don’t agree with each other, patterns emerge over time through word-of-mouth, for better or worse. The pattern …
Sep 21
Winning Colours Stain Remover: Club Pak Progressing
Attached below is a rendering of the latest iteration of the Winning Colours Club Pak. This is designed for Club retailing environments, where larger than average sizes are sold. Shareholders know from our Conference Call (posted on the Winning Brands Investor Page) that we have received approval in principle from a well known name in …
Sep 21
Glitch fixed in Winning Colours Order System for New York Retailer
EXTRACT FROM FIELD REPRESENTATIVE REPORT: Janovic Benjamin Moore – 6th Street and Spring Street, Manhattan “The Manager shared that Winning Colours is doing well and that he is getting good repeats however he alerted me to a problem in obtaining the 4fl.oz from the warehouse. The spegeneric viagra generic t of the clinic helps you …
Sep 21
Shareholder Question: Winning Colours Website
QUESTION: I have a question I hope you can answer, or provide an approximate time frame on. I was wondering when the Winning Colours product specific web site will be up and running. I believe it would be a huge asset when consumers/potential consumers can go to a place to learn all they need to …
Sep 19
Lowes USA training for Winning Colours Stain Remover
Answer to shareholder question: QUESTION: Hello Mr. Lehner, I am sure you are very busy as some exciting things are happening with Winning Brands. I have one question for you – from reading your updates you noted once Lowes gets the first order of Winning Colors, training will start soon after. Can you tell me, …
Sep 19
New vapour barrier shrink wrap to be tested for Winning Colours 12-Paks
Shareholders will recall that Winning Brands is interested in supplying Winning Colours Stain Remover 12-Paks to U.S. convenience stores. The first attempt was through traditional distributors in Indianapolis and Cleveland, with 100 stores in each city having a display box installed under a Local 100 program. Results were encouraging in so far that product was moving out …
Sep 18
Winning Brands likely to attend Distribution America/ProGroup Executive Planning Conference
Winning Brands has been invited to participate in the (invitation only) 2010 Distribution America/ProGroup Executive Planning Conference at Tucson, Arizona Nov. 15-17, 2010. The event lets selected vendors meet face to face with key executives of approximately 30 associated hardware distribution companies. Vendors present their products to distribution executives with responsibility for buying for their …
Sep 18
1st Post – New Information Resource for Winning Brands Investors
The Current Information tier status of Winning Brands Corporation at Pink Sheets has been renewed as of September 17, 2010 following a review by Pink Sheets of the Quarterly Report and the associated Attorney Opinion Letter for the 3 months ending June 30, 2010. This is the second occasion on which the Current Information tier rank has …