Thanks, Funguspudding. I was merely referring to your participation in our spelling and grammar contest of a few months ago, so I thought you would know. 'Twas I that used it, and I stand corrected.
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Thanks, Funguspudding. I was merely referring to your participation in our spelling and grammar contest of a few months ago, so I thought you would know. 'Twas I that used it, and I stand corrected.
Thanks Simla. I'm not sure which one you used, but while Blis's is correct, some authorities accept Blis' announcement. Theory being too many letter S's are confusing. So you'll sometimes see Julius' sandals, or Jesus' robes. It's not standard, and I wouldn't use it, but it would be a brave man who said it was wrong.
:D Anyway Blis's, Blis', or the price of Blis shares is more important. :D
Glad to hear they're both in use. Current usage is my deliberate guiding principal for written English, but I was almost considering changing back to the formal rules after that uncertainty. The reason I've asked is because "Blis's" obviously comes up often on this group!
Yes, Blis's future remains the issue. It will be interesting to see what happens to the share price, as it rose for several weeks after the last press release. The question though is, what price is going too far? A while ago, I thought 10 cents was pretty fully priced. But that last announcement takes away my confidence on that, and instead leaves me with no particular idea at all, either up or down on that price.
Reason 6) BLT just got issued with a Please Explain from NZX regarding the recent share price jump for BLT and BLTPA - mebbe the results are so good that they want to avoid a repeat...
I'm rather with Cannibal on this one. It wasn't that they said stuff we hadn't heard - although only if you had kept up with the Blis chat group - but that the language was pretty positive: "more than 400 stores", "one of the big deals". Reason 6 is definitely what I've been wondering about.
But what has been revealed that was't announced before in this earlier press release?
http://www.blis.co.nz/userfiles/file...%202009%20.pdf
The tone is different. Costco are bringing the evaluation forward to one month after only 2 weeks of a 3 months trial. Blis seem to be giving us a big hint that Costco is going pretty well. And taking time out to mention M18 again might also suggest they're pretty pleased with where that is going too.
Yes, it can all be read as not that different. Except for the point of why they took time out to say this now.
And, yes, it could mean many things, and does not have to be read as particularly good news. As usual, we will find out in good time, and not before.
I think Simla is correct and this can only be seen as good news. If Costco are bringing the evaluation forward is most probably because of good sales and they want to get this from all 400 stores ASAP.
Personally it is hard not to be optimistic, it really looks like all the potential has a chance to realised.
The things that are new are:
1) A M18 product has been launched.
2) A K12 product has been launched in Japan.
3) The trial is with Costco and the product is branded Bioguard and has been manufactured by Imagenetix.
4) Bioguard has FSA eligibility.
5) Two new patents are on their way.
We knew the first four, but the market as a whole didn't.
Nice to hear that Q24 has 'promising antibacterial effects on skin'. Nothing like a natural way to take care of underarm smellness issues. Anti acne has been mentioned previously hasn't it?
Hi Guys, I just could not help myself (but there is not much to do on a rainy Sunday).
I have always made working assumptions of what kind of potential revenue could be achieved in the USA. Based on current NZ sales of approx $400Kp/a and a population of 4M people. I calculate 10 cents of revenue per head of population has been achieved (with very little marketing).
USA population of 307M x 10 cents = $30m. Off course this is a bit rich considering you need the products and distribution need to be in place.
But that being said, the data below from Costco states they have 56m cardholders. So 56m x .10 = $5.6m which could be a reasonable working assumption. As you get into the detail you could debate that we are not comparing like with like but you could also argue US$ vs NZ$ and also the fact that BLT costs are significantly lower with Costco doing all the marketing.
But all that being said, it is not unreasonable to assume potential sales through Costco alone of $2M - $5.6M p/a is possible? So I hope the 40 store trial is successful.
http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix....ol-homeprofile
Number of warehouses: 560(as of 09/18/09)
Areas of operation: 407 locations in 40 U.S. States & Puerto Rico;
77 locations in nine Canadian provinces;
21 locations in the United Kingdom;
6 locations in Taiwan;
7 locations in Korea;
9 locations in Japan;
1 location in Australia;
32 locations in 18 Mexican states
Membership Data (as of 8/30/09): 56.0 million cardholders
30.6 million households
21.5 million Gold Star
5.7 million Business
3.4 million Business add ons
Warehouse sizes: 73,000 to 205,000 square feet
(average 142,000 square feet)
Annual revenues
(FY09 - Ended 8/30/09): $71.4 billion
Here's an unusual page in Japan. This is a six-pack of Epoca for 31,500 yen, which Google tells me is NZ$468. They also sells it in singles and threes.
http://www.takachanmarket.com/produc...oduct_id=17325
It beats me, guessing the implications of selling it $468 worth at a time!