Reported significant growth in its online presence:
August 2020 reported a 21% increase in online users and a 247% increase in web conversions; from 249 conversions in August 2019 to 1292 in 2020
Company saw a 292% increase in return on ad spend (ROAS) from 7x in August 2019 to 28x in August 2020.
Resulted in a 373% increase in revenue from ad spend, up from $25,668 to $121,425 in August 2019 and August 2020 respectively.
900% increase of sales on Fall launch day over Fall 2019, of $36,000 and a 25% inventory sell through within the first two weeks
Launched reusable mask program for kids and families selling over 5,000 masks with a 50% gross margin bringing in revenue of $60k.
Clothing Line
Outlook
Significant revenue and EBITDA growth projected in the next 12 months through marketing initiatives and profitability
Powerful low cost omni-channel distribution model that allows for exponential growth
Improving gross margins by reducing our costs through new manufacturing partnerships and product assortment, including our worn wear secondary revenue stream and short term revenue on mask sales
Significant Growth of the second hand market revenue
Establishing loyal customer base and revenue stream
Female Powered Team
Promotional Programs
PKB Explorers Club
Introduced the adventure subscription box “PKB Explorers Club”
Monthly subscription that will extend the Company’s retail apparel brand into children adventure play and media space.
Will enhance the brand and convert the steps taken in marketing into a profitable recurring revenue stream
PK Explorers’ Club allows children to become immersed into a magical storybook world, conceived by Emmy-winning child psychologists.
Each month, children receive a new storybook, with Augmented Reality (AR) components for a balanced digital engagement. In addition, with AR, it includes active play components, such as a dress-up felt board and an adventure map.
PK Replay
Launched a sustainability initiative in store, and online, also known as a second hand resale program called, PK REPLAY.
Provides a 56% margin and repurposed items boast an 86% gross margin for the Company
With the high quality and longevity of PK Beans clothing, being able to offer good quality second hand pieces is perfect for reaching new and long standing customers.
Meanwhile this will keep clothing out of landfills and having a positive impact on the environment.
An economic and environmentally new opportunity for the Company as there is rapid growth in the second hand retail appeal market
Manufacturing
The fabric that PK Beans designs in-house for its playwear apparel are third-party tested to guarantee that it is aligned with OEKO-TEK® Standard 100, an independent testing and certification system for all stages of production from textile raw materials to end products.
The requirement is that all components of an item comply with the required criteria without exception, including the outer material, sewing threads, linings, prints, etc., as well as non-textile accessories such as buttons, zip fasteners, rivets, etc. for harmful substances and sensitivity to skin contact.
In addition, PK Beans conducts its own third-party lab testing to ensure its dying mills are adhering to the Company’s standards that its fabric does not contain harmful levels of heavy metals and other harsh additives that are found in most children’s clothing fabrics and dyes.
PK Beans works closely with its third-party contract manufacturers who adhere to a vendor code of ethics regarding social and environmental sustainability practices.
PK Beans relies on a limited number of suppliers to provide custom designed fabrics and follows the production of its apparel from raw fiber to finished garment.
As the name implies “PropTech” is a combination of two words and stands for “property technology.” As simple as that is, the implementation and importance of PropTech is anything but.
Like every other industry on the planet that is incorporating technology to create greater efficiencies and experiences, the commercial real estate market is no different and is seeing the rapid adoption of;
Artificial Intelligence
Machine learning
Big data
Internet of Things (IoT Sensors)
Cloud computing
To create cost savings by reducing and even eliminating existing costs, create greater efficiencies for the operation and maintenance of real estate assets, as well as, improve the design of new builds.
IMPACT OF COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has served to significantly increased the demand for PropTech in the commercial real estate market as follows:
The need for solutions to get workers back into workplace buildings and offices. Specifically, the need to identify bacteria and viruses in indoor air quality, as well as, the ability to sanitize immediately and effectively.
The need to create even greater cost savings and efficiencies for real estate owners that will continue suffering losses until workers significantly return to the workplace.
WHY UNIVERSAL PROPTECH (UPI:TSXV)?
Whereas many companies are just now trying to capitalize on the opportunities presented in the current and massive future of PropTech, Universal PropTech Inc. (“UPI”) a diversified investment platform delivering healthy building solutions and services for building developers, owners and operators in Canada. More than just lip service, UPI has been successfully delivering its PropTech solutions for years, with revenues over the last 3 years as follows:
2017 – $13.8M
2018 – $13.7M
2019 – $15.9M
Headquartered in Toronto, UPI has offices across Canada including Halifax,Montreal, and Ottawa.
COMPANY HIGHLIGHTS
Used in Federal Government facilities for over 40 years
Provides real estate managers turnkey HVAC Building Controls design, equipment, installation and ongoing operations and maintenance services for Industrial, Commercial, Institutional and Multi-residential customers
Already possesses under-utilized IP in building controls to add in additional monitoring inputs and equipment controls
Diverse revenue streams via products, installations and ongoing
Key strategic partnerships afford the ability to monitor real-time utility meters, key BAS and systems data in a building.
Team has the capability to make sense of this data and apply advanced web tools to make recommendations to fine tune a building, saving from 5% to 15% of a facilities energy spend without capital expenditure
VCI offers the depth and breadth of Building Automation Systems (BAS) knowledge and products from the likes of Siemens and Honeywell to support building automation systems
COVID-19 STRATEGY
As businesses return to the office, property managers must think about the design and safety of their buildings for occupants. Traditional cleaning methods are ineffective at preventing transmission. UV technology is able to sanitize all surfaces free from pathogens. UPI is capitalizing on this opportunity by building and acquiring UV technology as it is the best in the market to administer and integrate it into healthy buildings in Canada.
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WHY BLOCKCHAIN?
Should you be investing in blockchain technology? We all remember the crash of “blockchain” stocks a couple of years back, which was actually a crash of blockchain pretenders who used the term to build stock promotions, as opposed to building actual blockchains.
Like the dot-com crash of 2000, which bankrupted “dot-com” companies but gave birth to the likes of Google, Amazon, Linkedin because they built actual utility and value, the same can be expected of the blockchain crash and its’ resurgence.
But don’t take our word for it. The quotes above came from some of the brightest minds on the planet:
Jack Ma (Founder of Ali Baba – Alibaba is the world’s largest retailer and e-commerce company)
Vitalik Buterin (Founder of Ethereum – 2nd largest digital currency on open source blockchain)
Jamie Dimon (CEO Of JP Morgan and the most forward thinking banker with respect to blockchain)
WHY BLOCKCHAIN FOUNDRY? THE “BLOCKCHAIN 2.0 COMPANY
A leading North American blockchain development firm
2020 H1 Revenue Of ~$900,000
187% Year Over Year Growth
Positive Net Income
Self sustaining consulting practice with growing pipeline and potential upside from product development and commercialization
Development agreement with blockchain-based precious metal project (LODE Community) which has been consistently renewed since February 2019 at ~$60K per month
Completed development agreement with a large Canadian financial institution valued at approximately C$400,000; subsequently conducted an architectural project with the intention of providing advisory and/or development work for potential new deliverables related to the project.
Partnered with Binance, the largest digital asset trading platform in the world, to leverage the Syscoin platform.
A Blockchain company with Real Products, Real Customers, Real Revenues and Real Income
Blockchain Foundry is a “Blockchain 2.0” company that has survived and will thrive
WHAT ARE BLOCKCHAIN FOUNDRY PARTNERS SAYING?
Binance is a cryptocurrency exchange that provides a platform for trading various cryptocurrencies. Binance is the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world in terms of trading volume.
Contract Revenue is $300,000USD Plus 5 Year Management Program Revenue Fees
SlapItOn is owned by an elite group of professional athletes including Mike Vanderjagt,Troy Aikman, Mike Modano, Johnny Damon, Steve Smith and Cobi Jones.
Why ImagineAR?
(IP:CSE) (IPNFF:OTCQB)
ImagineAR Has Already Started Commercializing Its Augmented Reality Platform
Clients Include:
NBA Sacramento Kings
Mall of America
AT&T Shape
Basketball Hall Of Fame
Milwaukee AutoShow
Microsoft Authorized Co-Sell Partner
Closed Major Financing In Q1 2020
Enables businesses of any size to create and implement their own AR campaigns with no programming or technology experience
ImagineAR is now well positioned to further commercialize and capitalize on massive demand for Augmented Reality
WHAT IS AUGMENTED REALITY?
AR is going to dominate our daily lives sooner than you think. Why else do you think Tim Cook is so bullish? But it’s still a new concept that most people haven’t seen yet, so let’s use a basic example.
An ImagineAR client (i.e. Sacramento Kings) tells its fans to simply point their mobile device at something (i.e. Sacramento Kings Logo) and watch their phone come to life (i.e. a player posing for a picture, a mascot dancing, collecting a reward – the possibilities are endless).
The result is that mobile phones can now be used to engage fans way beyond simple social media by bringing their worlds to life. In the Sacramento Kings example above, fans at home can do the exact same thing and have a player appear right in their living rooms!
ImagineAR clients can use logos, signs, buildings, products, landmarks and more to instantly engage with videos, information, advertisements, coupons, 3D holograms and any interactive content.
The best part? Customers don’t need a big, expensive tech team to deploy ImagineAR. The Company’s “AR-as-a-Service†Platform enables businesses of any size to create and implement their own AR campaigns with no programming or technology experience.
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AUGMENTED REALITY AND VIRTUAL REALITY?
We knew some of you may have been thinking this, so here’s a quick and easy answer.
AR uses your existing environment and overlays new information (as in the example above).
VR creates a completely new virtual environment (i.e. a sci-fi fantasy world).
SEEING IS BELIEVING!
Now that you have a baseline understanding of the power of AR, the next thing to do is see it for yourself. Watch these videos of ImagineAR in action and with some really happy users.
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at 11:50 AM on Tuesday, April 28th, 2020
(TSXV:EYC) | (OTC:EYCCF) | (2EYA:GR)
Trusted and used by some of the world’s top professional sports teams, including:
Why Eyecarrot?
Eyecarrot Has Already Started Commercializing Its Vision Therapy Platform
Clients Include:
Dallas Stars (NHL)
Chicago Cubs (MLB)
Sporting KC (MLS)
Tennis Canada
Showcased During NFL Scouting Combine
Company’s Vision Therapy Products Used In:
Over 1,500 Practices
20 Countries
Flagship “Binovi” Is State-Of-The-Art Platform
Measures 14 Key Vision Skills
Essential For Maximizing Brain Performance
Shipped Over 400 Binovi Units (April 2020)
Goal Is 2,500 Binovi Units (End Of 2020)
Signed Sports Vision Partnership With Eli Wilson Goaltending
World Leader In Goaltending Development
600 Active Goaltending Camp Participants
50,000 Global Aspiring Goaltenders
Closed Major Financing In Q1 2020
Eyecarrot is now well positioned to further commercialize and capitalize on massive demand for Vision Therapy and Training For Athletes and Education
WHAT IS VISION THERAPY AND TRAINING?
1 in 4 people on the planet have vision problems that go beyond simply not being able to read those letters on the wall and requiring a prescription.
What your eyes see doesn’t always match up with what your brain sees. Eyecarrot synchronizes your eyes and your brain to deliver maximum performance for athletes and students.
The Company’s flagship product – Binovi – is a platform that measures 14 key vision skills essential for maximizing brain performance. Maximizing brain performance leads directly to making faster and better decisions, which directly correlates into an athlete or student’s best possible performance.
Result? Binovi delivers the performance edge everybody covets.
More than just words, Binovi is already being used by many professional sports teams and has been tested by more than 1,500 vision performance professionals in over 20 countries.
As a result, Binovi is quickly becoming an industry standard in the sports performance and vision rehabilitation markets.
SEEING IS BELIEVING!
Now that you have a baseline understanding of the power of Eyecarrot, the next thing to do is see it for yourself. Watch this videos of Eyecarrot and Binovi in action, with some really happy users.
Market Research Survey Finds Over 60% Positive Purchase Intent For Else Product
Fills A Market Gap In Plant-Based Toddler Nutrition (12-36 months)
Subsidiary Of Billion Dollar Hong Kong Listed Conglomerate (H&H) Owns Approx 11.15% Of BABY
H&H Shares Have Voluntary 12-Month Hold
H&H Right To Maintain 11.15% Ownership Through Future Financings
Patented World’s First 100% Plant Based, Non-Dairy, Non-Soy Baby Formula
Here’s What The Experts Say
“Finally a high quality, nutritionally-dense, tasty, plant-based alternative that is low in sugar. Else is filling a much needed gap, and providing an alternative for those looking to avoid dairy or soy, and a viable option for intolerances and other diet considerations.”
Nicole Silber, RD, CSP, CLC
Dairy-free, soy-free, plant-based nutrition for babies and toddlers
Else Nutrition (formerly INDI) won the “2017 Best Health and Diet Solutions” award at the Global Food Innovation Summit in Milan.
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at 9:50 AM on Tuesday, March 17th, 2020
(NAM:TSXV)
A Green Metals Company
New Age Metals has two divisions which focus on the exploration and development of green metals: Platinum Group Metals and Lithium
i.) PGM Division: focus on development of the 100% owned River Valley PGM Project.
ii.) Lithium Canada: focus on exploration of hard rock lithium, in Manitoba, Canada.
Eric Sprott is a strategic shareholder and has an 18.56% ownership of the Company’s current issued and outstanding shares on a post conversion beneficial ownership basis
Largest 100% owned undeveloped primary PGM project in North America, Palladium is the main payable metal accounting for 65% of revenue stream based on 2019 PEA.
1:0.4 (Pd:Pt).
Excellent infrastructure and within 100 kilometers of the Sudbury Metallurgical Complex.
NI 43-101 Mineral Resource Estimation Q1 2019.
PEA Q3 2019.
2020 plan to follow up on PEA recommendations.
Preliminary Economic Assessment demonstrates positive economics for a large-scale open pit mining operation.
PEA Highlights (CDN$):
Life of mine (LOM) of 14 years, with 6 million tonnes annually of potential process plant feed at an average grade of 0.88 g/t Palladium Equivalent (PdEq) and process recovery rate of 80%, resulting in an annual average payable PdEq production of 119,000 ounces.
Pre-Production capital requirements: $495 M.
Undiscounted cash flow before income and mining taxes of $586M.
Undiscounted cash flow after income and mining taxes of $384M.
Average unit operating cost of $19.50/tonne over the life-of-mine.
Potential for up to 325 jobs at the peak of production.
Using March 11, 2020 spot Palladium price (US$2,275/oz) River Valley Project After-tax IRR is 30% and After-tax NPV (5%) is $C858M.
Figure 1: River Valley Project site map including results from the 2019 Mineral Resource Estimate by zone.2020 River Valley Project Exploration & Development Plan
Management has developed a three-phase exploration and development plan for the balance of 2020.
Phase One will focus on drilling to expand the boundaries of the Pine Zone discovery and to generate rhodium data for future mineral resource estimations.
Phase Two will involve drill testing further geophysical targets in the Northern area of the project, identified in the 2017/2018 induced polarization surveys. The target areas to be drill tested in this program are outlined in Figure 1.
Finally, Phase 3 will be focused on metallurgy – with the primary objective being to improve process recoveries of platinum metals, particularly palladium and including rhodium. We plan to start Phase 1 in early Q2-2020.
Note that each phase is contingent on success from the previous phase.
On April 18, 2018 New Age Metals acquired the Genesis Platinum Group Metals Project.
Figure 3: Genesis Project location map. The road accessible Genesis PGM-Cu-Ni Project adjacent to Richardson Highway and 138 kv electric lines. The project is 460 road kilometers to Fairbanks, Alaska and 120 road kilometers to the all-weather port city of Valdez
The Genesis project’s PGM-Cu-Ni mineralization is hosted in the Tonsina mafic-ultramafic complex, an undrilled, virtually unexplored layered mafic-ultramafic complex. Recent petrology indicates the Genesis mineralization is similar to the Stillwater and Great Dyke complexes.
Known PGM mineralization covers a distance of 9 km across the prospect.
The Genesis PGM-Cu-Ni Project is an under explored, highly prospective multi-prospect drill ready property that warrants follow-up drilling, additional surface mapping, sampling to expand the known footprint of mineralization and to determine the ultimate size and grade of the layered mineralization outlined to date.
The stable land status, ease of access and superb infrastructure make this project prospective for year-around exploration, development and production.
Summer 2019 exploration efforts doubled the strike length of prospective mineralization at our road accessible Genesis PGM-Ni-Cu Project in Alaska.
Currently, New Age is seeking an Option/Joint Venture Partner to assist in the exploration and development of this project.
New Age Metals is the largest mineral claim holder in the prolific, Winnipeg River – Cat Lake Pegmatite Field. All of the claims are held by Lithium Canada Development, a 100% owned Lithium Division of New Age Metals. The company presently has eight Lithium Projects in the region which are along strike of the Tanco Pegmatite and the claims encompass several pegmatite groups.
Situated around the Tanco Mine which in 2019 was acquired by Chinese miner Sinomine, the projects are located 140 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Three of the projects are considered drill ready. Lithium One, Lithium Two and Lithman West
Active exploration of the claim holdings is ongoing.
New Age Metals has signed an exploration agreement with the Sagkeeng
First Nation in regards to the exploration and development of any of
the company’s claims that are located on traditional Sagkeeng
territories.
The Tanco Mine was one of North America’s only producers of
Tantalum, Cesium and Lithium minerals (Spodumene), with the mine opening
in 1969. Owned by the Cabot Corporation as of 1993 until 2019, when
Chinese miner Sinomine purchased from Cabot for US$130M.
Presently the Tanco Mine produces Cesium Formate, a completion fluid for the petroleum industry.
Management is actively seeking a qualified
and dedicated Option Joint Venture Partner to assist in the exploration
and development of these highly prospective projects.
