• SING projects solar subsidiary could generate sales of $15 to $25 million in FY2020
• Global solar industry valued at $52.5 billion in 2018, growing at a 20.5 percent CAGR to reach $223.3 billion by 2026
• Direct Solar subsidiary signs MOU with social-media, sports-recruiting app to bring solar into U.S. educational community, open international market

SinglePoint Inc. (OTCQB: SING) subsidiary Direct Solar is surging in what was valued as a $52.5 billion global solar market in 2018 by Allied Market Research. Allied sees solar CAGR growing at 20.5 percent between 2019-2026, when it is expected to reach $233.3 billion (http://ibn.fm/hIZwo). SING anticipates large growth and sustainability from Direct Solar, which it projects could deliver sales up to $25 million in FY2020, according to an interview by SinglePoint CEO Greg Lambrecht.

During a MoneyTV interview with host Donald Baillargeon, Lambrecht said that a strong performance by subsidiary Direct Solar could drive company revenues in FY2020 anywhere from $15 to $25 million. The solar division, Lambrecht said, is already generating $1 million a month in contracts with an estimated 30 percent profit margin. In 2020 that monthly sales total could be dramatically higher (http://ibn.fm/RBsEz). By the end of 2019, the company projects its solar division will generate some $5 million in contract sales (http://ibn.fm/Gar50).

“Solar is a monster,” Lambrecht said in a news release. “It’s taken on a life of its own.” Key to the success of solar at SING has been Direct Solar Capital, a division of Direct Solar that helps residential and business owners finance solar installations, enabling them to fund installation and experience long-term savings without a large initial capital outlay.

In addition, to help drive its solar growth and sustainability, SING has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to partner with SchollyME to build solar longevity in the future. Based in California, SchollyME is a social-media app that plays a role in high school athletes being recruited for all 32 NCAA sports (http://ibn.fm/S0E1m).

SchollyME has an international footprint, having recently landed a partnership deal in China said to be worth $1.4 billion within the next 24 months. The deal enables Chinese high school athletes to promote themselves to college coaches in both China and the United States (http://ibn.fm/4j9ab).

The MOU partnership puts SING’s solar subsidiary directly into the worldwide community for education on solar and renewable energy for future generations. “With the SchollyME and Direct Solar partnership, we will be collectively raising capital to continue projects throughout North America,” the announcement said. The partnership will also open the door to greater solar business opportunities for Direct Solar in international markets.

On a larger scale, SING’s optimism about solar and Wall Street’s confidence is based partially on the success of Sunnova Energy International Inc., which completed its IPO in July 2019 and sold some 14 million shares of common stock at a price of $12 per share. In its Q3 2019 financial reporting period, NOVA had positive adjusted operating cash flow of $1.6 million for the three months ended September 30 and generated revenue of $97.9 million for the nine months ended September 30 (http://ibn.fm/1YwqQ). The NOVA IPO and subsequent performance indicates the growth potential of solar, and SING’s expanding presence in the burgeoning industry through Direct Solar suggests its potential for tremendous growth potential and increasing valuation.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.SinglePoint.com

NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to SING are available in the company’s newsroom at http://ibn.fm/SING

• Brick-and-mortar stores are looking to alternative means of commerce to stay afloat
• SHRG encourages relational approach to customer service through Elepreneurs, fostering long-term customer loyalty
• SHRG is at forefront of change by providing tools, services, products in high demand in evolving industry

No industry is failing faster than retail, according to a 2018 report by Harvard Business Review (http://ibn.fm/xOkOc). Companies such as Sears, Toys R Us, Kmart and Payless seem to be echoing this idea as they shut their doors. According to the report, even those whose doors have stayed open are seeing stagnant sales. But is the retail industry actually failing, or is the way forward simply changing? That’s the question Sharing Services Global Corporation (OTCQB: SHRG) is answering.

Numbers don’t lie. Brick-and-mortar stores are suffering if they remain simply a store front. However, those that have begun to offer ecommerce options are seeing growth. Shopify reported that physical stores with an online presence will see 82.5 percent of the ecommerce share of retail by 2021 while ecommerce stores with no physical store front will make up 17.5 percent (http://ibn.fm/Ax4Rx). Convenience and price shopping are a large part of this, and yet 68 percent of Americans don’t like shopping online because they can’t see, touch or try on what they’re buying (http://ibn.fm/BWA8A). So, while ecommerce is on the rise, it still fails to meet most customers’ needs and preferences.

Consumers’ needs aren’t the only ones that are changing. Younger employees are placing a greater emphasis on meaningful and rewarding work over income as they enter the workforce, while boomers are seeking employment that offers independence in their preretirement years. An estimated 74 percent of boomers are looking for opportunities that allow them to create their own schedules during retirement while also bringing in much-needed income. According to the 2019 DSA National Salesforce Study, regardless of the generation, flexibility is a high priority for today’s workers – a priority that is driving more and more individuals to choose direct selling. Flexibility isn’t the only priority for today’s workers. According to NAMI (http://ibn.fm/8XVW9), one in five adults and one in six youth (ages six to 17) experience mental health issues every year. Jobs that offer freedom, flexibility and a focus on relationships and happiness are highly desirable.

That’s great news for Plano, Texas-based Sharing Services. A diversified holding company that owns and operates an interest in a variety of companies specializing in the direct-selling industry, SHRG’s mission is to elevate the entrepreneur by offering relationship marketing and providing the highest quality of products and services.

SHRG equips its independent direct sellers, called Elepreneurs, with the tools and resources needed to work in a rapidly growing, global, direct-sales market. The focus is to elevate lives of Elepreneurs and customers, encourage healthier lifestyles and redefine wealth. Products and services are essential components of a culture that promotes health and happiness. In addition, seminars, classes and workshops are offered that help Elepreneurs define and find their individual success.

In a world where human connection is on the decline, SHRG focuses on relational marketing. Elepreneurs are encouraged and equipped to form long-term relationships that foster customer loyalty through the provision of outstanding service and products. Every customer and every Elepreneur matters. By creating authentic, transparent and quality services, SHRG consumers become loyal to the individual representatives. Growth is built on return business.

All independent work is not the same. Those who choose direct selling with SHRG have the freedom to sell products they believe in, choose their own schedule and co-workers, and mold a career path based on their individual desires and goals.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.SHRGInc.com

NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to SHRG are available in the company’s newsroom at http://ibn.fm/SHRG

• Most of the new contracts are for network upgrades in preparation of 5G technology rollout in the U.S.
• Spectrum Global sees strong demand for its services nationally, expects same trend in Canada
• The company has a proven track record in selling and support Fortune 1,000 accounts and has worked on programs worth over $1.5 billion

Spectrum Global Solutions Inc. (OTCQB: SGSI), a leading single-source provider of next-generation communications network infrastructure and maintenance solutions, recently added over $2.5 million in new contract awards from existing and new clients across all operating subsidiaries to its opportunity pipeline, according to a company news release (http://ibn.fm/n4ACZ). The bulk of orders received is for infrastructure projects as carriers upgrade their networks in advance of the rollout of 5G in the United States.

The rollout of 5G networks is expected to create 3 million jobs and add half a trillion dollars to the GDP, while creating numerous opportunities for tech and communication businesses, Spectrum Global Solutions CEO and President Roger Ponder said. In addition, the rollout will allow Spectrum Global to leverage its professional engineering licenses to bring its 5G network design knowledge to the marketplace, Ponder explained.

The new contracts reflect the growing demand for Spectrum Global Solutions’ professional services. “With our recent establishment of ADEX Canada, we anticipate the strong demand we see in the U.S. translating to Canada, with growing opportunities to add clients to fulfill their network service needs,” Ponder added.

Spectrum Global Solutions boasts a proven track record in selling and supporting Fortune 1,000 accounts as well as Tier 1, 2 and 3 carriers. Its service model is replicable and scalable with industry leading strategic partnerships. The company is seeing consistent revenue growth in AW Solutions and ADEX subsidiaries and has more than 100 Master Service Agreements (MSA) in place.

The company provides scalable, cost-effective, and robust solutions for utilities, communication carriers, enterprise clientele, original equipment manufacturers, and professional service companies. With an opportunity pipeline of $137 million before the latest contracts were signed, Spectrum Global Solutions has successfully executed projects both nationwide and internationally, and its experience encompasses national and international programs worth over $1.5 billion and management of more than 1,500 employees and contractors. In support of its clients, Spectrum Global Solutions professionally registered in 49 states, three U.S. territories (Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam), and six Canadian provinces (http://ibn.fm/c4oly).

The single-source provider of next-generation wireless and wireline network infrastructure and professional service solutions works directly with aggregators, utilities, PMOs, and enterprises through various subsidiaries, which allow it to provide comprehensive services covering all aspects of fiber networks and infrastructure. These subsidiaries include AW Solutions LLC; ADEX Corporation LLC; TNS Inc.; and Tropical Communications Inc.

Within the framework of international expansion efforts, Spectrum is expanding its ADEX subsidiary into Canada. This is an opportune time as Canada is racing ahead with 5G, an initiative headed by the University of British Columbia (UBC). UBC became the first 5G-smart campus in Canada but won’t remain the only one by any means (http://ibn.fm/kZzif). Spectrum is intensifying deployment of its range of telecommunications services as 5G implementation continues across Canada (http://ibn.fm/Q5rZX).

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.SpectrumGlobalSolutions.com

NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to SGSI are available in the company’s newsroom at http://ibn.fm/SGSI

• CIIX will diversify revenue streams to investor relations, marketing/sales of hemp-infused/CBD products in China and the United States
• Company plans launch of hemp-infused wrinkle cream in China, entering potential market of nearly 1.4 billion people
• In Q1 FY2020, CIIX sales jumped 174.7 percent to $1,956,960 from prior year; hemp/CBD products rose 569.2 percent

ChineseInvestors.com Inc. (OTCQB: CIIX), a leading financial information website for Chinese-speaking investors in the United States and China, plans to diversify revenue streams in FY2020. In a letter to shareholders, CIIX CEO Warren Wang outlined the company’s plans to focus on its core investor-relations business as well as continue to expand and market its industrial hemp-infused/CBD products in China and the United States as it eyes greater revenues and profits (http://ibn.fm/mGUbP).

In the letter, Wang said that CIIX plans to launch a hemp-infused wrinkle cream cosmetic in China in the near future. He emphasized that the focus of the company’s efforts in industrial hemp/CBD would be in China through its subsidiary CBD Biotech Co. Ltd. CIIX has supported its industrial hemp/CBD product lines in China evidenced by new product launches and initiatives taken to expand geographically in the Asian market (http://ibn.fm/emkqg).

“As product margins seem to be healthier in this market, the company’s main focus for its industrial hemp business in FY2020 will be on its China operations where we have a robust product development pipeline,” said Wang. The CIIX executive also noted that in China, industrial-hemp extract may be added to cosmetics, thus opening a potential market of nearly 1.4 billion people to the company.

Moving forward, CIIX should have an advantage in the legality/trends of industrial hemp/CBD in other Asian markets because it already has “feet on the ground” in that part of the world, explained Wang. “Although the U.S. market has experienced some favorable changes in the law related to industrial hemp/CBD, there has been some volatility, which can be a consequence of entering a nascent market,” he said. Consequently, Wang said that CIIX would invest “conservatively” in its United States hemp/CBD operation, focusing on organic growth.

Wang also disclosed in the letter that CIIX is in the process of establishing a “working cooperation” with a private equity firm in China. “We would expect this relationship to have a positive impact on our investor relations business globally,” he noted.

In its 8-K filing to the SEC, CIIX reported sharply higher revenues for Q1 2020, the three months ended August 31, 2019. Sales jumped to $1,956,960, 174.7 percent higher than the $712,360 reported for the same quarter the prior year. Hemp- and CBD-product revenues drove that increase with a contribution of $948,751 for the quarter, a 569.2 percent rise from the $141,764 in Q1 2019 (http://ibn.fm/QjZSW).

CIIX’s core investor-relations business generated $821,361 in Q1 2020, a 200 percent improvement over the $271,248 reported the same period the prior year. CIIX has refocused and grown its core business.

The Q1 2020 performance continued growth reported earlier as CIIX recorded sharp gains of 175 percent year-over-year for its FY2019, ended in May 2019. That rise was generated by FY2019 sales of $6,476,442 compared to $2,353,331 in FY2018, according to its 10-K SEC filing (http://ibn.fm/di0xI). The increase was driven by industrial-hemp and CBD-liquor product sales of $4,189,935 in FY2019 compared to $378,984 in FY2018 (http://ibn.fm/l8Fl1). Investor relations, a core business, generated gains as well. Its sales were $1,336,402 in FY2019 compared to $968,282 the prior year.

CIIX offers its audience of Chinese-speaking investors real-time market commentary, analysis and educational-related services in Chinese character language sets.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.ChineseInvestors.com

NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to CIIX are available in the company’s newsroom at http://ibn.fm/CIIX

• HTC Extraction Systems has spent 14 years developing its ethanol and solvent-based distillation expertise and is now dedicating itself to cannabinoid extraction and refining using hemp biomass tolling agreements
• The company has completed construction on a 19,000-square-foot facility near Regina, Saskatchewan for hemp biomass processing, extraction, formulation and refining and a 27,000-square-foot hemp biomass processing and storage facility
• HTC is finalizing interior work to make the extraction facility GMP Euro compliant and expects to begin receiving new extraction equipment at the facility next month
• The company closed a bought deal agreement last month that will inject $10 million in funding into the company’s operations

Saskatchewan, Canada-based cannabinoid refining innovator HTC Extraction Systems (TSX.V: HTC) is anticipating the arrival of its initial new extraction equipment next month at the company’s recently completed 19,000-square-foot facility in Port Lajord, 17 miles southeast of Regina’s metropolitan commerce center.

Installation of the extraction and formulation equipment will mark the next major stage for the company’s strategy of building on hemp biomass tolling contracts on both sides of the U.S.-Canada border to extract CBD full spectrum oil (FSO) and to keep a percentage of the distillate for future sales and offtake agreements, including sales to the cannabinoid pharmaceutical market. Bought deal private placement financing that closed last month is injecting aggregate gross proceeds of C$10 million into the venture (http://ibn.fm/r6kKF).

The Port Lajord facility has been designed to be one of the highest performance facilities in Canada for hemp biomass processing, extraction, formulation and refining, and interior work is ongoing to establish it as GMP Euro compliant. It will also house quality assurance testing and product development laboratories.

HTC has also completed the construction of a 27,000-square-foot hemp biomass processing and storage facility, which will be used to warehouse extraction-ready biomass.

The size of the facilities speaks to the volume of biomass the company expects to work with. Its existing operation includes a projected 5 million kilograms of hemp biomass from this year’s Saskatchewan harvest, using five varieties of Health Canada-approved cultivars as the genetic foundation. The June newsletter showed the arrival of a custom-manufactured hemp biomass dryer that is 50 feet long and 12 feet in diameter (http://ibn.fm/716Ag).

In August, with one million pounds of biomass harvested and 20 million pounds yet to go at one farm, the company reported the average compacted biomass bale is 1,600 to 1,700 pounds and is vacuum sealed in ultra-violet resistant wrapping to protect it prior to being processed (http://ibn.fm/3FN7V).

HTC is in late-stage negotiations with a 60,000-acre recognized Canadian farm leader who is a significant Identity Preserved Grown (IPGrow™) hemp biomass producer. The company intends to enter a tolling contract with the producer for the 2019, 2020, 2021 and beyond production crop years. The planned contract would be for about 4,300 acres from the 2019 crop, up to 25,000 acres for the years after that.

The company also is in late-stage negotiations to acquire a U.S.-based, fully licensed hemp processing, extraction, formulation and distribution operation that would begin extracting in January 2020 that would also function with IPGrow hemp biomass tolling contracts in the United States for the 2020 hemp production growing year.

Over the course of 14 years, HTC has developed and subsequently improved on proprietary systems for biomass, gas and liquid extraction, built on distillation processes for ethanol and ethanol-based solvents used in the extraction process. It expects to use its related entity, Purely Canada Foods, to sell and distribute its CBD and other cannabinoids to Purely Canada Foods’ customers under the brands Purely Canada Hemp, Purely Canada CBD, Purely Canada Cannabinoids and Purely Canada THC.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.HTCExtraction.com

NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to HTC are available in the company’s newsroom at http://ibn.fm/HTC

• Hemptown USA has built a business on cultivating cannabidiol (CBD), but now its focus has turned to the qualities of a little-marketed cannabinoid – cannabigerol (CBG)
• CBG is known as the “Mother of all Cannabinoids” because its acid form is the precursor to the three main cannabinoids and is synthesized to create those extracts very early in the plants’ maturation process
• Hemptown has 500 acres dedicated exclusively to CBG cultivation in Oregon, using the company’s rights to one million cannabigerol (CBG)-intensive seeds that are engineered to preserve CBG in its latent form until late in the plant’s growth cycle

While cannabis enthusiasts, commercial enterprises and investors are all too familiar with the uses and usefulness of plant extracts cannabidiol (CBD) and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), Southern Oregon-based Hemptown USA is touting the virtues of another cannabinoid – non-psychoactive cannabigerol (CBG) – and the company’s recent harvest will strategically position them to be the largest producer of it in North America.

Hemptown USA operates a farm operation with more than 500 acres dedicated to the exclusive cultivation of CBG, utilizing one million rare cannabigerol (CBG)-intensive seeds acquired earlier this year.

The seeds are genetically programmed to yield up to 14 percent CBG by allowing the plants to reach full maturity before being harvested, whereas normally plants would have to be harvested early in their growth cycles in order to obtain CBG before its acid form is synthesized as the acid form of one of the two main cannabinoids – CBD and THC.

Hemptown USA has built CBD production from broad-spectrum hemp biomass in states such as Oregon, Kentucky and Colorado, but has worked to increase its profile as hemp-friendly laws have been enacted – particularly last year’s Farm Bill that legalized commercial hemp cultivation nationwide following years of prohibition.

The company’s focus on its CBG-growing resources is part of an ongoing effort to serve an increasingly health-conscious society’s desire for wellness based on natural elements with minimal pharmaceutical involvement.

During the decades of prohibition when it was generally illegal to grow or consume cannabis, research into the suspected medicinal properties of compounds such as CBG was virtually non-existent at any scientific level. CBG’s rarity further minimized the potential for such investigation so there still exists a degree of uncertainty about what CBG can accomplish. However, recent studies have shown some indications that CBG may help with psoriasis, eczema, colitis, neurodegeneration, and cancer, with suspected additional benefits in combatting glaucoma, bacterial infections, muscular tension and symptoms of inflammation (http://ibn.fm/RBcJo).

Hemptown USA believes its Oregon acreage and seed stock will grant it control of 40 percent of the North American supply of CBG.

“The passage of the 2018 Farm Bill opened doors for commercial cultivation of CBD-rich hemp, as well as hemp rich in other, so-called, ‘novel’ cannabinoids. We believe that all cannabinoids will eventually be commoditized. We strive to be leaders in the space, bringing new cannabinoids to the market over the next couple years,” Hemptown Chairman Rod Wolterman stated in a report for cannabis media outlet Leafly last month (http://ibn.fm/Z4xLM).

The company was first to market a CBD and CBG-infused chewing gum when it launched its Hemptown Chew in September. The gum contains 15 mg of CBD and 5 mg of CBG, sold in packs of two, six and 12 servings (http://ibn.fm/bGAtX).

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.HemptownUSA.com

• Automotive dealership expands into rural territory thanks to OCLN water-system sewage solution
• OriginClear’s closed-loop systems help lower costs for businesses
• Company’s unique, eco-friendly systems are efficient, with no impact on the surrounding environment

OriginClear Inc.’s (OTC: OCLND) closed-loop wastewater system recently proved its significant value by making the expansion of an automotive dealership into rural land possible. Without OCLN’s sustainable, effective water-recycling system, the expansion would not have been practical due to the dealership’s inability to access municipal sewage (http://ibn.fm/PFReg). OriginClear’s water systems allow businesses to take water treatment and conveyance into their own hands, opening up the potential for businesses to expand into low-cost real-estate areas.

The OCLN system held up well in comparison to the cost of a commercial-grade septic system. OriginClear’s water system offers a lucrative opportunity to businesses that rely heavily on water, as the system pays for itself in a short period of time by delivering significant water-cost savings. Furthermore, OCLN’s high-grade purification process combats pollution, contamination and corrosion.

OriginClear also empowers businesses by giving them the opportunity to use decentralized water effectively, thus making them more self-sufficient. Not having to rely on municipalities opens up the potential for businesses to expand into rural areas, which has enormous implications. In addition to expansion possibilities, users increase the value of their assets when they opt for a point-of-use water system. As infrastructure around the world continues to break down after decades of use, OriginClear’s advanced technologies are being adopted to tackle tough water issues.

Not only does the company offer substantial benefits to businesses and people’s health, but OriginClear systems also provide a sustainable, environmentally friendly alternative to commercial septic systems. The company’s closed-loop recycle and reuse Modular Water System takes drain fields and direct discharge completely out of the equation, eliminating pollutive impact on local environments.

The automotive dealer that adopted OriginClear’s water system conducted a cost-benefit analysis that revealed a number of saved costs, including life-cycle, potable-water purchase costs and onsite wastewater-disposal costs. Not only were costs saved but the value of the inexpensive rural land was also greatly increased. Choosing OriginClear essentially gives businesses an opportunity to buy low and sell high when they adopt OCLN wastewater systems in areas that don’t have access to municipalities.

The global water-services market has become a trillion-dollar industry and has experienced rapid growth in the past decade. In spite of this fast growth, however, only around 20% of sewage is ever treated. Even more concerning is the fact that more than a third of clean water is lost due to leakage. OriginClear sees decentralized water treatment as an essential part of the solution to this massive challenge that much of the world faces. The company’s modular water-treatment and conveyance products make the global movement for water independence viable.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.OriginClear.com

NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to OCLN are available in the company’s newsroom at  http://ibn.fm/OCLN

• Lexaria Bioscience is dedicated to providing healthful alternatives to drug-substance inhalation by providing an edible technology that works as effectively as smoking or vaping at getting substances into the bloodstream
• The company’s DehydraTECH platform has been licensed to multiple companies in the cannabis and tobacco industries, and Canada’s recent nationwide legalization of cannabis edibles is expected to open even more of a market
• Gregg Smith, the founder of a New York-based “culture tech” venture investment firm, has joined Lexaria as a senior advisor to help define the company’s leadership strategies

Innovations in drug delivery are making the wellness product market safer and more effective in its niche as an alternative to costly pharmaceuticals or foreign remedies that lack governmental approval. Bio-delivery technology developer Lexaria Bioscience Corp. (CSE: LXX) (OTCQX: LXRP) is a world leader in edible drug science to combat the ills of substances that might otherwise be inhaled into the lungs.

Lexaria’s proprietary DehydraTECH™ drug delivery platform is patented to work with existing substances such as nicotine, cannabidiol (CBD) and other non-psychoactive and psychoactive cannabinoids to get orally ingestible versions of the substances into the bloodstream at speeds comparable to inhaled products, virtually eliminating a key reason people might risk sustained injury to their lungs to use those products.

“Wherever there are many victims from past injustices, there is a lot of anger and resentment that doesn’t go away easily,” CEO Chris Bunka told Forbes in discussing Lexaria’s aim to get nicotine users to move away from “life-threatening” smoking habits to satisfy their cravings (http://ibn.fm/oMc9G). “My father also died from lung cancer just last year, so I am no fan. … The fact that (DehydraTECH) is fast means that smokers might not be frustrated waiting for their nicotine experience to begin, the way they have been with traditional nicotine products such as gums and lozenges.”

Lexaria recently announced the appointment of Gregg Smith, the founder of a New York-based “culture tech” venture investment firm, as a senior advisor in helping define Lexaria’s leadership strategies.

“I am passionate about creating a smokeless future and recognize that the consumption methods of nicotine and cannabis will change,” Smith stated in the news release (http://ibn.fm/Srpvg). “Lexaria’s technology, DehydraTECH™, will completely disrupt and improve the consumption and delivery of oral nicotine, CBD and cannabis. Lexaria’s recognition of the recent FDA recognition of certain oral delivery forms of nicotine as ‘less harmful’ to human health than combustible smoking will be a driving force of changing consumer preferences.”

One strategy Lexaria has already been pursuing includes introducing DehydraTECH-licensed products to consumers through adult-format beverages, building on a relationship with Toronto-based Hill Street Beverage Company Inc. (TSX.V: BEER), a company renowned for its alcohol-free beers and wines.

“Our alcohol-free business continues to grow as more and more people turn away from alcohol and look for better alternatives. But we’re more than just the world’s most award-winning alcohol-free beverage company,” Hill Street’s website states (http://ibn.fm/JvQRy). “We’ve licensed a technology that allows us to take that award-winning adult-beverage portfolio and infuse it with cannabis… without any impact to the smell or the taste of the product.”

Canada legalized cannabis-infused edibles and beverages in October, and the first products are expected to begin hitting store shelves soon (http://ibn.fm/80XHA).

Market analysts at Deloitte predict the Canadian market for edibles and alternative cannabis products alone will be worth $2.7 billion a year, and that cannabis extract-based products including edibles will make up nearly 60 percent of the total at $1.6 billion (http://ibn.fm/1VkfJ).

Lexaria has already licensed its technology to multiple companies in North America in the cannabis and tobacco industries. The company operates a licensed in-house research laboratory and its IP portfolio includes 16 patents granted and over 60 patents pending worldwide.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.LexariaBioscience.com

NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to LXRP are available in the company’s newsroom at http://ibn.fm/LXRP

• To date, more than 16 million consumers around the world have joined; that number increases daily
• SRAX offers other powerful data-management tools

SRAX Inc. (NASDAQ: SRAX), a digital marketing and consumer data management technology company, has had more than 16 million consumers opt-in to its BIGtoken consumer-managed data platform since the product was released earlier this year. In addition, SRAX offers other powerful products designed to provide marketers and consumers with the tools to unlock the value of data.

During an interview at SNNLive at the Planet MicroCap Showcase 2019 in Las Vegas, SRAX CEO and co-founder Christopher Miglino was asked about the “secret sauce” to getting such a high response rate (http://ibn.fm/9L1mf). Miglino noted that the budget for the launch was $2 million, but the company started with a modest $20,000. “We spent twenty grand, and the thing went completely viral,” he said. “People started signing up all over the place. We were having around 700,000 invites a day going out through the platform, so people were inviting 700,000 a day to the platform… If you go to social media even today and you pull up Twitter and YouTube and Instagram, and type in BIGtoken, you’ll see thousands of posts, thousands of consumer engagements from people talking about how they love the platform.”

From that impressive start, BIGtoken has grown into an exclusive platform with more than 16 million opted-in consumers around the world. “BIGtoken is unique in the data set it has gathered, the way it rewards consumers who have opted in and the manner it provides access to that data to marketers,” Miglino observed. “Consumers are becoming much more aware of their own privacy. A few years ago, people didn’t care, but now all of a sudden, consumers are realizing that their data is worth a lot of money. We’re working very hard to create an environment where consumers own that data on their own, and when anybody wants to access that data, they are monetizing the issue.”

In addition to BIGtoken, SRAX provides other valuable technology tools that unlock data to reveal brands’ core consumers across marketing channels. Those tools include the following:

• SRAX Core allows users to integrate inventory and reporting from all vendors, channels and formats in one dashboard; build and save custom data segments in seconds; and gain deep insights into campaign optimization with a dedicated single point of contact;
• SRAX IR allows users to discover insights about their shareholders and market makers and their contributions to the company; manage and monitor ROI from investor relations firms; grow shareholder base with precise audience-building, targeting and delivery across programmatic and social channels; and save new contacts from investor events and provide them collateral within the platform;
• SRAX Auto allows users to use first-party data to ensure their brand is top of mind when known car buyers lease again; track and target test drivers and visitors to specific dealerships; link direct-mail programs to online ad targeting; and
• SRAX Shopper allows users to influence shoppers at the pivotal place and time with intent-based geotargeting; drive in-store foot traffic and purchases; and deliver personalized shopper-ad experiences.

Based in Los Angeles, SRAX is a digital-marketing and data-management technology company focused on building the largest and most valuable opted-in data set in the world. The company provides marketers, content owners and consumers with proprietary tools to unlock the value of that data. SRAX technology also unlocks data to reveal brands core consumers and their characteristics across marketing channels. SRAX delivers a digital competitive advantage for brands in the healthcare, CPG, automotive, sports and lifestyle verticals.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.SRAX.com

NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to SRAX are available in the company’s newsroom at http://ibn.fm/SRAX

• SHRG operates in billion-dollar industry seeing consistent growth
• Company focusing on two subsidiaries designed to leverage opportunities
• Elepreneurs, Elevacity provide exclusive, powerful tools to help SHRG sales force experience happier, healthier, wealthier lives

In an industry that saw more than $35 billion in retail sales in 2018 and which has seen consistent growth over the past decade (http://ibn.fm/7X2qI), Sharing Services Global Corporation (OTCQB: SHRG) is working to reshape the growing space to meet the needs of a new generation of entrepreneurs working in a world of evolving technology and product offerings. SHRG, which owns, operates or controls an interest in an array of companies specializing in the direct-selling industry, has focused its efforts on its two relatively new, wholly owned subsidiaries – Elepreneurs LLC and Elevacity LLC – to make this happen.

In 2017 SHRG created Elepreneurs, a subsidiary designed for today’s entrepreneurs who are looking for greater flexibility with income opportunities along with a purpose and products that go beyond the traditional direct-selling approach. Through Elepreneurs, SHRG provides tools and products for its independent sales force, called Elepreneurs, to experience happier, healthier and wealthier lives.

Those tools include basic and advanced programs for both new and veteran members who want to make direct selling their primary careers. These powerful seminars, classes, boot camps and workshops were developed by Elepreneurs and are conducted by experienced entrepreneurs who are committed to providing participants with the mindset, skill set, knowledge, system, action plan, tools, awareness, motivation and confidence to build successful businesses. In addition, Elepreneurs offers diverse lanes of opportunity designed to provide a higher percentage of income generation and less attrition.

Elepreneurs is designed to be marketed in today’s world of social media, taking advantage of a widened consumer base that crosses industries and borders. SHRG’s unique relationship marketing breaks the traditional direct-selling mold, creating competitiveness and opportunities in small businesses across the company’s platform. This modern model reaches today’s market and consumers in an extremely cost-effective, personal and direct way.

SHRG’s subsidiary Elevacity is responsible for the manufacturing and distribution of the company’s products. SHRG offers superior, scientifically cultivated products that stimulate what the company calls happiness hormones – dopamine, oxytocin, serotonin and endorphins – or D.O.S.E.

The product line includes core offerings in the nutritional beverage category and unique skin-care products. Each product offered under the Elevacity brand is carefully formulated and designed to support a simple objective: elevating lives through products and services. As one of SHRG’s unique lanes of opportunity, Elevacity also offers a unique rewards program for its Elepreneurs.

Sharing Services is dedicated to maximizing shareholder value through the acquisition and development of innovative companies, products and technologies in the direct-selling industry. The Sharing Services combined platform leverages the capabilities and expertise of various companies that market and sell products direct to the consumer through independent contractors.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.SHRGInc.com

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