Victory Energy Corp. (OTCQB: VYEY) is an independent, growth-oriented oil and natural gas exploration and production company focused on the acquisition and development of active oil and natural gas properties throughout Texas. The company’s current portfolio of assets includes interests in various proven formations – including the Spraberry, Wolfcamp, Wolfberry, Mississippian, Cline and Fusselman formations. Utilizing a low-risk vertical well development strategy, Victory Energy aims to follow a predictable and proven business model focused on the acquisition of properties in well-known basins –populated by top-tier exploration and production firms – that are likely to provide return of investment capital in two years or less.

As the price of crude oil has tumbled over the past year to its lowest point in more than a decade, Victory Energy has leveraged operations and investment capital from long-term partner Navitus Energy Group in order to explore growth opportunities presented by punitive commodity pricing environments. While most analysts predict these historic headwinds to persist throughout the remainder of 2016, Kenny Hill, chief executive officer of Victory Energy, stated that current market conditions, coupled with a proposed $75 million credit facility from boutique investment banking firm MLV & Co. LLC, should present tremendous opportunities for the company to scale in the coming months.

“We have worked diligently with our investment banker to review several acquisition targets, holding significant proved producing reserves, limited mandatory development risk and limited lease expiration exposure,” Hill stated in a news release in October 2015. “We are actively working with the sellers to reach agreeable terms and we remain in position to act swiftly and to act in size as additional opportunities with similar low-risk profiles present themselves.”

The company reinforced this hypothesis in November when it entered into a Letter of Intent to acquire 181 net barrels of oil equivalent per day (BOEPD). Victory Energy expects the acquisition to result in roughly 80 percent working interest in three producing wells, as well as about 40 percent working interest in 1,370 net acres that are currently held by production. The company intends to use the significant increase in cash flow resulting from this acquisition to support its continued pursuit of accretive acquisitions made available by the current commodity price environment. The consummation of this acquisition is subject to the completion of due diligence review and approval from certain third parties.

“With a successful completion of this transaction, Victory would grow daily consolidated production from 50 to ~230 BOEPD, a substantial growth which we feel comes at a very favorable value,” Hill continued. “This transaction marks the first of several opportunities that we expect to pursue in the coming year.”

The current commodity price cycle is placing additional pressure on companies in the oil and gas space to sell assets in order to offset revenues lost to low oil prices. This pressure results in a promising opportunity for well-capitalized players to find opportunities to rapidly invest and grow in the oil and gas industry. Benefitting from capital accessible through its partnership with Navitus Energy Group and an acquisition-based growth strategy that’s already being implemented, Victory Energy could be primed to record strong results in upcoming quarters.

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The global market for lithium ion batteries is a fast growing one and is expected to cross $30 billion by 2020. It continues to advance as high power and high capacity cells increase penetration into large-format applications. Vying for market adoption, the lithium-ion chemistry competes heavily with established energy storage technologies, such as lead acid, in many of these applications. However, key performance characteristics have enabled lithium-ion to increase market penetration, resulting in growth opportunities. Oakridge Global Energy Solutions, Inc. (OTCQB: OGES) has two production facilities in Melbourne, Florida, making high quality lithium-ion batteries with the ‘Made in the USA’ label.

Lithium-ion batteries are most commonly used in small consumer devices like smartphones and laptops. However, more recently, lithium-ion technology is being used in electric vehicles and storage applications. The electric car market is growing rapidly and, after visiting a local Tesla Motors, Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) dealership, the reasons are obvious. Someone can buy an electric car with 762 horsepower, drive it for 300 miles, recharge it from any common outlet or charge station for free, and continue on their cross-country trek. When buying an electric car, the purchaser receives a substantial tax credit and doesn’t have any maintenance issues – like an oil change or tire rotation – for 50,000 miles.

Oakridge Global is in position to benefit from this growing trend. Its innovative ‘Made in the USA’ product line includes multiple lithium-ion technologies and form factors that are optimized to address three high-demand target markets – including stationary and grid storage; motive applications, such as electric and hybrid electric fleet vehicles; and specialty applications, such as military, aerospace, marine, medical and telecom backup.

It’s only a matter of time before people begin calculating their yearly gas bill and compare it to the more efficient, environmentally friendly electric vehicle option. Charge stations are multiplying rapidly and many hotels are jumping on board by adding them to locations across the country. Oakridge Global offers a high quality product with domestic roots and, more importantly, domestic jobs. ‘Made in the USA’ is beginning to mean something again, and people are taking this into consideration when shopping for big purchase items such as cars, motorcycles, boats, RV’s, etc.

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When adults walk into a Giggles N’ Hugs (OTCQB: GIGL) location, the message that greets them is “come in and relax.” When children step through the door, it’s “come in and play.” That Giggles N’ Hugs is able to effectively promote these competing, yet complementary ideas is a testament to how well the company excels in its niche market.

Giggles N’ Hugs owns and operates a trio of kid-friendly, adult-friendly and family-friendly restaurants in Southern California. The company’s award-winning restaurants are groundbreaking; each location unites high-end, organic food with active, cutting-edge play and entertainment for children. “Come eat and relax while the kids play” is Giggles’ N’ Hugs’ decisive appeal, and it is one that reaches directly into the hearts and minds of the parents who frequent its restaurants.

What Giggles N’ Hugs does successfully is no small feat. With its unique playscapes, which span anywhere from 900 to 2,000 square feet, the company lures in parents and kids, then gets them to stay longer.

By keeping Mom and Dad closely in mind, the company has been able to provide added benefits — both large and small — with far-reaching consequences. First, Giggles N’ Hugs offers charging stations and Wi-Fi for parents who wish to wait in the lounge areas next to the company’s play areas. Second, in addition to providing cushy play areas for kids (10 years and younger) and lounge areas for their adult parents, the company ensures that its restaurant offerings are healthier than other places. Third, it also maintains a drop-off service for parents who might need some time alone in order to get some shopping done. In providing play areas that are both lively and convenient, the company entices kids while also keeping its other key constituents — their parents — happy.

In the six years since its founding, Giggles N’ Hugs has proven its concept, and the opportunity to expand seems to be waiting in the wings. A ton of celebrities are already helping to promote the company, and, on top of that, the largest mall owners and mall designers in the U.S. (e.g. Westfield Corp. (OTC: WEFIF), Simon Property Group (NYSE: SPG) and General Growth Properties (NYSE:GGP)) have begun rolling out the red carpet to win the company as a tenant.

Learn more by visiting www.gigglesnhugs.com

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GTX Corp. (OTC: GTXO), a provider of wearable monitoring and tracking solutions using GPS, Cellular and BLE technology, is set to present at the upcoming 2nd Annual Innovations Investor Conference in Miami, Florida, where the company will detail its market, partnerships, corporate operations and more, before hosting its own shareholder meeting the next day.

The 2nd Annual Innovations Investor Conference, taking place February 22, enables emerging public and private companies to showcase their products, services and programs, and creates an atmosphere where the companies can collaborate and exchange ideas with potential strategic partners, present their innovative technologies and products, network, and access private and institutional investors.

On February 23, GTX Corp will host its Shareholders Meeting, where shareholders can meet one-on-one with the company and hear about its plans for 2016.

“We plan to discuss a host of topics, including: the size and scope of our market and some new markets we are exploring, our technology roadmap and where we see the industry going, our channels of distributions and our recent expansion in Latin America. We plan to demonstrate the significance of our global partnerships and how the collective of these alliances are contributing to our growth and value proposition. We will discuss some of the recent insurance reimbursement codes and government vendor numbers we have been issued. And we will also discuss our IP portfolio and the recent patents we were granted from the family tree of patent 286, including how this affects our position in the multibillion dollar wearables industry. We look forward to seeing you in South Florida as we have a lot to talk about at the conference and more in depth at the shareholder meeting,” GTX Corp CEO Patrick Bertagna stated in the news release.

Conference Information: Monday, February 22, 2016, at the Ritz-Carlton South Beach, presented by SeeThruEquity and The Brewer Group.

Shareholder Meeting Information: Tuesday, February 23, 2015, at 10:30 a.m. at the Parkland Golf & Country Club, located at 10001 Old Club Rd, Parkland, Florida, 33076.

* The company encourages shareholders who have not yet registered to attend the Shareholders Meeting, to do so by February 15, 2016, by clicking on the investor page at www.gtxcorp.com

For more information, visit www.gtxcorp.com

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Alzheimer’s is the only cause of death in the top 10 in the U.S. that cannot be prevented, cured, or slowed. That’s a scary reality for families with loved ones afflicted with this disease. Acceptance is the first word that comes to mind for dealing with Alzheimer’s, and this means to accept the fact that your loved one is never going to be who they used to be. As a result, the best thing to do is to make their quality of life the best it can possibly be while they are still here on this earth. Alzheimer’s usually leads to wandering due to memory loss, which can be a terrifying situation as long as no preventative measures are applied. GTX Corp. (OTC: GTXO) offers its patented GPS-enabled “Smart” insoles, which fit easily into most adult shoes and let caregivers monitor the whereabouts of loved ones who may have a tendency to wander or are at risk of becoming disoriented and lost.

With GPS SmartSole, there’s no need for people living with Alzheimer’s to remember to carry a separate tracking device. They need only to slip on their shoes and go – like they normally would. You can track their location through any smartphone, tablet or web browser and set up text and e-mail alerts if they leave or enter defined areas on a map. The GPS SmartSole provides peace of mind for family members and those caring for the millions of people suffering from memory impairment and wandering, which can be caused by Alzheimer’s, Dementia, Autism, Traumatic Brain Injury or other cognitive memory disabilities.

Alzheimer’s is the sixth-leading cause of death in the U.S., and one in three seniors dies with Alzheimer’s or another form of dementia, according to the Alzheimer’s Association website (http://dtn.fm/j50Hc). Only 45 percent of people with Alzheimer’s disease or their caregivers report being told of their diagnosis, whereas more than 90 percent of people with cancer report their diagnosis. Basically, individuals tend to ignore and avoid the problem instead of accepting things as they are and using a product like GTX Corp.’s SmartSole to always know where their loved ones are. GTXO offers a practical and realistic answer to this growing problem – every 67 seconds, someone in the U.S. develops Alzheimer’s.

Looking the other way never solves anything. The first step toward progress and development is acknowledging what is and then using the resources available to make the best of the situation. A cure for Alzheimer’s may one day be discovered, but for now, we have to swallow the painful reality of our current circumstances and use technologies like GTX Corp.’s SmartSole to keep track of our loved ones.

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Moxian, Inc (OTCQB: MOXC) is reaching a new generation of shoppers and merchants with its exciting promotional videos on YouTube and Youku. YouTube, according to Alexa Internet, which analyzes web traffic, is currently the world’s third most visited site, and stats published by YouTube itself claim the site has ‘over a billion users – almost a third of all people on the Internet – and every day, people watch hundreds of millions of hours of YouTube videos and generate billions of views.’ It’s certainly a good place to be, particularly if you’re targeting the young and the restless. Again according to YouTube, ‘YouTube overall, and even YouTube on mobile alone, reaches more 18 – 34 and 18 – 49 year-olds than any cable network in the U.S.’

YouTube viewership is important for Moxian (pronounced MO-SHUN), even though the company’s main area of operations is in mainland China. The population of the Chinese diaspora is huge. An Economist piece (http://dtn.fm/4ZEJe) of 2011 divulged that ‘More Chinese people live outside mainland China than French people live in France, with some to be found in almost every country.’ At that time, the population of France was about 65 million (It’s about 67 million now). Most of these overseas Chinese live, of course, in Asia. Thailand has over 9 million; Malaysia almost 7 million; Indonesia 2.8 million; and Myanmar, about 1.6 million. However, significant numbers live elsewhere and in the Americas. Peru and Canada each have roughly 1.3 million and 3.46 million persons who identify as Chinese live in the U.S.

Of course, YouTube is not accessible from China and hasn’t been since 2009, according to a CNN story (http://dtn.fm/W4HsM). On Monday, March 23rd of that year, Google reported ‘it began noticing a decline in traffic from China about noon. By early Wednesday, site users inside China continued to encounter an error message: “Network Timeout. The server at youtube.com is taking too long to respond.”

Moxian’s initial forays have taken it to mainland China. The Moxian platform was first offered in beta version in Shenzhen, a major city of over 10 million, noted for being ‘China’s first and one of the most successful Special Economic Zones (SEZ).’ In China, Youku takes the place of Youtube. Back in 2010, Youku’s CEO Victor Koo told Bloomberg, ‘he’s tired of being asked whether his company, China’s biggest online-video provider, is the nation’s version of YouTube or Hulu’. He replied, “It’s both and better.” A PRNewswire Press Release (http://dtn.fm/kta8D) from Youku stated, ‘Youku Tudou Inc. (NYSE: YOKU) is China’s leading Internet television company. Its Youku and Tudou Internet television platforms enable users to search, view and share high-quality video content quickly and easily across multiple devices. Its Youku brand and Tudou brand are among the most recognized online video brands in China.’

The Moxian videos on Youku are narrated by cartoon characters, which are favored in Asia. Moxian cleverly capitalizes on the admiration that the Chinese have for Americans and Europeans by marketing its platform in China as Spellthread. The Spellthread domain was acquired by the company under an Intangible Asset Transfer Agreement with Fensheng Kuan, which gave it the right to use www.moxian.com as well, according to an 8-K filing by the company in 2013.

One of the Youku Spellthread videos tells how the Spellthread+ App has ushered in the ‘no card payment era’ and gives details on how the hassle of making payments and carrying out transactions in China can be avoided. Although debit and credit card use is increasing rapidly, many Chinese still prefer to use cash. This can be challenging, since the largest banknote in circulation is the 100-yuan note. The video shows the main protagonist as he tries to purchase a house and make other transactions and concludes by saying how easy it is to send someone money, do shopping or save money with the Spellthread+ App.

Another video, on Youtube, has a human narrator, a Moxian Product Specialist, who begins by saying that the ‘Moxian App integrates social media, loyalty rewards and games into a single platform’ and that ‘Moxian is designed to bring fun, convenience and benefits to people’. The Product Specialist has ‘a friend named Peter, a loyal user of Moxian, who shares nice pictures, fine foods and beautiful scenery in “Moments” anytime, anywhere.’ They became friends by meeting in one of the “Interest Groups” that can be created on the Moxian platform. The Product Specialist asks and answers, “Want to find the best French restaurant downtown? A fashionable dress? A nice place to spend your holiday? How about great deals from nearby stores? Maybe you want to meet someone special? No problem! Moxian is a magical world where you can find anything you’re looking for. “

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

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Cherubim Interests, Inc. (OTC: CHIT) is an atypical operator within the real estate development, alternative construction and controlled environment agriculture sectors. The company strives to make a positive impact on the communities surrounding its Texas base while protecting the reliability of its stockholders’ investments.

Squarely in an expansion stage, Cherubim Interests is focused on advancing its hybrid business model by leaps and bounds. In pursuit of this goal, Cherubim Interests employs novel business tactics and acquisition strategies to promote swift market growth and considerable financial growth. The company targets alternative, commercial, single and multifamily residences for investment purchase when opportunities are present. It also provides renovation services to the unit owners of third-party multifamily dwellings on a turn-key basis.

Cherubim Interests is managed by an experienced steering team comprised of directors with expertise in disciplines including property management, construction and finance. More than a buyer, the investment company has resolved to become a leader in these fields.

Cherubim Interests is already well-known for delivering beginning-to-end development programs for single, mixed-use and multifamily projects and properties. What’s more, the company’s specialties cover the full spectrum of real estate development – including due diligence, acquisition, planning, construction, renovation and property management.

In the decade since its founding, the company has targeted present and future market opportunities, especially in the fast-evolving industry that is the controlled environment agriculture sector. In this space, both Cherubim Interests and its subsidiary, BudCube Cultivation Systems, are well-placed to benefit from one feature of that market: the growing demand for grow space to accommodate legal medicinal and recreational cannabis and other plant species.

BudCube is in the midst of launching its beta test facility in Oregon. Initial plans are to expand via land acquisitions and pre-leasing programs into supplementary areas where medicinal or recreational cannabis cultivation is legal. Considering the many state-by-state legalization initiatives concerning medical cannabis that are in motion throughout the nation, BudCube stands to profit greatly as more cultivators seek to gain entry into this thriving industry.

BudCube’s area of focus is on movable, scalable plant cultivation facilities. In the cultivation industry, time really is money, and the BudCube team understands that. This is precisely where the company stands apart from others, with a proprietary, controlled environment cultivation model that is superior to conventional models and that speeds up the harvest and sales processes. Within a 28-week cycle, growers using the BudCube cultivation model can start producing crops and revenue faster than ever before. By leaning on Cherubim Interests’ real estate development and property management business model, BudCube can offer prospective cultivators quick entry into the fast-growing cannabis cultivation market at a price point that is extremely appealing when compared to traditional construction solutions.

For more information, visit www.cherubiminterests.com

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Alternet Systems, Inc. (OTCQB: ALYI) prides itself on developing advanced predictive data analytics applications for the mass consumer, telecommunications, and financial sectors. The company dedicates itself to providing digital commerce technologies and electronic payment solutions to these high-growth markets. Alternet sees the future of innovative payment solutions and its growing global demand.

Alternet offers payment technology solutions to financial organizations that need a wide range of payment options for their customers. These products can be used across many devices, such as point of sale, cell phones, PCs, tablets, and web applications. Plus, these products give specific and personalized capabilities to each organization. With these solutions, customers can expect expert knowledge in the mobile financial services industry. Alternet brings digital currency payment solutions, banking solutions, and digital payment services. The company markets to governments, financial services, and the banking industry around the globe.

The company also integrates analytics, micro segments, and marketing automation technology, so that companies can create a digital marketing decision matrix. This way, companies using this technology can discover unique audiences and overall trends to better market their products.

Part of what makes Alternet so successful comes from its investment interests in companies that have a unique idea to manage digital commerce, information, and payments. For example, Utiba Americas came out of the relationship between Alternet and Utiba Pte Ltd, a Singapore company that is a leader in mobile financial transactions. Being a major shareholder allowed Alternet to target mobile operations, financial institutions, money remitters, governments, and retailers with its solutions. Alternet also owns the majority of IMS (International Mobile Security), which gives the company the upper hand when it comes to addressing security concerns dealing with mobile commerce and transaction services.

Alternet’s subsidiaries hope to engage the company in the wider spectrum of digital commerce technologies. Utiba Americas expanded the company’s mobile service platform, while IMS intends to open up the multi-billion dollar global security market. Alternet aims to become a leader in the growing digital commerce market by continuing to absorb breakthrough companies.

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In a tight oil market where the WTI price recently dipped below $30 a barrel again on the NYMEX, ranging down to around $26 a barrel in January (making it about half as expensive as milk on the Chicago futures market), only the best of the best can survive and thrive. Investors looking for E&P companies to add to their portfolios will want to focus on players that have a good mix of low lifting (production) costs, a solid footprint in established domestic plays with low jurisdictional risk and a balance sheet that is relatively clear of debt overhang.

One such company is Plano, Texas-based Torchlight Energy Resources (NASDAQ: TRCH), which, in this regard, made huge strides last year, achieving a total elimination of senior debt, divestment of non-core assets, and a successful reduction of overall lifting costs to under $15 a barrel. At the same time, the company has honed its primary focus and has set its sights on the potential billion-barrel Orogrande Basin discovery (http://dtn.fm/0w5Tt) (WolfPenn) in West Texas, where it owns a 47.5 percent working interest on 168,000 acres alongside Founders Oil and Gas, LLC. Torchlight drilled the Rich A-11 well (6,091 feet) on the Orogrande Project in March last year and subsequently executed a $50 million JV farm-out agreement with Midland, Texas-based Founders Oil and Gas, who initiated frac work on the well in November (http://dtn.fm/Fq4JD).

Torchlight’s five-year Orogrande lease (which offers exceptional five-year renewal terms) covers the majority of the Orogrande Basin, and the approximately 1,400 feet of pay being targeted here (at a highly economical depth of 4,000 to 6,100 feet) was originated by famed Permian Basin geologist Rich Masterson. Masterson, a recipient of the 2014 Hearst Energy Award for Technology, is the guy who originated the famous Wolfbone play in the Delaware Basin using a combination of old school mud log perusal, sample analysis, and pure experience-based instinct. The Wolfcamp and Bone Spring shales, readily characterized by high oil content and liquids-rich natural gas, are a key feature of the multi-horizon Delaware Basin, which is the foundation for horizontal development in the Greater Permian. The Orogrande formed at the same time as the Delaware and Midland basins, and the company expects a nice 80/20 mix of oil and high BTU gas from the analogous siltstone present at Orogrande.

The core siltstone target is a 700-foot interval of clean/contiguous pay that will be digested in two sections, with the lower section receiving the initial effort’s attention, and being used to establish production potential, as well as behavioral characteristics. A full suite of logs on the Rich A-11 were analyzed by Haliburton (NYSE: HAL) and found to be very promising, with superb shows in a variety of formations and good overall permeability. Moreover, while around 100 units of background gas were anticipated during drilling, Torchlight encountered as much as ten times that amount and core results showed good pay in the analyzed zones, with over 2,000 pounds of virgin pressure. There is a lot to be excited about here for Torchlight and its investors, as the estimated ultimate recovery (EUR) potential based on analogous Midland Basin EURs is in the neighborhood of four to six million barrels per section, with as many as eighteen horizontals per section.

Now, Torchlight isn’t just a one-trick pony, mind you. The company has an impressive (yet streamlined) portfolio of operated and non-operated positions under its belt, including the Marcelina Creek Project in South Texas, with its prime access to the Austin Chalk, Buda, and Eagle Ford formations. Marcelina is surrounded on all four sides by leading Eagle Ford producers; there are as many as seven horizontal drilling locations for all of the pay zones on the lease, and the lease actually offsets an excellent Buda field drilled by none other than Exxon (NYSE: XOM). The company has three producing wells with a combined BOPD of around 60 bbls already – 100 percent of CAPEX is paid by two of the company’s non-op industry partners, and Torchlight is preparing to drill a second Austin Chalk well sometime here in Q1.

On February 1, Torchlight announced a successful re-entry to one of its over 20 drilling locations on the Marcelina Project’s lease, where the company owns 75 percent WI on a 1,080-acre block, as well as a 50 percent WI on a smaller 280 acre block. The company’s Johnson #4 was drilled out laterally into the Austin Chalk about 2,500 feet and has subsequently shown increasing fluid and gas entry (http://dtn.fm/9M6xB), with 540 bbls over three eight-hour days, and liquids-rich gas up to 80 percent oil cut. With the shut in tubing holding steady around 470 PSI and good swab results thus far, Torchlight is quite excited about forthcoming initial production figures from this recompleted well that was previously running only 10 BOPD. Investors should keep an ear to the ground in coming weeks for an update from the company on the Johnson #4 and take note of how Torchlight has unlocked serious potential here at Marcelina from what was a marginally producing well – a feat which indicates similar potential across the company’s promising asset base and also reinforces the validity of its exploitation thesis that is being applied selectively thereto.

Torchlight also has a JV with Ring Energy (NYSE MKT: REI) to do E&P in the massive Hugoton Field area of Kansas, where the company is matching Ring Energy’s lease cost by drilling wells, and stands to end up owning a 50 percent interest across the entire 17,000-plus acre block. With numerous shallow pay zones around 5,200 feet, ranging from the Chase Formation through to Mississippian Age carbonates, cheap vertical well completion totals of around $550,000, and anticipated initial production levels in the neighborhood of 100 to 300 BOPD – Torchlight has every reason to be eager about seeing new well starts here in Q2 targeting the Morrow Formation.

In addition, Torchlight has some choice assets at the Cimarron Project outside Oklahoma City in the Edmonds Field that it is currently selling, and has already announced the first of six intended sales. This first sale, to Husky Ventures, will reportedly bring in over $1.4 million net from a $4.6 million price tag, and has already produced a partial cash closing for the company.

These are exciting times for this lean and mean E&P junior, which is focused squarely on profitable domestic drilling, as well as working interest programs with a near-term payback window.

For more information, visit http://www.torchlightenergy.com/

Named one of the most innovative public technology companies by the Canadian Innovation Exchange in 2015, Ontario-based Pudo, Inc. (OTCQB: PDPTF) represents one of the latest “why didn’t I think of that” ideas. The company’s idea, now available across Canada and the U.S., is a customizable pick-up and drop-off service, allowing anyone to specify one of thousands of third-party locations where packages can be picked up or dropped off for delivery.

What that means for the consumer is that they don’t have to worry about not being at home for a delivery or trying to get to the post office or a distant shipping center before it closes. Instead, they can have the package delivered to what the company calls PUDO Points, which can be a nearby convenience or grocery store or even a gas station, any one of thousands of places that are part of the company’s growing partner network. The consumer is notified by email when the item arrives, and then simply picks the package up there, at locations that are convenient to reach and open long hours, 7-days-a-week. Additionally, anyone can also ship packages from the same locations, at times when other options are closed. For the consumer the only requirement is that they become a free PUDO member.

It’s a service that is obviously great for the consumer, but it’s also valuable to the partner-store because of the increased traffic it draws. As the PUDO user community grows, greater traffic will be generated. PUDO supplies partners with technology to coordinate shipments, and provides courier arrangements to attract foot traffic and PUDO members for domestic and international shipping. PUDO members receive discounts on their shipping and stores earn revenue. In addition, PUDO gives training to ensure consistent service standards are met.

PUDO already has affiliate agreements with some of North America’s best-known retailers, including Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY), Hudson’s Bay (OTC: HBAYF), and Walmart (NYSE: WMT), and it has recently entered into a marketing agreement with Innovative Marketing to provide PUDO with advertising and investor relations services. The company is now planning to raise up to $1.375 million through a non-brokered private placement, to “pursue the expansion of their location network in Canada and the United States, pursue strategic partners and retailers, and for general working capital”.

For more information visit: www.pudoinc.com or www.pudopoint.com.