• OriginClear CEO says agreement to market Depuporc’s integrated manure system is a watershed strategy
• OriginClear will market the animal-manure, wastewater-treatment products through network of licensees and potential sales channels
• Eckelberry terms the agreement a ‘killer’ application of OriginClear’s technology

OriginClear Inc. (OTC: OCLN), a leading provider of water-treatment systems, has reached an agreement to market worldwide its Spanish partner’s – Depuporc S.L. – integrated manure wastewater-treatment system (http://ibn.fm/Aik5z). OriginClear will market the system through its network of licensees and potential sales channels; the agreement allows OriginClear to name certified manufacturers as needed to support sales.

OriginClear CEO Riggs Eckelberry announced the “watershed” agreement during a teleconference briefing and discussed its impact. “So for the longest time, we’ve been working to make our technology integrated into what we would call a killer application,” said Eckelberry. “That is an application that would be major.” As the European Union seeks to control ammonia output by the hog-farming industry, there is a critical need for technology to help control the excess waste and the amount of ammonia entering the soil. OCLN’s technology is well positioned to meet this need, Eckleberry said, pointing out that leads began coming in from countries like Korea after news of the agreement went live. This application has vital significance to the global hog farming industry in countries around the world, including China, Spain and Holland.

Under terms of the agreement, Depuporc would continue to market the system within Europe as a long-time licensee of OriginClear. Depuporc has developed a mobile commercial unit for the treatment of swine manure wastewater using OriginClear’s Electro Water Separation™ and Advanced Oxidation (AOx™) technology. The Spanish system is important because it can significantly reduce nitrogen contamination, as required by recent regulations (http://ibn.fm/O3Ewy). The OriginClear system removes the smallest remaining particles of solid manure before it reduces the ammonia to extremely low levels.

OriginClear licenses its technology worldwide and is building a network of customer-facing water brands to expand its global market presence. Currently OriginClear worldwide has installations and partners with licensees to use its Modular Water Systems™, Progressive Water Treatment and proprietary Electro Water Separation™ product.

OriginClear’s mission is to help return water to its original and clear condition, and as part of that mission, the company is also working to identify and advance next-generation water-recycling systems such as its WaterChain™ concept.

OriginClear is a leader in the self-reliant water revolution. The company offers point-of-use modular and prefabricated systems that create durable assets and water independence. OriginClear leads a megatrend of businesses that are treating their own water with on-premise systems enabling high-purification and recycling levels. In addition, OriginClear systems and technology can improve the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) ratings of clients through improved water management.

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

• Senroy’s expertise includes: GXP Regulatory Compliance, Mock Inspection, Sarbanes Oxley, Auditing and PAI Readiness, SOP Management, Training Management, Quality Management Systems, Metrics and Reporting, Systems Development Lifecycle and IT.
• As a seasoned business executive with an MBA from Pepperdine University, Senroy’s special expertise centers on helping companies pass compliance assessments, develop robust quality systems and prepare for U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reviews and inspections.
• Organizations in the hemp and cannabis space are facing increased regulation in all aspects of business and new appointment will help the company adhere to the highest standard of operations in delivering safe and premium products
• Compliance is becoming increasingly important as the industry grows and matures
• Global industrial hemp market to exceed $270 million, hemp seed market from food and beverage applications to grow by over 5% by 2025

Green Hygienics Holdings Inc. (OTCQB: GRYN) is looking ahead of potential upcoming requirements for more industry regulation for public safety with the appointment of a new Head of Quality and Compliance. The premium cannabis cultivation and branding enterprise has appointed seasoned business executive Sid Senroy, MBA, to the position, with the goal of guiding the company’s efforts to form cross-functional alliances for growth and improvement and of leveraging existing expertise, increased productivity levels, compliance and efficiencies.

“This will directly support the Company to achieve its stated objectives to adhere to the highest standards of operations in consistently delivering safe and premium quality products to consumers and that the Company intends to be a leader in FDA cGMP (Current Good Manufacturing Practice) capabilities in the hemp and CBD marketplace,” Green Hygienics Holdings CEO Ron Loudoun stated in a news release (http://ibn.fm/TZddb).

Senroy has successfully led several global Quality and Compliance business units as senior consultant or executive over the past 20 years, leading to the approval of key blockbuster drugs with total sales exceeding $30 billion annually over the last decade.

His appointment comes in the context of an increasingly critical need for compliance in the cannabis industry at this time, as the market continues to expand. Hemp cultivation is subjected to growing compliance requirements as well, as a result of the 2018 Farm Bill which delisted hemp as a Schedule 1 substance and legalized cultivation for plants that have less than 0.3 percent tetrahydrocannabinol.

Compliance requirements relate to public safety as well as the quality of the product and the operations surrounding it. Companies in the industry need to prioritize compliance in all aspects of their business, from obtaining a license to daily operations, quality assurance checks, distribution and commercialization plans and more. Proper compliance strategies need to be implemented by every organization in the industry if they want to remain in business, avoid disruption of operations and heavy fines, and become an attractive option for potential customers and investors.

Green Hygienics aims to generate higher yields and higher-quality products on a consistent basis so as to stay compliant throughout meticulous testing. Its operations are based on a secure, premium-quality supply chain. Recently, Green Hygienics acquired Potrero Ranch, which is the largest farm of its kind in North America, with 824 acres for outdoor cultivation plus over 400,000 square feet of greenhouse and outbuilding space to be used for greenhouse cultivation (http://ibn.fm/8DJfu). As a result, Green Hygienics’s cultivation capability far exceeds that of the average-size hemp farm in North America, which stalls at around 9 acres. Pending final certification, the company will move to deliver 100% safe, organically grown, premium-quality CBD products to the market.

There is no end to hemp market growth in sight. The global industrial hemp market is projected to exceed $270 million by 2025, and the global industrial hemp seeds market from food and beverage applications will grow by more than 5% by that same year, according to Global Market Insights research. This growth will be largely driven by increasing consumer demand for CBD oil and CBD oil-based products (http://ibn.fm/J80CM).

Green Hygienics is a full-scope, premium cannabis cultivation company targeting the high-end medical and adult-use recreational cannabis market. With more than 25 years of experience in agricultural science and innovation, Green Hygienics is establishing itself as a leader in the advancement of science-driven cannabis cultivation systems. The company will grow by generating revenues from the sales of premium grade cannabis products, developing and licensing valuable IP, making strategic acquisitions, and creating trusted global consumer brands.

The company’s long-term objectives include expanding its portfolio of brands throughout the U.S. and then globally and growing in size and revenue by developing a large cultivation and extraction center in Canada, where the legislation supports global distribution.

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

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

• Industry analysts project the cannabis market will reach $80 billion over the next decade
• LVVV philosophy supports momentum of this new, promising industry
• LiveWire particularly optimistic about company’s acquisition of Estrella Ranch property; beginning operation of first-ever estate-grown ‘Weedery’ soon

Despite a significant slowdown in the cannabis sector in the past year, LiveWire Ergogenics Inc. (OTC: LVVV) expects to perform well moving forward into 2020 as experts predict the industry will pick up. As operating ineffectively – and even illegally – are being weeded out and the industry grows, LVVV’s commitment to “doing things right,” combined with its innovative business strategy for high-quality and hand-crafted cannabis products (quality versus quantity), bodes well for the company’s future.

According to a recent AP article, industry analysts project the market for cannabis products will grow to $80 billion over the next decade (http://ibn.fm/EFYKA). The article quoted Canaccord Genuity analyst Bobby Burleson, who noted that he expects cannabis retail sales in legal U.S. state markets will climb from an estimated $12.9 billion this year to $31.3 billion already in 2024. That forecast includes projections for sales in Illinois, which will begin allowing legal cannabis sales next month, and Michigan, which began doing so this week. It also assumes that Arizona, Florida and New York will pass adult-use cannabis laws within the next five years.

Burleson isn’t the only expert feeling bullish. The article also reported that “analysts at Cowen raised their sales forecast for the U.S. cannabis market over the next 10 years, citing higher levels of use among older consumers and improved public sentiment for legalization. Cowen projects sales to hit $85 billion by 2030. It previously called for sales to reach $80 billion. The forecast also anticipates the opening of more dispensaries, the rollout of new types of cannabis products and more overall demand.”

With the projected upswing in mind, LiveWire Ergogenics expects to be in a prime position to leverage the expected growth with the imminent start of production at its Estrella Ranch Weedery. “The cannabis market is ever-changing and complex,” LiveWire CEO Bill Hodson stated in a news release (http://ibn.fm/C3i1k). “While a flood of investment has entered the market over the last two years based on overly optimistic projections, questionable market analysis and unproven business models, these expectations are now being hit by the reality of a still unconventional business, complicated by the typical growing pains of a rapidly emerging new industry.

“With the industry now set to explode, companies must begin scrutinizing their operations for inefficiencies and evaluate what works and what doesn’t,” he continued. “In other words, ‘doing it right,’ a principle that LiveWire has been trying to follow strictly for the last two years, supporting the momentum of this new and promising industry.

Part of LVVV’s “doing it right” approach includes diligent and painstaking research as the company has secured, designed and established two fully compliant and permitted cannabis operations California. The company is focused on identifying and acquiring compliant properties for cannabis operations and entering into operation agreements and strategic alliances to build teams of carefully selected and vetted operators, horticulturists, extractors, and distributors as well as establish research partnerships in the human and veterinarian sectors. In addition, LVVV officials are particularly optimistic about the company’s acquisition of the 450-acre Estrella Ranch property in Paso Robles, California. The company plans to transform the stunning property into the world’s first “estate-grown weedery,” including essential cannabis cultivation, manufacturing and research facilities.

“We know consumers will appreciate the family-farm style of locally produced artisanal and handcrafted cannabis products, and that’s why we support the appellation model to establish designations-of-origin, similar to the wine industry, as our strategy to create a unique, profitable and sustainable business,” Hodson said in a news release (http://ibn.fm/nAfrg). “Setting up a central hub for our operations at the Ranch in Paso Robles in the heart of California wine country, and ‘doing it right,’ has required extensive environmental research and compliance with complex legal requirements on a local and state basis, which we have now concluded.

“Despite this very involved and resource-intense process, we have begun generating modest revenue over the last two quarters and have improved our balance sheet considerably,” he noted. “We are not only accelerating the build-out of our Estrella Weedery but also taking aggressive measures to increase revenue throughout the company, while being very conscious about economical use of working capital, improving our asset base, keeping our overhead low and staying focused on return of investment for our family of investors.”

LiveWire Ergogenics specializes in identifying and monetizing current and future trends in the health and wellness industry. The company is focused on becoming one of the first truly vertically integrated and high-end cannabis companies in California.

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

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

• Conventional insurance doesn’t cover all possible damage and or accidents
• InsuraGuest’s InsurTech platform covers damage to rooms, lost items, accidental medical, and death or dismemberment
• Company has excellent prospects on fast-growing global vacation rental market and is already working to expand its presence in Europe and Asia

Every homeowner who has decided to start a vacation rental business worries about unforeseen events that can result in extensive and even irreparable damage to their property. There isn’t much you can do to resolve these problems once they’ve occurred if your home is not well protected in legal terms, or your current Homeowners policy does not cover damage caused by a third party. Prevention is the best measure. Here are some real-life examples of why it’s crucial to choose the best insurance for your vacation rental property.

The first vacation rental guests that Heather Harnell had (through Airbnb) left her condo looking like a war zone (http://ibn.fm/SZ2bF). There were cigarette burns throughout the living room and bedrooms, garbage everywhere, and most of the things had been stolen, including the TV. Damage amounting to thousands of dollars had been racked up.

In a similar case, a Georgia woman’s guests stole priceless silverware and other family heirlooms from her home (http://ibn.fm/yDr6h), also rented through Airbnb. A total of 28 items were reported missing and police launched an investigation into the case, as Airbnb representatives said they were working to reimburse the host for the stolen items.

Additional Protection Against Theft and Damage

Platforms like Slice.is offer general liability (GL) insurance coverage that Airbnb property owners need and which can be embedded into existing experiences for housing, travel, mobility, wealth, and protection. Even so, this type of general liability insurance may not cover all possible damage and theft situations, and that is where InsuraGuest Inc. comes in. Serving as a complementary product to any insurance the property has, as well as a standalone insurance option,InsuraGuest which protects the guest at the time of check-in to check-out, was designed to be the first line of defense for both the guest and the vacation property owner.

Traditional traveler’s insurance also doesn’t cover a number of things that can happen inside hotels or other travel properties, putting both the traveler and the hotel or property owner at risk. People often mistakenly assume that accidents happening at such a property are covered by the property owner’s insurance, but that’s not always the case.

If a homeowner’s property items were stolen, they would need to claim them on a policy like Slice.is, but what happens if those items were broken by the guest, or the guest is robbed, and general liability insurance doesn’t cover those perils? With InsuraGuest, hotels and vacation rental properties purchase a Guest Protection Policy that is automatically extended to each of their guests, including their room occupants, at the time of check-in. The Guest Protection Policy provides specific coverage for such things as accidental damage to rooms, lost or stolen items, medical expenses, death or dismemberment up to the policy limits (http://ibn.fm/1Zg4b).

A Wealth of Opportunities as Vacation Rental Market Soars

With this specialized insurance product that can easily integrate with most vacation rental and hotel property management systems, InsuraGuest has excellent prospects on the global vacation rental market, which is projected to reach nearly $63 billion from 2020 to 2024, with a year-over-year growth rate for 2020 estimated at 5.51%. Vacation rental startups attracted nearly $100 million in venture capital funding in the first quarter of 2016, and the number of vacation rental users globally is expected to soar to 361 million over the next five years. Vacation rentals are expected to topple the hotel industry by the year 2020 (http://ibn.fm/WHAx0).

The company’s main focus is currently the U.S. market, where it provides coast-to-coast coverage. However, InsuraGuest is also working to expand the scope of its InsurTech platform and insurance products to cover European Union member states and the United Kingdom, and has initiated operations to enter the Asian market by mid-2020 (http://ibn.fm/jiULf).

The European and Asian hotel markets are both significantly larger than the U.S. market, holding a combined 5.4 billion hotel nights stayed in 2018, compared to 1.1 billion stayed nights in the United States. With distribution in Europe and the United States, InsuraGuest’s combined demographics will total 3.9 billion nights stayed, and will more than double its vacation rental opportunities.

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

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

• MCTC Holdings Inc. is raising a toast to its advances and plans for 2020 in a year-end letter to shareholders that recaps the company’s management restructuring and change in strategy during the past year
• MCTC has filed for a fifth patent for its Hemp You Can Feel product line as it continues developing mechanisms for using microparticle and nanoparticle technology to make cannabinoid compound delivery to the bloodstream more effective
• The company is preparing to change its company identity to Cannabis Global, Inc., and to introduce several new direct product offerings based on its IP technologies, including glycosides and nanoparticles of lesser-known cannabinoids to be used possibly in appetite suppression and sleep product testing

MCTC Holdings Inc. (OTC: MCTC) Chief Executive Arman Tabatabaei has issued a year-end letter to shareholders, offering a holiday toast to company directors as it recaps MCTC’s advances since the passage of the 2018 U.S. Farm Bill last December and sets the stage for the coming year.

MCTC reorganized its management in May and redirected its budding strategy from hemp cultivation and post-harvest processing segment to the science of hemp extract and cannabinoid biodelivery, avoiding “many of the well-publicized issues currently being experienced in the hemp sectors” while whole-heartedly embracing the underserved market pertaining to how cannabinoids are best utilized by the human body, Tabatabaei states in his letter (http://ibn.fm/ki0cE).

“In only a few months, through our internal development efforts and through the efforts of our CROs (Contract Research Organizations) we have begun to make an impact within the cannabinoid sciences arena. … We think our cutting edge research and development work in the laboratory is just getting started,” Tabatabaei adds.

MCTC, which is in the process of changing its corporate identity to Cannabis Global, Inc., recently applied for its fifth patent to build on its research into ways of best using cannabinoids as a replacement for alcohol in many beverages, thereby avoiding many of the deleterious effects of alcohol on the human body while adding the potential wellness benefits of the cannabis plant.

The company’s research focuses on the development of efficient biodelivery mechanisms through microparticle and nanoparticle forms of MCTC’s trademarked “Hemp You Can Feel” technology. Such minuscule particles have long been utilized by the food and medical industries as carriers that can transmit desired chemicals’ properties on a direct route into the bloodstream instead of through the lengthy digestive tract and its substance filters (http://ibn.fm/3swz1).

Laboratory results indicate Hemp You Can Feel brand technology makes some of the major cannabinoids virtually undetectable, exceeding MCTC’s expectations for infusing beverages, powders and liquid concentrates with substances at the lowest quantitative levels that are nevertheless able to provide effective results (http://ibn.fm/mg0sg).

“We recently started a project to produce nanoparticles of our Hemp You Can Feel (TM) technology and cannabinoid glycosides, the first phase of which is expected to be completed by the end of 2019,” Tabatabaei states. “Our next phases of research, and our most ambitious, is to create glycosides and nanoparticles of non-psychoactive tetrahydrocannabivarin (THC-V) and cannabinol (CBN), two lesser-known cannabinoids, to be used on appetite suppression and sleep product trials.”

As the company assumes its planned new corporate identity of Cannabis Global, Inc., during the coming year, it expects to announce several new direct product offerings based on its IP technologies, beginning in January.

Fortune Business Insights analysts predict the cannabis-infused beverage industry will obtain a valuation of $2.05 billion by 2026, rising exponentially from its 2018 level of $173.76 million (http://ibn.fm/5tNLh). Arcview Research issued a forecast that the overall cannabis-infused edibles market, including candies, chocolates and pills, may top $4.1 billion in Canada and the United States by 2022 (http://ibn.fm/oCTZf).

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

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

• SRAX offers consumers ability to receive payment for release of their data
• Company’s emphasis is on protection of individuals’ personal information, a critical element in today’s data world
• SRAX’s BIGtoken platform provides advertisers access to verified consumer data

SRAX Inc. (NASDAQ: SRAX) is a digital marketing and data management technology company providing marketers and consumers tools to unlock the value of data. Privacy and data ownership are the Company’s emphasis. Headquartered in Los Angeles, SRAX focuses on offering consumers the ability to own their data and receive payment for the release of it. SRAX is in the process of building the most valuable opted-in consumer data set in the world.

The protection of individuals’ personal information is a major issue today. Recently, the Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act (COPRA) was officially introduced in the U.S. Senate. The strict proposal would give U.S. citizens the same privacy rights that citizens of the European Union have under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and has serious implications for United States companies.

“With COPRA in place, consumers would have the right to request which data companies are collecting and ask for that data to be deleted or corrected,” noted an article written by the BIGtoken team (http://ibn.fm/27yOb). “Companies would also need to get explicit consent from anyone before collecting and sharing their data.”

SRAX is at the vanguard of developing a consumer-managed data marketplace and giving consumers control over their information – a power previously unavailable to consumers. The SRAX BIGtoken platform allows consumers to own and monetize their data. This control is significant because today’s consumers expect to receive compensation for releasing their data, while at the same time keeping that data safe, secure and private.

BIGtoken essentially enables consumers to control which pieces of their own data are for sale and which companies can buy them. In addition, BIGtoken provides advertisers access to verified consumer data to better reach and serve audiences. With privacy issues and concerns regarding social media channels such as Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, LinkedIn and others on everyone’s radar, SRAX offers a premier solution via BIGtoken as the platform creates a secure and transparent environment for consumers. The opportunity to earn money from the release of data has resulted in BIGtoken racking up more than 16 million users around the world thus far, with that number growing every day.

Once consumers grant BIGtoken access to their information, a cooperative relationship is established between SRAX and its customers. Consumers who sell access to their digital data receive compensation with points that they can redeem for cash or gift cards. At the same time, BIGtoken is able to provide verified, high-quality data to advertisers that pay a premium to access consumer-corroborated information for their campaigns. SRAX does not sell BIGtoken data directly to advertisers; it sells access to the data, in the form of anonymized segments.

Along with BIGtoken, SRAX’s product family includes SRAX IR, SRAX Shopper, SRAX Core and SRAX Lux. SRAX IR unlocks stock buyers’ behaviors and trends for issuers of publicly traded companies. SRAX Shopper delivers a cross-channel, premium digital experience at scale to high-value shopper audiences. SRAX Core offers one complete dashboard to manage digital media campaigns, inventory and reporting. SRAX Lux targets and reaches luxury consumers at luxury retail stores and high-end art galleries, as well as music, film, fashion and sports events.

SRAX is committed to its mission of delivering tools to unlock the value of data, benefitting consumers and advertisers alike. Significant for investors is that through monetizing its data sets, SRAX is growing numerous, recurring revenue streams by way of its different platforms. SRAX is offering everyone in the internet ecosystem choice, transparency and compensation – coupled with a commitment to privacy and data ownership.

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

• Posted record-breaking Q1 2019 with revenues of $35.4 million
• Adopted VERB’s interactive, video-based CRM, sales-enablement platform
• Sitting at the forefront of paradigm shift in direct-selling industry

Sharing Services Global Corporation (OTCQB: SHRG), a diversified holdings company in the direct-selling industry, has had an exciting year and is looking to the New Year with strategic plans for expansion. A record first quarter, a new video-based CRM and sales-enablement platform, continued organic growth and an influx of entrepreneurs mark company milestones and position SHRG perfectly to advance into 2020.

Headquartered out of Plano, Texas, Sharing Services is committed to leveraging its continued 100% organic-growth momentum on a global scale. The company’s new 10,000-square-foot facility was built with room for growth. Customer service, operations and training rooms, as well as video production on site, are already up and running with room for growth in each area. In addition, the company’s proprietary Elevate product line is available in the United States, Canada, New Zealand and Australia. —

This year brought a few changes for the direct-selling community that promise both challenge and opportunity for companies like SHRG. While direct selling has traditionally been the choice for entrepreneurs interested in creating their own hours and taking control of their income, the desire for freedom is now often satiated with side hustles and a growing gig economy. The lure of the gig economy comes from a minimal need for capital and training. “You don’t need sales skills to be an Uber driver,” Douglas Lane of Lane Research told Direct Selling News (http://ibn.fm/d3WTq). “You wake up, turn on your phone – and customers fall out of the sky.”

While this might sound like bad news for direct-selling companies, the consumer-demand pendulum may be shifting away from convenience in lieu of old-fashioned customer service – and even a desire for safety, as seen in recent headlines (http://ibn.fm/zUAbL). As consumers seek quality experiences with sales representatives who see them as more than a dollar sign, SHRG is well-equipped to fill the void. Dedicated to more than just sales, Sharing Services is in the business of elevating its sales force, or Elepreneurs, and helping them find success and passion on multiple levels. A significant difference between a gig job and what SHRG offers lies in the passion and commitment its Elepreneurs feel for the product and company.

With SHRG, Elepreneurs are given essential tools that enable them to elevate their health, wealth and happiness – culminating in a premium customer-service experience for consumers. Elepreneurs enjoy live seminars and training events, unique compensation and reward programs, and a growing selection of health and wellness products dedicated to elevating the well-being of all people. The goal is to create independent business leaders through mentorship and support, elevating both the individual’s life and the value of SHRG.

In October 2019, SHRG reported record Q1 revenues of $35.4 million, more than double that of 2018’s Q1 (http://ibn.fm/Kj1Rf). SHRG attributes the record-breaking numbers to its highly talented Elepreneurs, who utilize the Blue Ocean Strategy, a simpler, more inventive approach to sales and marketing that focuses on organic growth and elevating lives.

In November 2019, SHRG announced its wholly owned subsidiary – Elepreneurs LLC – had adopted VERB’s interactive, video-based CRM and sales-enablement platform for use by its expansive network of Elepreneurs in the United States. The same application will soon launch in Canada. The VERB model allows for back-end integration and offers interactive video features designed to help Elepreneurs grow their digital capabilities, enabling them to reach customers where they often are – online. Adopting VERB’s video CRM, marketing and sales-enablement applications provides additional tools that will help elevate Elepreneurs even further along their journeys.

People are looking for more than a gig job – they are seeking connections, relationships, healthier lives and happiness. In the process of finding those, they are redefining success and creating a paradigm shift within the direct-selling industry, and SHRG is sitting squarely at the forefront of this growing momentum.

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

• SHRG’s adoption of interactive, video-based platform and its Blue Ocean strategy address vital criteria for direct-selling success
• Company’s selling techniques utilize effective online selling tools combined with priceless personalized customer service
• Sharing Services achieved revenues of $35.4 million for Q1 2019, more than double that of the comparable period in 2018

As technology continues to shape the direct selling industry, major players in the space are realizing that traditional sales strategies are not enough. To remain competitive, it is no longer enough to offer a compelling product at a fair price. While other companies strive to evolve, Sharing Services Global Corporation (OTCQB: SHRG) has hit its stride, having already employed selling strategies that focus on the consumer and the newest shopping trends.

In today’s world of increasing connectivity and choice, industry leaders are shifting their attention to the consumer, realizing that today’s buyers desire a personal connection with their distributors. “Direct Selling News,” a leading industry publication, emphasizes the importance of “recruiting customers” by meeting them where they are, including utilizing technology to connect via social media (http://ibn.fm/Y6hKZ). Sharing Services Global Corporation’s selling strategy combines online technological tools and a specialized, seamless, “priceless” selling experience offered by its independent Elepreneurs, or sales contractors. SHRG’s selling strategies focus on the consumer and newest shopping trends.

SHRG’s Elepreneurs LLC subsidiary, along with its independent sales contractors, now use the interactive, video-based VERB sales-marketing app platform developed by Verb Technology Company Inc. Initially used by Elepreneurs in the United States, VERB will soon be unveiled in Canada (http://ibn.fm/OsTUh).

These selling strategies have resulted in SHRG’s sharp revenue gains. In Q1 2019, the three months ending July 31, SHRG achieved revenues of $35.4 million, more than double that of the comparable period in 2018 (http://ibn.fm/9NbVF). SHRG reported to the SEC record sales of $85.9 million for fiscal year ended April 30, 2019 (http://ibn.fm/Pftqf). This represents a nine-fold increase, or $77.5 million jump, over the company’s revenues of $8.4 million the prior year.

Two elements also contributing to SHRG’s success have been its implementation of Blue Ocean selling strategy and the marketing of a proprietary, best-in-class health and wellness line of products popular with customers. “Our Q1 revenues demonstrate that our Blue Ocean Strategy has taken root and continues to grow in the direct-selling marketplace,” SHRG CEO John “JT” Thatch stated in a news release.

SHRG’s Blue Ocean selling strategy selling makes independent sales contractors more effective. Rather than competing directly in a competitive, direct-selling market, these contractors make competitors irrelevant and succeed in an uncontested marketplace (http://ibn.fm/Iy8U8).

A Direct Selling News article, titled ‘5 Events That Impacted Direct Selling In 2019’, describes the importance in direct-selling of effective mobile, social and cloud technologies. The article quoted direct-selling veteran Wayne Moorhead as saying, “We need to make interacting with us more convenient, seamless and simple. We can no longer expect our customers, prospective customers or distributors to put up with outdated designs, clunky processes and outdated technologies.”

The article also quotes Jeff Kaufman, outgoing chair of the Direct Selling Association’s research committee, saying that direct sellers should not compromise on the “priceless personalized experience” they have with customers.

SHRG achieves this balance of customer-seller interaction and technology use with the VERB platform, supplying support for its Elepreneurs and the marketing and development of its well-accepted health and wellness line. The launch of that proprietary line by SHRG – through its Elevacity Global LLC subsidiary – was a company milestone. The line consists of three sectors: anti-aging skin care, functional beverages and natural supplements (http://ibn.fm/kl6fR). SHRG has generated $129 million in cumulative sales since the launch of its own products in December 2017 (http://ibn.fm/cqlme).

SHRG’s Elepreneurs subsidiary now uses the business-focused, CRM, sales-enablement proprietary platform from VERB. In just the first weeks of using VERB, SHRG received hundreds of five-star reviews on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. The new VERB sales and marketing app offers sampling and interactive video features that support Elepreneurs’ company objectives.

SHRG is a Plano, Texas-based diversified holdings company that owns, operates or controls a variety of companies engaged in direct selling through independent sales contractors as the sales force.

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

• Featured on SmallCapVoice.com interview, Warren Wang outlines plans for CIIX subsidiary, CBD Biotech Inc.
• CBD Biotech one of few players in China’s fast-growing CBD market
• Company to focus on hemp/CBD-infused cosmetic products

ChineseInvestors.com Inc. (OTCQB: CIIX) provides prominent financial information for Chinese-speaking investors in both China as well as the United States. The company is also a leading hemp retailer looking to capitalize on the growing market for hemp/CBD products in China.

During a recent SmallCapVoice.com interview, CIIX CEO Warren Wang provided updates about CIIX as well as its subsidiary, CBD Biotech (http://ibn.fm/1azD1). In the interview, Wang explains the enormous market opportunity in China for CBD/hemp-infused cosmetic products, such as lotion and anti-aging cream.

While the sale of hemp and CBD oil in cosmetics is permitted, China has not yet approved these products for use in food or medicine; however, given worldwide legalization trends, this is likely to change in the near future. CBD Biotech is an early player in China’s CBD sector, and Wang is optimistic about the company’s future in the promising market. “CBD-infused or hemp-infused cosmetic products [are] still very early stage in China,” he said. “We are only one of few players in the market, and I think 2020 will give us a lot of opportunities.”

The CIIX CEO views the growth of CBD Biotech as one of the major milestones for CIIX in 2019. In mid-November of this year, CIIX’s subsidiary was featured in a Wall Street Journal report about the growing cannabis industry in China. CEO of CBD Biotech SEO Summer Yun said (http://ibn.fm/1XUcw) that “[a]s one of the first movers in the legal industrial hemp skincare and cosmetics market, we are honored to be featured in this recent Wall Street Journal report and believe that this mention validates our efforts in China over the past few years.”

CIIX began in 1999. Two decades later, the company has a promising subsidiary that is poised to become a major player in China’s cannabis industry. While marijuana and THC are still illegal in China, Chinese entrepreneurs are looking to cash in on China’s inevitable CBD boom.

When asked about his goals for 2020, CIIX’s ambitious CEO had a lot to say. Wang noted that plans are in place to consolidate the China and U.S. divisions, with headquarters in China. According to Wang, CBD Biotech has already had more than 40,000 repeat purchase customers, and he believes that the company will continue accumulating customers in 2020 through both B2B and direct sales (http://ibn.fm/StJT1).

“China is a market that you cannot ignore in the next 10 to 20 years in the cannabis sectors,” said Wang, who expressed confidence that CBD Biotech can accumulate millions of regular Chinese customers within the next decade.

ChineseInvestors.com continues to help investors make informed investment decisions and meet their individual financial goals. The company is also at the vanguard of capitalizing on the convergence of CBD and the nutrition- and health-products market in mainland China. ChineseInvestors.com offers investors diverse revenue streams for potential portfolio growth.

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

• Supreme Cannabis to retrofit 107,000 square foot facility; creating centralized manufacturing, processing, packaging center for internal and third-party use
• Supreme Cannabis releases comprehensive operational update, including plans for producing cannabis 2.0 products from the company’s operating assets
• SPRWF CEO provides update on company’s plan for focused infrastructure and brands, giving a detailed overview of SPRWF business

The Supreme Cannabis Company Inc. (TSX: FIRE) (OTCQX: SPRWF) (FRA: 53S1), a global diversified portfolio of cannabis companies, recently published a comprehensive press release that provided operational updates on its facilities and plans for manufacturing its cannabis 2.0 products (http://ibn.fm/DR0q6). Shortly thereafter, SPRWF released a strategic update presentation from its CEO in conjunction with the company’s annual shareholder meeting (http://ibn.fm/Y02q9).

In this informative video update, Supreme Cannabis CEO Navdeep Dhaliwal walks investors through an informative overview on Supreme Cannabis and the industry it operates in. The presentation offers a great opportunity for investors to learn more about the Company’s performance in fiscal 2019 and go forward strategy for fiscal 2020 and beyond. Through this 20-minute presentation, viewers can expect to gain insights on the Company’s approach to building centers of excellence, method to developing its branded products and process for attracting top talent.

Highlighted in this video are the strides the company is making towards building out its impressive suite of operating assets that serve specific functions from seed to sale. These developments were announced just prior to the company’s AGM. The press release announced the leasing of a 107,000-square-foot facility in Kitchener, Ontario, which will be retrofitted to operate as the company’s dedicated and centralized manufacturing, processing and packaging center (http://ibn.fm/nhHDk). The Kitchener site will be developed in three stages, with the first phase complete and awaiting licensing.

After receiving a cannabis processing license from Health Canada, packaging and value-added processing can occur. By Q4 FY2020, Supreme Cannabis plans to begin whole-flower packaging and pre-roll manufacturing for Supreme Cannabis brands at the location. To generate additional revenue, Supreme Cannabis intends for the Kitchener facility to package, distribute and brand third-party cannabis inputs from quality cultivators as well as move into more cannabis 2.0 categories.

With Kitchener dedicated to value-add manufacturing, processing and packaging, the company has focused the operations of its other facilities as well. In the same operational update, Supreme Cannabis announced that, after receiving a license amendment that allows for the sale of cannabis 2.0 products, its Blissco facility would fill and package the company’s 7ACRES branded PAX Era vaporizer pods. The company’s Scarborough, Ontario, facility also received a processing license in November and will begin manufacturing concentrates, a product category that will showcase 7ACRES’ best in class flower inputs. The Blissco facility has received a license amendment that allows for the sale of cannabis 2.0 products and will now fill and package the company’s 7ACRES brand PAX Era vaporizer pods after.

As a result of continued focus on both brand elevation and production , Supreme Cannabis Company reported a 62% gross margin for the latest quarter (http://ibn.fm/MhS2d). The continued production of high-quality value-add products is what allows for the company to generate such impressive gross margins.

The Supreme Cannabis portfolio includes 7ACRES, an award-winning brand; Cambium Plant Sciences, a cultivation IP and plant genetics company; Medigrow Lesotho, a Southern Africa cannabis oil producer; Supreme Heights, the investment platform focused on CBD; Blissco Cannabis Corp, a wellness cannabis brand and a multiprocessor and distributor based in British Columbia; Truverra Inc., a global medicinal brand and licensed cultivator; and a brand partnership and licensing deal with Khalifa Kush Enterprises Canada.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.Supreme.ca

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