Evoke Pharma is a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development of novel drugs for the treatment of gastrointestinal (GI) disorders and diseases. The company’s leading drug candidate, EVK-001, is an intranasal formulation of metoclopramide set to be evaluated in a phase III clinical trial for the treatment of acute and recurrent gastroparesis in women with diabetes mellitus. Enrollment for this trial is currently underway and is expected to be completed by the fourth quarter of this year. Upon commercialization, EVK-001 should place Evoke into a favorable position to address a seriously underserved market within the pharmaceutical industry.

Gastroparesis is a debilitating, chronic condition characterized by slow or delayed gastric emptying, which can cause a host of characteristic symptoms – including nausea, vomiting, early satiety, bloating and severe abdominal pain. According to a study by the Digestive Diseases Center of Temple University Hospital, the condition affects more than 1.5 million Americans each year, including at least 20 percent of people with type I diabetes. Together with other GI disorders, the total annual cost of gastroparesis, including both direct and indirect expenditures, was estimated to be greater than $114 billion in 2004.

In June, Evoke took a significant step toward the commercialization of its promising drug candidate when it announced the results from its completed phase IIb clinical trial. According to the release, the trial successfully confirmed the effectiveness, absorption and tolerability of EVK-001, serving as the basis for continued studies moving forward.

“These phase II data demonstrate EVK-001’s potential as an effective treatment that is well-tolerated by women suffering from diabetic gastroparesis,” Dr. Henry P. Parkman, director of the GI Motility Laboratory and the Temple University School of Medicine, stated in a news release. “Overall, data from controlled clinical trials continue to show that Evoke’s novel intranasal spray is an optimal route of administration for these patients who have few treatment options.”

As of March 31, 2015, Evoke reported approximately $11.7 million in cash and cash equivalents, which is expected to adequately fund the remaining clinical development of EVK-001. Looking forward, the company will continue to build on its recent developmental progress as it approaches the commercialization of its novel candidate.

For more information, visit www.evokepharma.com

In March, Loans4Less.com, Inc. entered into an acquisition agreement with 321Lend, Inc. that was expected to make the fully-integrated consumer lending and peer-to-peer technology platform a wholly-owned subsidiary of Loans4Less. However, on Saturday, the company issued a statement announcing that it will no longer be pursuing the acquisition following the expiration of the original agreement on July 31, 2015.

Following this development, Loans4Less will once again turn its attention toward its primary operational objective: entering into a strategic alliance with a community bank to launch a national mortgage broker retail channel for conforming home loans. In the coming months, the company expects to initiate a partnership with a suitable banking partner prior to beginning efforts to raise necessary capital. Upon completion of these milestones, Loans4Less intends to become a fully reporting company, enabling it to uplist to the OTCQB Venture Marketplace.

In December, the company took a noteworthy step toward meeting its ambitious strategic goals through the execution of an investment banking agreement with WestPark Capital, Inc. In addition to providing guidance in Loans4Less’s search for a community bank partner, WestPark is expected to play a significant role in increasing the company’s brand awareness and raising working capital in the future.

By successfully launching its national mortgage broker channel, Loans4Less will be in a formidable position to capitalize on the recent performance of the national mortgage industry. According to a report by the Mortgage Bankers Association, mortgage origination volume increased by nearly 33 percent in the second quarter of 2015, as compared to the same period in the previous year. In total, approximately $395 billion of mortgages were originated during the quarter. For Loans4Less, this strong industry growth could foreshadow an opportunity to dramatically expand its national market share following the location of an appropriate community partner.

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Latitude 360, an award-winning pioneer of combining premier upscale casual dining with state-of-the-art entertainment, today announces that it has engaged the investor relations services of QualityStocks. Based in Scottsdale, Arizona, QualityStocks has assisted more than 300 public companies with their efforts to broaden influence, attract growth capital and improve shareholder value.

“The Latitude 360 brand is rapidly growing in the food and entertainment industry, and with our recent partnership and pending acquisition of Major League Fantasy, we’ve also made a sizeable entrance into the multi-billion dollar sports fantasy market,” stated Latitude 360 CEO Brent Brown. “As we continue to expand our portfolio, explore options to grow our brick and mortar locations, and fine-tune our strategy in fantasy sports, QualityStocks will work on communicating our performance to potential shareholders. For existing shareholders, this partnership represents our commitment to clear and concise communication through this exciting season of growth.”

QualityStocks will use its network of partners, daily and weekly newsletters, social media channels, blog and other outreach tools to raise visibility of Latitude 360 among current shareholders as well as the larger investment community.

“Latitude 360 employs a unique business model that, when combined with exemplary management, positions the company on trek for incredible growth,” stated QualityStocks Managing Director Michael McCarthy. “As a trusted partner, the QualityStocks team will apply a vast network of resources, tools and experience to elevate the Latitude 360 brand and communicate the company’s progress and achievements to the broader market.”

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Cherubim Interests, whose primary focus is within the alternative construction, real estate development and controlled environment agriculture sectors, today announces that it has engaged the investor relations services of QualityStocks. Based in Scottsdale, Arizona, QualityStocks has assisted more than 300 public companies with their efforts to broaden influence, attract growth capital and improve shareholder value.

“Cherubim’s partnership with QualityStocks is one of many advances we’re taking to solidify our market position in the controlled environment agriculture industry, as well as our other key areas of focus. As previously announced, we recently acquired an exclusive, sub-licensable worldwide license for a self-contained Cultivation Unit to enable year-round plant cultivation anywhere there is water and electricity,” stated Cherubim CEO Patrick Johnson. “While our subsidiary, BudCube Cultivation Systems, focuses on the construction and deployment of these facilities for commercial application, QualityStocks will raise our brand exposure and ensure that we maintain clear communication with our shareholders regarding our business model, various industries of interest, ongoing operations and progression.”

QualityStocks will use its vast network of partners, daily and weekly newsletters, social media channels, blogs and other outreach tools to raise awareness of Cherubim’s initiatives among existing shareholders and the broader investment community.

“Cherubim is rapidly gaining ground in its chosen areas of interest and we’re excited to partner with the company at this time and relay its progress to the investment community,” stated QualityStocks Managing Director Michael McCarthy. “As a trusted partner, QualityStocks will leverage a deep network of resources, tools and experience to raise awareness of Cherubim’s efforts and communicate the company’s achievements to current and future investors.”

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Cherubim Interests is a development-stage alternative construction and real estate development company seeking various opportunities relative to the company’s management team of experts in property management, construction and finance.

The company’s primary focus is within the real estate development and controlled environment agriculture sectors, which Cherubim recently entered into by acquiring an exclusive worldwide license for the deployment of a proprietary plant cultivation technology. Through its wholly owned subsidiary, BudCube Cultivation Systems USA, Cherubim plans to construct, deploy and lease scalable medical and recreational marijuana cultivation facilities for commercial applications.

Coupled with a real estate development and property management business model, BudCube Cultivation Systems (“BCS”) can position itself anywhere in the world where the cultivation of cannabis is legal. BCS’s unique business model positions the company to greatly benefit as more market participants seek to gain entry into a fast-growing market at an attractive price point.

Armed with the ability to lease a portable and scalable turn-key cultivation solution to growers, Cherubim aims to use its licensed solution to fill the gap for both first-time and experienced cultivators who may not have the capital resources to buy land, construct or tenant-improve existing structures for the optimum environment for developing a high-quality cannabis product.

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OurPet’s Company (OTCQX: OPCO) develops, produces and markets various accessory and consumable pet products designed to awaken pets’ natural instincts. Sold exclusively through pet specialty retailers, the company’s products are marketed under a collection of industry-leading brand names – including OurPets®, Pet Zone®, Play-N-Squeak™, Cosmic Catnip™, Go! Cat! Go!® and Clipnosis. In total, OurPet’s has an intellectual property portfolio featuring more than 225 individual patents, giving the company sustainable access to the pet products industry for the foreseeable future.

In recent years, the U.S. pet products and services market has experienced strong growth, with total sales accounting for approximately $73 billion in 2014, according to a report by Packaged Facts. In 2015, this strong performance is expected to continue, building on the recent rise in related ecommerce purchases, as well as an uptick in dog and cat ownership throughout the country. In order to capitalize on this market performance, OurPet’s has continued to expand upon its product line in recent month, introducing both the Catty Whack® and the Zoom Plume™ products at the Las Vegas SuperZoo convention for pet retailers earlier this year.

“We are very excited about our new line-up of products,” Steven Tsengas, chairman and chief executive officer of OurPet’s, stated in a news release. “Our goal is to create products that work in tandem with pets’ natural instincts to ensure their emotional, mental and physical health while always helping to increase the bond between pets and their parents.”

In the first quarter of 2015, OurPet’s successfully leveraged the strong performance of the pet products and services market to record promising financial results. The company’s net revenue for the period was just under $5.6 million, which was a 7.3 percent year-over-year increase. Additionally, OurPet’s achieved a 59 percent year-over-year increase in net income, recording more than $213,000 for the quarter.

“We achieved solid results for the first three months of 2015, which included… the second highest first quarter income in four years,” continued Tsengas.

OurPet’s, through its innovative and extensive line of popular pet products, is in a favorable strategic position to continue building upon its recent market growth. For prospective shareholders, this positioning makes the company an intriguing investment opportunity in the months to come. Look for OurPet’s to capitalize on steady market performance moving forward, providing an opportunity for the company to realize strong investor returns in the future.

For more information, visit www.ourpets.com

The American economy is a vast, living organism comprised of a cellular structure of raw capitalistic forces pushing and pulling against one another, with vast quantities of goods and services changing hands on a daily basis. This juggernaut is quantifiable by metrics like the official U.S. GDP figure for last year of some $17.42 trillion dollars and its lifeblood cannot be circulated without the logistical capacity provided by often overlooked, yet inherently vital components such as the trucking industry, which moves nearly 70 percent of all freight tonnage in the country. By any measure, without the trucking industry, the engine of American prosperity would come to a grinding halt.

The 37,000 plus member-strong federation of trucking groups known as the ATA (American Trucking Associations), valued this sector in its annual report last year at over $700 billion in revenue. A huge sum of money that is underpinned by roughly three million heavy-duty Class 8 trucks, which consume in excess of 37 billion gallons of diesel in order to keep the roughly 9.96 billion tons of annual freight moving around the country.

The industry as a whole employed over seven million people as of 2013 alone, including more than 3.4 million drivers, with commercial trucks representing a $16.5 million plus in contributions to government coffers via federal highway user fees. The industry also continues to be plagued by a persistent driver shortage and faces numerous other challenges, such as CSA (Carrier Safety Administration) regulations, including driving limit HOS (Hours-of-Service) compliance and pending driver coercion regulations, which seek to address the problem of drivers being pressured by dispatchers (and others) to violate federal stipulations and meet increasingly unrealistic delivery deadlines.

This industry also remains highly fragmented, with 50 of the biggest players, like versatile provider of surface transportation, delivery and logistics services J B Hunt (NASDAQ: JBHT), or transportation, logistics and supply-chain management giant Con-way (NYSE: CNW), accounting for less than 30 percent of the overall market. This is the kind of fragmentation so brilliantly taken advantage of in other industries by companies like on-demand ride-sharing car service firm Uber, which was worth just $18 billion a year ago and is now posting valuations in the neighborhood of $50 billion. With some reports now suggesting that Uber’s innovative approach to app-driven, on-demand servicing could effectively drive more than $2 billion in revenue this year alone, similar innovations in the trucking industry should be of considerable interest to savvy investors.

It is into this highly fragmented environment that trucking industry innovator On the Move Systems (OTC: OMVS) has stepped, with its ground-breaking ISTx Platform technology designed to synchronize supply chain dynamics within the freight industry, employing similar shared economy business modeling concepts that have so successfully been exploited by companies like Uber, or social network-driven lodging rental site developer Airbnb. By creating the software and instrumentation architecture required to transform the freight industry, OMVS is within striking distance of fully bringing forward a solution that unites business applications with logistics inventory and the end-customers, allowing for on-demand local freight carrier service to be obtained readily.

This concept of on-demand freight has immense potential for growing the overall industry. By making a wider variety of interstate shipping methods accessible to more players within the sector, while also improving overall cost efficiencies through synchronized supply chain realizations and the lowering of delivery times, the on-demand freight model being created by OMVS could forever change the face of the trucking industry. Indeed, the emergence of such innovation could have truly transformative implications, with route optimization created by a subsequently interwoven national and local carrier web leading to efficiencies never before thought possible. The company’s roll out of a shared economy app to power this on-demand freight vision was recently bolstered by the announcement that the company has tapped a prominent Houston-area software design firm to assist in executing the final phases.

On the Move Systems has clearly defined an implementation vector here for doing to interstate shipping what Uber has done for hailing a cab, but within in an industry that is several times larger and of inestimably greater vital significance to the underlying economy. The global potential of the OMVS model is telegraphed by the proliferation of Uber-type service models in other countries around the world and the extensibility of the toolkit OMVS is putting together to tap this global potential is something that has been creating considerable buzz in the investment community of late. The company’s ability to connect users to a premier group of international providers that can deliver the widest possible array of cargo availability and shipping options, as well as access to route information, is a unique advantage that will allow users to make highly effective decisions within minutes, and all without the kind of routine guess work that currently hampers nearly every operator in the industry.

The latest announcement of having tapped a crucial build developer for the app marks a major milestone for On the Move Systems and represents the culmination of extensive interface research and engineering efforts over the last several months. OMVS has already attracted a great deal of interest from local and national trucking firms looking to get in on the ground floor with the company’s Uber-style freight portal and the long-term revenue potential of the platform for OMVS, driven by a shared economy model and enhanced profit margins for everyone involved, continues to sustain shareholder confidence.

Learn more by visiting www.onthemovesystems.com

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GrowBLOX Sciences (“GB Sciences”) is a nature-inspired company employing a novel approach toward cannabis-based medicine. The company is focused on offering a turnkey business solution: transforming cannabis into safe and consistent medicine.

GB Sciences’ focus is on the research of indoor agriculture technology for the medical cannabis industry. The company merges state-of-the-art technologies in plant biology, cultivation and post-production processes in order to optimize safe, consistent medical cannabis. In doing so, the company is also pioneering technology, industry-leading processes, and a big data-driven clinical research and development algorithm in order to bring relief to patients in communities across the country.

As part of its efforts to lock in industry standards, GB Sciences is developing a comprehensive line of highly effective cannabis-based therapies ranging from custom medical compounds to consumer health and beauty products. GB Sciences’ cultivation methodology ensures a consistent ratio of the plant’s medicinal properties for each and every harvest. This is a critical factor when creating formulations for standardized therapeutic products.

GB Sciences’ drug development program also endeavors to unlock the path to drug discovery and to provide novel cannabinoid therapies to patients with critically unmet needs. The company is developing the GrowBLOX system, a proprietary technology that allows for controlled growing conditions for the manufacture of toxin-free, natural, and medicinal-grade cannabis and cannabis concentrates. Starting with certified, cannabis plant-derived ingredients from the GrowBLOX technology suite, GB Sciences tests proprietary ratios of active ingredients in an accelerated drug development program. It also focuses on the research, testing and development of FDA-approved medical treatments and nutraceuticals using extracts from the cannabis sativa plant.

GrowBLOX Sciences is gearing up to cultivate the medical cannabis industry in new ways. The company’s science and research efforts power discovery, its engineering and design activities bring ideas into the real world, and its big data methodology drives continuous improvement.

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

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President and CEO of national distilled spirits trade association, the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States (DISCUS), Peter Cressy, noted in the DISCUS U.S. Market Report for 2014 that premiumization across all categories continued to be a strong source of consumer interest. Another important driver of the sector’s growth – characterized by data points such as a reported 4 percent uptick in supplier sales to over $23 billion last year and a 2.2 percent rise in total sales volume to 210 million cases – has been the emergence of small distillers, bringing unique concepts into the market and inspiring an organic surge in the overall spirits category.

U.S. retail sales of distilled spirits were around $70 billion last year and strong consumer interest in cocktails, as well as improving market access and modernization factors, have contributed to an estimated 3.7 percent growth in the export market too, marking the fifth straight year of such export growth. Vodka in particular has shown renewed interest, with cocktails like the Bloody Mary, Strawberry Cranberry Mule and Vodka Martini in high swing, alongside an ongoing boom for American whiskeys, giving rise to more consumption of evergreen favorites like the Mint Julep, Old Fashioned, and Whiskey Sour. Flavored vodka sales were actually off last year, but the more mixable, traditional vodka volumes grew on-pace with exports, showing 3.7 percent growth year over year.

Nearly half the global alcoholic beverage market is currently dominated by a 40 percent branded drinks footprint according to Transparency Market Research. A footprint featuring powerhouses like Anheuser-Busch InBev (NYSE: BUD), which generates over $1 billion a year from 16 of its top brands alone, as well as the world’s largest producer of spirits, Diageo (NYSE: DEO), and private company Bacardi, the name of which is almost synonymous with rum, thanks to the popularity of its eponymous white rum. Diageo, which gets about 13 percent of its entire sales volume from vodka, is a perfect example of how important brands are in this game, with both the world’s best-selling vodka and the world’s best-selling blended Scotch whiskey, Smirnoff and Johnnie Walker respectively, among its lineup.

It is into this market that The Aristocrat Group Corp. (OTC: ASCC) has stepped with its brand management division, Luxuria Brands, a local Idaho distiller, Distilled Resources, and a bold strategy to bring a series of ultra-premium vodkas to the mass market. Outstanding, high-class vodka without the high-class price tag is a solid strategic move by ASCC to tap into the $5.5 billion and growing U.S. vodka market. The company’s focused branding strategy looks good right out of the gate as the company moves to develop, bottle, and distribute a unique selection of fine vodka products worldwide.

The company’s flagship vodka and the first of two distinct vodka brands, RWB Ultra-Premium Handcrafted Vodka (http://www.rwbvodka.com), is an award-winningly delicate and smooth, ultra-premium vodka made from the highest quality Idaho potatoes. Produced using a unique four-column distillation process that results in a perfectly balanced and eminently mixable vodka, RWB Ultra-Premium Handcrafted Vodka has become a fast favorite. In eye-catching bottles that really pop out on shelves, this living vessel of traditional craftsmanship speaks directly to the widest market of vodka lovers and is rapidly winning more and more retailers, with the biggest distributor in North America currently handling the product’s proliferation.

The Aristocrat Group’s newly announced Big Box Vodka, distilled from Idaho winter wheat through a continuous four-column distillation process and then packaged into an innovative box for convenience and portability, brings the same quality of smooth and crisp ultra-premium vodka to a market segment historically associated with wine: bag-in-box. Whether it stays in the freezer for easy dispensing and mixing at a party, or if it is carried on-the-go to events like Fourth of July festivities, this ultra-premium vodka in a spouted, 1.75-liter box that is twice the volume of standard 750 mL bottles, is an ingenious combination of innovative packaging and a superb spirit.

Intent on rolling out this market segment-defining product during the summer in the most populous U.S. regions, including via retailers in California, Florida, Louisiana, Nevada and Texas, The Aristocrat Group is grabbing the bull by both horns here, confident that its strategy for capturing significant market share in the vodka space is indeed quite sound. The company’s recent announcement that it will showcase RWB Ultra-Premium Handcrafted Vodka at a major cocktail festival this July 15 to 19 in New Orleans, an event which will captivate the attention of the entire spirits industry for five days, only adds to the company’s already well defined marketing.

Existing marketing like the RWB Racing effort, whereby the company is racing with a professional prototype program including drivers Robbie Kerr and Nicholas De Crem, is another example of the kind of brand presence reinforcing work ASCC is involved in around the promotion of their vodkas. Engaged in via the Dawson Group, the only team running a professional Radical SR9 and slated to compete in Tudors Sports Car Championship and World Endurance Championship class races, this marketing effort helps flesh-out the brand identity and give it a unique appeal.

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Cutera, Inc. is a leading provider of laser, light and other energy-based aesthetic systems used by physicians and qualified practitioners in vital markets around the world. Through a dedication to performance, safety and efficacy, the company has developed a powerful portfolio of innovative systems designed to revolutionize the global market for aesthetic treatments. In recent months, Cutera has continued to build upon this progress, expanding its product line through the release of enlighten™ and excel HR™.

enlighten is the world’s first and only dual wavelength, dual pulse duration laser system designed for tattoo removal and the treatment of benign pigmented lesions. Through the release of this product, Cutera gains access to the rapidly expanding tattoo removal market, which is expected to climb to more than $83 million in 2018, according to a report by IBISWorld. The company’s other new product, excel HR, targets the single largest segment of the energy-based medical aesthetic procedures market – laser hair removal. By 2017, the number of laser hair removal procedures in the U.S. is expected to exceed 2.5 million, representing a 100 percent increase over 2013.

In the first quarter of 2015, Cutera successfully leveraged the marketability of its new products to achieve improved financial results. In particular, the company realized an 18 percent year-over-year increase in revenue, recording $19.1 million for the period. Among this growth, Cutera achieved a 48 percent spike in product revenue from North American markets, demonstrating the company’s tremendous growth potential moving forward.

“I am pleased with our first quarter 2015 revenue of $19.1 million, which represents the highest first quarter revenue since 2008,” Kevin Connors, president and chief executive officer of Cutera, stated in a news release. “[W]e believe that the market for aesthetic light-and-energy-based systems is healthy and expanding.”

With over 15 years of experience in the energy-based aesthetic systems industry, Cutera is in a strong strategic position to capitalize on its increasingly favorable market conditions. Look for the company to build upon its recent financial results through the continued development and commercialization of innovative solutions that meet and create market demand, providing a platform for sustainable growth in the years to come.

For more information, visit www.cutera.com