Due to a highly competitive market for consumer products, the management has decided to focus on the higher gross margin end users rather than wholesalers and distributors. This also decreased the total Consumer Products division sales for the three-month period ended September 30, 2011. The decrease of overall revenues was also caused by Advertising Space Sales of $862,925 or 40%, but offset by an increase in Consulting Service of $171,100 or 19.6% and a slight increase in Magazine Sales of $10,292 or 2.4%. Even though the Consulting Service sector has been growing rapidly in recent months, the Advertising Space Sales still suffer from a soft market.
The following are some financial highlights for the first quarter of 2011:
This decrease in sales was due to a supply shortage experienced by ASUS, one of our major vendors, who was having some issues with meeting demands. The issues have been resolved since early March. The Advertising Pages Sales for the three-month period ended March 31, 2011, which is 1,289,592, or 44.0% less than the same period in 2010. Such decrease was due to the fact that the number of advertising trade shows was reduced. Despite the decrease in overall revenue, Consulting Service’s revenue actually rose $797,215 or 121% in the quarter compared to the same period last year. This was attributable to the sales by more well-established sales channels and a variety of sales promotions to attract more customers.
GeoTeam Note: Fourth Quarter 2010 vs. 2009 EPS was $0.03 vs. $0.01
We believe that the media and advertising industry in China is one of the fastest growing in the world and presents numerous opportunities for consolidation and growth. Based on a new forecast by ZenithOptimedia, the world’s largest media services group, China, now the world’s fourth largest advertising economy, will overtake Germany as the world’s third-largest advertising market after the United States and Japan. And markets in developing countries are predicted to grow much faster than developed markets, accounting for almost 36 per cent of all advertising spending by 2013, up from 31.5 per cent in 2010. China’s fast-growing economy would result in an increase in advertising spending of more than 50 per cent, from 22.6 billion dollars in 2010 to 34.2 billion dollars in 2013.
With respect to our online sales business, accompanying the rapid development of Internet in China, more and more Chinese begins to favor online shopping for its convenience, quick delivery and less cost. According to an article on September 10, 2010 by Reuters, MasterCard Inc. predicted that, “China will likely surpass the United States to become the world’s top credit card market by number of cards in a decade, as rising wealth and urbanization enable Chinese consumers to spend more using plastic.” Therefore, we believe that the business of online sales is an important new business line that we should engage to increase our revenue stream.
Third Quarter Financial Performance Highlights
Second Quarter Financial Highlights:
First Half 2010 Financial Highlights:
Mr. Yingsheng Li, President and CEO of China Marketing Media commented, "We are very excited to deliver another solid quarter to our shareholders. In the past year, to diversify our revenue source, China Marketing Media has been expanding to new business opportunities, such as our B2C online division. We are happy to see the recent operating results of our new initiative."
"Despite the decrease of our magazine subscription, our traditional advertising business rebounded tremendously as many Chinese companies are ramping up their marketing budget in 2010. Meanwhile, the fast development of the company's B2C business continues to generate potential clients of our advertising and consulting. Therefore, we expect to see further improvement of our advertising and consulting businesses in coming quarters," concluded Mr. Yingsheng Li.
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***Very Important GeoTeam note. We have yet to verify if the Chinese filings for ChinaHybrid stocks we monitor match respective SEC filings. We are in the process of completing this task. Although we are not totally convinced that SAIC filings are an accurate represenation of financial statements the issue is impacting stock prices. Conservative investors may want to limit exposure or buy put options on stocks, that have this availability, as insurance against long positions, until we publish our findings. Odds are we will identify some promising companies that will fail this litmus test.
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