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“We have already started organizational activities in this area. Consistent with this strategic business plan, our Board of Directors has authorized the Company’s entrance into the direct marketing industry and its associated opportunities. Direct marketing or network marketing is the business of selling products or services directly to the public, e.g., by online or telephone selling, rather than through retailers. According to the Direct Selling Association, 18.6 million people in 2017 were involved in direct selling just in the United States, which is the world’s largest direct selling market with annual sales exceeding $34.9 billion. We believe this business has significant growth potential in the blossoming “gig economy” with comparisons to the growth that is being realized in parallel businesses such as ride sharing.
Our entry into this industry is intended and expected to be complimentary to our existing core business units. Direct marketing will allow us greater opportunities for packaging, printing and brand and product authentication product sales. Further, we intend to provide logistics for the direct marketing industry with digital software based solutions for both the front-end and back-end operations. In addition, we intend to offer product financing to the hundreds of small to midsized network marketing companies in the U.S. so that they can get their products to market and to their customers.
Further, DSS intends to develop its own marketing network. We have already entered into partnerships with existing direct marketing companies to access not only the U.S. markets but also the Canadian, Asian and Pacific Rim markets. We believe that this new business venture can significantly raise revenues and help DSS in its global branding.
To help guide our entry into this market, DSS has several Board members and executive team members who have years of sales, marketing, operational and lending experience in this industry. We estimate that at least $2.4 million of the funds to be raised in this offering will be invested over the next 12 months into this business line.
These four potential new business lines are in various stages of development, and we have not yet generated revenues.”