NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - Jun 20, 2017) - RealBiz Media Group, Inc. (
"This quarter represents a hint of things to come, as we elected to build out our infrastructure in Dubai and fortify our supplier and customer relationships in the Middle East and parts of Asia," said Anshu Bhatnagar, CEO of RealBiz/Verus. "Our primary and ongoing frustration involves the legacy RealBiz lawsuits that we inherited, which have prevented us from executing a reverse stock split or closing on financing to begin our rapid growth initiatives. While a trial date (July) and resolution may be just around the corner, we nonetheless were forced to mute our growth this quarter due to these unresolved lawsuits."
In terms of the Verus business, the company is pleased to provide the following update:
"While we sort through the last vexing problems that came with the RealBiz business, we continue to prepare the Verus operations for a rapid and profitable acceleration once we are unencumbered from the company's past issues," said CEO Anshu Bhatnagar. "The dominoes, which can be considered such things as the reverse split, name/symbol change, financing, infrastructure build, creation of an independent board, and new customer relationships -- are all in place and ready for execution. Our gross margin of 17.7% is consistent with our expectations for this type of business, so we have the ability to become profitable very quickly once we are able to scale our operations to a quarterly run-rate of just a few million dollars in sales. Considering that this quarter was back-end loaded, that is a very achievable near-term goal."
Q2 2017 Earnings Conference Call
RealBiz management will host a conference call and live webcast for analysts and investors on June 20, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time (5:00 p.m. Eastern Time) to discuss the Company's financial results and business plan going forward.
To listen to the live conference call, parties in the United States and Canada should dial 877-419-6593, access code 9106446. International parties should call dial 719-457-2603, access code 9106446. Please dial in approximately 15 minutes prior to the start of the call.
A live and archived webcast of the conference call will be accessible on the "Investor Relations" section of the Company's website at www.verusfoods.com. To access the live webcast, please log in 15 minutes prior to the start of the call to download and install any necessary audio software.
About RealBiz Media Group, Inc.
RealBiz Media Group, Inc. operates two business segments: an international food subsidiary (Verus Foods) that sells products to customers worldwide; and a real estate digital media and technology company. RealBiz Media Group, Inc. (
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Contact Information:
Investor Contact:
MKR Group Inc.
Todd Kehrli or Mark Forney
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