Forum Archive Index - March 2000

["Ben Dutton" <bendutton@sharechat.co.nz>]

Hi Richard,

> If the site is bueatydirect.co.nz it's not working today anyway.
Try http://www.beautydirect.co.nz/  it was working fine when I visited just
before.  A typo perhaps?

> Does the info says who owns it currently?
Check out the prospectus at DF Mainland's site.

http://www.dfmainland.com/

Thanks

Benjamin Dutton

>
>
>
> >>> nathan.mercer@softwarespectrum.com 13-03-2000 15:28 >>>
> I tend to agree, there seems to be very high growth forcaster for this
> company which IMHO is not sustainable.
> There also seems to be little that is special about the company, and
> certainly not a high-level barrier for a competitor to enter the
> marketplace.
>
> But hey, I could be completely wrong about them, and these fundamentals
> could mean nothing - the fact that this is an "E" stock could make it rise
> once listed on the NZSE.
>
> Mark, you mention about B2B vs B2C, people like Gartner predict that only
> around 20% of E-com transcations will be B2C, the balance being B2B...
>
> Kind regards
> Nathan
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> www.softwarespectrum.com
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Hubbard [mailto:mhubbard@es.co.nz]
> Sent: Sunday, 12 March 2000 3:36 p.m.
> To: sharechat@sharechat.co.nz
> Subject: Re: [sharechat] Beauty Direct Float
>
>
> I've had a read of DFM research report, and of the prospectus, and I have
to
> say it is just too 'unknown' for my blood. The financial forecasts are for
> steep percentage increases in sales revenues, from memory 30% per month
> (I've chucked my report away, so perhaps someone could correct me if
wrong),
> which is very high, and even with this the company doesn't plan to be in
> profit until 2003. Also, no track history to hold forecasts against.
>
> And I'm not a 'professional woman' (which is who the site is aimed at),
but
> I suspect cosmetics are the sort of product women like to see, and smell,
> physically before purchasing - so is the net the way to go here? Perhaps
the
> women posters to this forum might like to let us guys into your minds over
> this one.
>
> Anyway, I'm dipping out on the offer. I agree with the theory that B2B
> (business to business) is where the money is rather than B2C (business to
> customer) on the net. So I'll continue looking at ASX rather than NZSE.
>
> I would be interested in others' thoughts.
>
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