Lift & Co. Reports Third Quarter Fiscal 2020 Results
February 04 2020 - 4:53PM
Lift & Co. Corp. ("Lift & Co." or the "Company")
(TSXV:LIFT) (OTCQB:LFCOF) is pleased to announce results for its
third quarter ended December 31, 2019. All amounts are in Canadian
dollars unless otherwise specified. Additional details may be found
in the Company’s financial statements and MD&A filed on SEDAR.
MANAGEMENT COMMENTARY
The Company is pleased to report strong financial results for
the period. Total revenue increased by 41% to $4.6 million for the
nine-month period, compared to the same period last year, and loss
from operations decreased by 17% to $4.8 million. These
improvements were driven by revenue growth across all segments and
a focus on improved operational efficiency. During the quarter, the
Company announced important partnerships in the development of its
Cohesion platform:
- an exclusive strategic partnership with Nielsen, a leading
global measurement and data analytics company, in developing
Cohesion Segmentation – powered by Nielsen, a new cannabis consumer
profiling and segmentation data product;
- a strategic partnership with Enlighten, which will provide Lift
& Co. with access to over 1,000 US retailers as well as product
data, and marks the beginning of the Company’s expansion into the
United States; and
- the addition of Adobe Advertising Cloud demand-side-platform,
which will enable Cohesion clients to seamlessly deliver compliant
programmatic advertising to their target consumer segment and
brings much-needed industry-standard advertising solutions to the
cannabis industry.
“We are proud to announce strong results from
our third quarter fiscal 2020 and year-to-date, with growth across
all Lift & Co. business lines,” said Matei Olaru, CEO, Lift
& Co. “We are at the beginning of a pivotal calendar year for
brands in the cannabis industry, within which Lift & Co. is
establishing a leadership position, particularly with its Cohesion
and CannSell platforms.”
The introduction of new product formats known as
“Cannabis 2.0” — edibles, topicals and extracts — and retail
expansion across the country, most notably in Ontario, are market
factors which have contributed to growth across Lift & Co.’s
CannSell retail training platform and its Trade Marketing
capabilities, as well as the Event Marketing channel during the
third quarter of fiscal 2020.
“In 2020, cannabis brands must focus on building
legacy and resonance with cannabis consumers. Lift & Co. is
empowering brands to identify and seamlessly target their key
demographics with Cohesion, deliver important product education
directly to budtenders across the country through CannSell, talk to
consumers directly at Lift & Co. events, and further
differentiate their brand with a Canadian Cannabis Award win. The
Lift & Co. platform is designed to meet the needs of the
industry and deliver results to drive growth in Canadian cannabis.
We are excited to scale this proven model in Canada and the United
States over the next year.”
THIRD QUARTER 2020 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
- Total revenues increased 11% to $926,429 for the three-month
period ended December 31, 2019 and increased 41% to $4.6 million
for the nine-month period, compared to the same periods in the
prior year
- Trade Marketing revenue increased 145% to $139,094 for the
three-month period and increased 77% to $363,685 for the nine-month
period
- Data Insights revenue increased 30% to $360,131 for the
three-month period and increased 73% to $748,281 for the nine-month
period
- Event Marketing revenue decreased 15% to $427,204 million for
the three-month period and increased 33% to $3.5 million for the
nine-month period
- Loss from operations decreased 7% to $2 million for the
three-month period and decreased 17% to $4.8 million for the
nine-month period
THIRD QUARTER 2020 OPERATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS
- The Company launched its flagship data‐as‐a‐service platform,
Cohesion, last quarter and has recently announced invaluable
strategic partnerships with Nielsen and Enlighten alongside the
addition of Adobe DSP. Together, these further develop the
capabilities of this platform by providing an additional consumer
profiling and segmentation data product, enabling clients to
deliver programmatic advertising to their target consumer segment,
and expanding the product offering and data collection into the
United States
- This quarter was the first for profitability for the Trade
Marketing segment, where the Company sold almost 900 CannSell
licenses and launched two branded modules for PAX Labs and
TerrAscend’s Haven St. Premium Cannabis brand
- Ontario regulators plan to license approximately 20 new stores
per month beginning April 2020, which are guaranteed to adopt
CannSell per the multi-year exclusive mandate from the Alcohol and
Gaming Commission of Ontario
- Lift & Co. held another successful Canadian Cannabis Awards
gala this quarter, where 32 awards were announced, the
gold-standard for excellence in the industry, and revenue increased
by 29%; subsequent to the quarter, the Company held its Vancouver
Expo and recognized revenue of $2,574,832, a 14% increase over the
previous year
- Also at the Vancouver Expo, Lift & Co. launched an early
version of the Lift & Co. App, which allows consumers to
capture a photo of product labels in‐store to immediately access
thousands of reviews on Lift.co, then upload their purchase
receipts at the point‐of‐sale to earn Lift points, while enabling
essential consumer and retail data insights that will become
available to the industry through Cohesion
Conference Call Details:
The Company will also hold a conference call on Wednesday,
February 5, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time, hosted by Matei Olaru,
Chief Executive Officer, and Kasia Malz, Chief Financial Officer. A
question and answer session will follow.
Participant Dial-in Numbers: Local - (+1) 866-211-3050
International - (+1) 647-689-6572 Conference ID: 3789264
Recording Playback Numbers: Local - (+1) 416-621-4642 Toll Free
- (+1) 800-585-8367Expiry Date: March 5, 2020 11:59 PM
About Lift & Co.
Lift & Co. is a publicly traded technology
company modernizing the cannabis industry.
Forward-looking statements
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referred to herein contains “forward-looking information” within
the meaning of applicable Canadian and United States securities
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occur by certain specified dates or at all and could differ
materially as a result of known and unknown risk factors and
uncertainties affecting the Company.
Although Lift & Co. has attempted to
identify important factors that could cause actual results,
performance or achievements to differ materially from those
contained in the forward-looking statements, there can be other
factors that cause results, performance or achievements not to be
as anticipated, estimated or intended.
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SOURCE Lift & Co. Corp.
Contact information:
Lift & Co.:Nikki LaoutarisDirector of
Communications647-464-0148nlaoutaris@lift.co
Kasia MalzChief Financial
Officer416-953-6657kasia@lift.co
Investor Relations:Thesis CapitalPrit
Singh905-510-7636psingh@thesiscapital.ca
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