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IHUB poster has a link to the New York Times. Seems ETIM had a nice write up in the paper today.
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From the New York Times this morning online, and on page D-3 of the paper:
Love of Your Team Can Soon Be Everlasting
By RICHARD SANDOMIR Published: March 8, 2007 For the baseball fan who has everything in the here and now, how about a team-licensed urn for his ashes in the hereafter?
Yes, Yankees fans, an aluminum urn with pinstripes, the interlocking NY logo, a place on top for a ball that you might have caught at the ballpark and a personalized name plate — all resting on a tiny home plate.
Morbid? Bizarre? Not to Clint Mytych, the president of Eternal Image, the supplier of the urns (there are also coffins). Major League Baseball, he said, had little resistance to the idea.
“I think they’re progressive minded,” Mytych said by telephone from his office in Farmington Hills, Mich. “We sold baseball the deal over the phone and never met in person. All they saw were concept drawings.”
Mytych said that fans cannot directly order the urns, so they are unlikely to be hoarded by ghouls looking to get them signed and sell them on eBay. The $699 urns will go on sale opening day, a note of finality, of sorts, to start the season, and can be bought only from funeral homes. (Pet owners can order cat and dog urns from Mytych’s company.)
Mytych, 26, initially sought the approval of Corvette and Mustang to let him use the automakers’ classic designs for urns and coffins, but they rejected the idea. But Precious Moments, a figurine maker, the Vatican Library and M.L.B., which reached a licensing agreement with Eternal Image last June, said yes. “We feel the creativity’s been bred out of the funeral industry,” he said. “Some of the Big 3 in the industry have been around since the 1880s, and they never tried a branded product.”
He recognizes he has landed in what some might deem the bizarro wing of merchandising. But he insisted that he is marketing to the most ardent of fans, those who want to take their teams with them.
“If your uncle dies and he was a passionate Red Sox fan,” he said, responding with a rhetorical question, “is it really more fitting to have him cremated and just put him in a regular urn, or one like this that supports his passion, makes the remembrance that much sweeter?”
The Red Sox and the Yankees are in the first group of team urns, along with the Braves, the Cubs, the Tigers, the Dodgers, the Cardinals and the Phillies. Coffins for those who want to follow those teams into the great beyond will be on sale for the stretch run of the pennant races.
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Eternal Image Featured in New York Times Article CEO Also Profiled in Regional Business Publication Mar 8, 2007 12:14:00 PM Copyright Business Wire 2007 FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Eternal Image, Inc. (OTC:ETIM.PK), a public company engaged in the design, manufacturing and marketing of licensed image caskets and urns, has been featured in a New York Times article by sports business reporter Richard Sandomir. The piece appears in today's edition.
Interested parties who would like to see the article can visit www.NYTimes.com directly or the Eternal Image website (www.eternalimage.net) for a link to the story.
In the current issue of the Michigan-based Oakland Business Review, Eternal Image CEO Clint Mytych has been profiled as the publication's "Executive Profile." That story will also be available on the Eternal Image website later today.
About Eternal Image
Eternal Image, founded in 2002, is headquartered in Farmington Hills, MI. The company is the first and leading manufacturer and marketer of licensed image funerary products. Currently, the company offers urns and caskets that feature licensed images from Major League Baseball(TM), Precious Moments(R) and the Vatican Library Collection(TM), as well as pet urns featuring the American Kennel Club(TM) and the Cat Fanicers' Association(TM). For more information about EI, visit www.EternalImage.net or call 1-888-6-CASKET.
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Nice close at .0031 Up two ticks for the day. Looking for a strong Friday.
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unless it runs... the other direction...ponder... ponder some more and than Slap That ASK!!!!
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ETERNAL IMAGE INC (ETIM.PK) VIDEO COVERAGE.... Maybe you missed the CBS and other networks profile of ETIM, links are below if you care to view them. I'm always on the look-out for videos of Media coverage, so check and see if anything new has been added.
KCBS (Los Angeles) Baseball Team Spirit Can Now Be Emblazoned On Your Casket. February 16, 2007 Baseball fans can secure a casket with team insignia. Mia Lee reports. http://www.cbs2.com/video/?id=33977*kcbs.dayport.com
CBS4DENVER Baseball Fans Can Go In The Grave In A Team Urn Or Casket February 17, 2007 Baseball fanatics won't have to leave behind their beloved teams when they die. they'll be able to rest in peace, secure in the knowledge that they will be forever an official fan. http://www.cbs4denver.com/video/?id=27941*kcnc.dayport.com
WIVB N.E.W.S 4 On Demand (Buffalo,Niagara Falls, NY) February 19, 2007) - - When you think of funerals, you probably do not think of bright colors, splashy designs and sports teams. But more and more people are deciding to leave this world in style. Call 4 Action's Al Vaughters shows us in this special assignment http://www.wivb.com/Global/story.asp?S=6112563&nav=menu41_2_7_3
CBS5 (San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose) Company To Sell Caskets Bearing Sports Team Logos Oct 18, 2006 11:29 pm US/Pacific Oct 18, 2006 11:29 pm US/Pacific http://cbs5.com/sports/local_story_291203828.html
California, New York and Colorado are listed in a study done in 2004 on the percentage of deaths cremated. California 51.21 %, Colorado 54.52% Illinois 23.32% and New York at 23.46
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They were talking about ETIM this AM on the Bob and Tom show..............
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you have a week for this to drop to collect shares before it starts really running, March 16th distribution news out
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Eternal Image Receives Approval to Begin Production on the First Precious Moments(R) Urn Mar 9, 2007 10:30:00 AM Copyright Business Wire 2007 FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Eternal Image, Inc. (OTC:ETIM.PK), a public company engaged in the design, manufacturing and marketing of licensed brand image caskets and urns, today announced that the artwork for the first urn featuring a Precious Moments(R) figurine has been approved by the licensor. The figurine, "You Shall Be Clothed in Glory," is the first of five in a series exclusively licensed to Eternal Image by Precious Moments(R).
"This is an exciting day for Eternal Image because it means we have successfully brought all of our original licensed lines into production," said Clint Mytych, president of Eternal Image. "With the approval of the first of the five figurines, we can begin tooling and work toward a fall 2007 product launch."
Eternal Image will begin accepting pre-orders for the first Precious Moments(R) urn later this summer. All five Precious Moments(R) figurines are being crafted by the world-renown Avant Garde Studio.
The company's other three original product lines include Major League Baseball(TM) (with eight urns available this month and the first eight caskets available this summer) and the Vatican Library Collection(TM) (launched in January '07 with one urn and another coming this summer.) The fourth license includes pet urns with American Kennel Club(TM) (shipping in the second quarter.) Since announcing its initial product lines, the company has added the Cat Fanciers' Association (with urns available later this year.)
For more information about Eternal Image, visit www.eternalimage.net or call 1-888-6-CASKET.
About Precious Moments Inc.
Precious Moments Inc. with offices in suburban Chicago, IL and Carthage, MO, home of the renowned Precious Moments Chapel, is a privately held, family owned business. Principally, PMI is the owner of all Precious Moments artwork and is the Licensor to more than 70 prominent companies. United Media is the exclusive Licensing Agent for Precious Moments. For more information on Precious Moments, Inc. visit our website at www.preciousmoments.com.
About Eternal Image
Eternal Image, founded in 2002, is headquartered in Farmington Hills, MI. The company is the first and only manufacturer and marketer of licensed brand image funerary products. Currently, the company offers urns and caskets that feature licensed images from Major League Baseball(TM), Precious Moments(TM) and the Vatican Library Collection(TM), as well as pet urns featuring the American Kennel Club(TM) and the Cat Fanciers' Association(TM). For more information about EI, visit www.EternalImage.net or call 1-888-6-CASKET.
"Safe Harbor" Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995
Statements in this press release relating to plans, strategies, economic performance and trends, projections of results of specific activities or investments, and other statements that are not descriptions of historical facts may be forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-looking information is inherently subject to risks and uncertainties, and actual results could differ materially from those currently anticipated due to a number of factors, which include but are not limited to, risk factors inherent in doing business. Forward-looking statements may be identified by terms such as "may," "will," "should," "could," "expects," "plans," "intends," "anticipates," "believes," "estimates," "predicts," forecasts," potential," or "continue," or similar terms or the negative of these terms.
Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. The company has no obligation to update these forward-looking statements.
*According to the World Wide Pet Industry Association.
Source: Eternal Image, Inc
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quote:Eternal Image will begin accepting pre-orders for the first Precious Moments(R) urn later this summer. All five Precious Moments(R) figurines are being crafted by the world-renown Avant Garde Studio.
These preorders are from the distributors, correct? Otherwise, that is pretty morbid considering these are for young children. I can't imagine there would be much demand for a preorder in the retail sector.
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It might very well surprise you, but child deaths are of a great amount in this country right now!!! Along with my older son's death, 5 other members of his class (2000) had also died before graduation or very shortly afterward. It is a very tragic happening (beyond words) but with all the teenage suicides of today, it could be a very lucrative business!
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I wasn't suggesting that child deaths are not common. I was just wondering about the "preorder" part. I'm assuming this is for funeral homes to order them to have on hand, rather than the retail sector ordering them from the Precious Moments website.
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Yes, most funeral homes have the items they want to sell on display, so when the family comes in they can choose something that is meanningful for them. I can see folks getting Precious Moment stuff for adult's caskets too, I wouldn't think it would be limited to just children. A lot of Adults collect Precious Moments, and if that was Grandma's hobby in life, what better urn to put her in than a precious moments one?
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Thank you, Jo! Yes, I understand, but funeral homes should have a few in inventory, child's deaths are very unexpected unlike older people's and fast closure in a child's death is what you look for. If you had to wait a week for a product to complete the closure, you probably would not want to wait that length of time. I think this will really drive the stock up much higher.
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