Merion, Inc. - Annual Report: 2021 (Form 10-K)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

(Mark One)

OR

Commission file number 333-173681

Issuer’s telephone number: (626) 331-7570

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Common stock, par value $0.001 per share

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The aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates computed by reference to the price at which the common equity was last sold on the OTC markets on June 30, 2021, the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter, was $106,347,804 based on 35,449,268 shares of common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant at the price of $3.00 per share.

The number of outstanding shares of Registrant’s Common Stock, $0.001 par value, was 61,519,905 shares as of April 8, 2022.

MERION, INC.

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CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS AND INFORMATION

This Annual Report on Form 10-K, the other reports, statements, and information that we have previously filed or that we may subsequently file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, and public announcements that we have previously made or may subsequently make, may include or may incorporate by reference certain statements that may be deemed to be “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and are intended to enjoy the benefits of that act. Unless the context is otherwise, the forward-looking statements included or incorporated by reference in this Form 10-K and those reports, statements, information and announcements address activities, events or developments that Merion, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as “we,” “us,” “our,” “our Company” or “Merion”) expects or anticipates, will or may occur in the future. Any statements in this document about expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, assumptions or future events or performance are not historical facts and are forward-looking statements. These statements are often, but not always, made through the use of words or phrases such as “may,” “should,” “could,” “predict,” “potential,” “believe,” “will likely result,” “expect,” “will continue,” “anticipate,” “seek,” “estimate,” “intend,” “plan,” “projection,” “would” and “outlook,” and similar expressions. Accordingly, these statements involve estimates, assumptions and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in them. Any forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by reference to the factors discussed throughout this document. All forward-looking statements concerning economic conditions, rates of growth, rates of income or values as may be included in this document are based on information available to us on the dates noted, and we assume no obligation to update any such forward-looking statements. It is important to note that our actual results may differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements due to fluctuations in interest rates, inflation, government regulations, economic conditions and competitive product and pricing pressures in the geographic and business areas in which we conduct operations, including our plans, objectives, expectations and intentions and other factors discussed elsewhere in this Report.

Certain risk factors could materially and adversely affect our business, financial conditions and results of operations and cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements made by us, and you should not place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it is made, and we do not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement or statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which such statement is made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. The risks and uncertainties we currently face are not the only ones we face. New factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for us to predict which will arise. There may be additional risks not presently known to us or that we currently believe are immaterial to our business. In addition, we cannot assess the impact of each factor on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements. If any such risks occur, our business, operating results, liquidity and financial condition could be materially affected in an adverse manner.

The industry and market data contained in this report are based either on our management’s own estimates or, where indicated, independent industry publications, reports by governmental agencies or market research firms or other published independent sources and, in each case, are believed by our management to be reasonable estimates. However, industry and market data is subject to change and cannot always be verified with complete certainty due to limits on the availability and reliability of raw data, the voluntary nature of the data gathering process and other limitations and uncertainties inherent in any statistical survey of market shares. We have not independently verified market and industry data from third-party sources. In addition, consumption patterns and customer preferences can and do change. As a result, you should be aware that market share, ranking and other similar data set forth herein, and estimates and beliefs based on such data, may not be verifiable or reliable.

PART I

Item 1. Description of Business

Introduction

Merion, Inc. is a provider of health and nutritional supplements and personal care products. Currently, we are mainly selling our products over the internet directly to end-user customers through our website, at www.merionus.com, and to wholesale distributors through phone and electronic communication. Our major customers of our nutritional and beauty products are located in the Asian market, predominantly in the People’s Republic of China. Our major customers of our Original Equipment Manufacturer (“OEM”) and packaging products are located in the United States (“U.S.”).

Company History

Merion, Inc., a Nevada corporation, was formed on February 4, 2011. Its predecessor, E-World USA Holding, Inc., was a California company incorporated in 2007 (“E-World CA”). In April 2011, E-World CA entered into a merger agreement with its wholly-owned subsidiary with the same name, E-World USA Holding, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“E-World NV”), that was the survivor of the merger and became the Company. Under the Merger Agreement, the Company issued 90,000,000 shares of its common stock on a one-for-one basis for each share of E-World CA’s common stock issued and outstanding at the date of the merger. In addition, the Company issued its Type A Warrants and Type B Warrants in exchange for comparable warrants issued and outstanding of E-World CA at the date of the merger. On June 27, 2017, the Company filed an amendment to its Articles of Incorporation with the Secretary of State for the State of Nevada to change its name effective immediately, from E-World NV, to Merion, Inc.

Products

Since June 2014, we have been selling our products primarily over the internet directly to end-user customers and by phone/email orders directly to our wholesale distributors. Certain miscellaneous sales are made directly to customers who call the Company directly for products. We are now focusing on selling health and nutritional supplements and personal care products directly on the internet through our website at www.merionus.com and provide OEM and packaging products through third party manufacturing. As of the date of filing of this report, we market eight individual nutritional supplement products. We did not develop any new products in 2021. We are no longer selling similar products of third parties on our website.

In January 2018, we entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with SUSS Technology Corporation, a Nevada corporation (the “Seller”), pursuant to which the Seller agreed to sell to the Company substantially all of the assets associated with the Seller’s manufacture of dietary supplements (the “Nevada Factory”) for an aggregate purchase price (the “Purchase Price”) of $1,000,000 and 333,334 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Purchase Shares”) valued at $320,000. The Seller was one of our major suppliers during the year ended December 31, 2017. These assets met all industry nutritional and dietary supplement manufacturing standards, including U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Good Manufacturing Practice compliance and Current Good Manufacturing Practice regulations. Upon purchasing these assets from the Seller, we started to manufacture some of the nutritional supplements that we sold until May 2021. In May 2021, we determined that it would be more beneficial to outsource to third-party manufacturers the production of our branded and OEM products rather than manufacturing through our Nevada Factory. As a result, we disposed of our factory machinery and terminated our Nevada Factory lease in May 2021. As we have significant continuing involvement in the sale of our branded and OEM products through our third-party manufacturers, this restructuring did not constitute a strategic shift that will have a major effect on our operations and financial results. Therefore, the results of operations for our Nevada Factory were not reported as discontinued operations under the guidance of FASB ASC 205.

Company Products

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in 2021 which has limited global travel, transportation, and import and export of goods, the Company has focused more on its OEM and packaging business to provide private label supplement products or customized formula supplement products to wholesale and retail customers. We manufactured these products through our Nevada Factory prior to May 2021 and subsequently we purchase the raw material for the products and outsource to third-party manufacturers and packaging companies to produce and pack these products for our customers after we closed our Nevada Factory in May 2021.

For the wholesale and retail customers who are looking for private label products, we provide our own formulas, purchase raw material and contract third party manufacturers to produce products. For the customers who have their own formulas, we purchase raw materials and outsource to the third-party manufacturers and packing companies for their products.

We continue to sell our nutritional supplement and beauty products on our website. Our nutritional supplement products are made according to a micro molecular nutrition formula. To achieve the maximum effect of products, micro molecular health foods were designed to be absorbed by cells directly with minimum chemical conversion, which we believe promotes faster absorption. We believe our company is one of only a few companies in the market which are using a micro molecular nutrition formula.

In January 2018, we introduced a beauty product, Noir Naturel, a gentle formula for grey coverage from the first application into hair care.

In September 2018, we introduced three different types of natural aphrodisiac supplements, Viwooba (1-3) for men that may support kidney health, improve immunity, enhance physical fitness, eliminate fatigue, improve sexual desire and enhance body energy, strength and sexual ability.

In March 2019, we introduced 1) Lady-S, a female dietary supplement that may assist with weight loss, 2) Gold King, a nutritional supplement that may provide antioxidant support and liver health, 3) New Power, a nutritional supplement that may support heart health, and 4) Taibao, a nutritional supplement that may enhance physical performance and energy metabolism.

In December 2019, we introduced ReMage Power, a nutritional supplement that may provide anti-aging Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD)+ support and promote energy & cell metabolism.

The nutritional supplements’ and beauty products’ formulas do not have patent protection.

Sales breakdown

Currently, the Company does not have plans to expand its business beyond the nutritional products and beauty sector and the OEM and packaging sector.

All nutrition and beauty products are sold in China and all OEM and packaging products are sold in the U.S.   

Return and Refund Policy for Our Products

Merion guarantees the quality of its products, and will exchange any product found to be defective. Additionally, customers can apply for a 90% refund of the original purchase price of purchased products within 60 days of purchase. When products are returned, they must be unopened and resalable. All shipping fees for product exchanges or returns must be fully paid by customers. All of the returned products must not be damaged and must be within the valid shelf-life period specified on the product label. In addition to the Company’s 60-day return policy, the Company, at its discretion, may accept a customer’s application for a buy-back of products previously sold within one year at 90% of the original product costs less commissions and shipping costs.

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, there were no returns of products. 

Sourcing and Production

Our Products

During the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, we acquired our ingredients from the suppliers and contracted for production of our proprietary products from manufacturers that we believe are reliable, reputable and deliver high quality materials, products and services. During the year ended December 31, 2020, we also acquired our ingredients from suppliers for direct production in our Nevada factory until we disposed of our factory machinery and terminated our Nevada Factory lease in May 2021. In 2021, three suppliers accounted for approximately 69.2% of our total purchases: American Health Formulations Inc. (35.3%), Nutriient LLC (22.8%), and Myland Nutraceuticals Holding (HK) Ltd. (11.1%). In 2020, one supplier accounted for approximately 71.8% of our total purchases: Xi'an Yanhao Bio-tech Co., Ltd. The loss of one or more of these suppliers could have a negative impact on our sales and revenues if we cannot find a substitute quickly or upon favorable terms.

The Company does not have a written or contractual agreement with our other suppliers or manufacturers. Our product ingredient sourcing and other manufacturing requirements are conducted on a purchase-order basis. If one or more of our current suppliers stopped selling us ingredients and/or if one or more of our current manufacturers stopped manufacturing our products, we would be forced to find other suppliers and manufacturers. The time needed to find other suppliers or manufacturers could outlast the inventory on hand and result in loss of sales.

We maintain good relationships with our suppliers and do not anticipate that any of our suppliers will terminate such relationships in the near term. We also have ongoing relationships with secondary and tertiary suppliers. In the event that we become unable to source any products or ingredients from our major suppliers, we believe that we would be able to replace those products or substitute source these ingredients from our secondary and tertiary suppliers without great difficulty or significant increases to our cost of goods sold.

In January 2018, we entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with SUSS Technology Corporation, a Nevada corporation (the “Seller”), pursuant to which the Seller agreed to sell to the Company substantially all of the assets associated with the Seller’s manufacture of dietary supplements (the “Nevada Factory”) for an aggregate purchase price (the “Purchase Price”) of $1,000,000 and 333,334 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Purchase Shares”) valued at $320,000. Upon purchasing these assets from the Seller, we started to manufacture some of the nutritional supplements that we sold until May 2021. In May 2021, we determined that it would be more beneficial to outsource to third-party manufacturers the production of our branded and OEM products rather than manufacturing through our Nevada Factory. As a result, we disposed of our factory machinery and terminated our Nevada Factory lease in May 2021. As we have significant continuing involvement in the sale of our branded and OEM products through our third-party manufacturers, this restructuring did not constitute a strategic shift that will have a major effect on our operations and financial results. Therefore, the results of operations for our Nevada Factory were not reported as discontinued operations under the guidance of FASB ASC 205.

For nutritional products and beauty products, we purchase our ingredients from third parties and contract with a third-party manufacturer for further processing of the raw materials into final products to be sold. Prior to January 1, 2018 and starting on June 1, 2021, we did not own a manufacturing plant for product processing and all manufacturing was conducted by third parties. 

We also maintain good relationships with our manufacturers and do not anticipate that any of our manufacturers will terminate such relationships in the near term. In the event we become unable have our products produced by our major manufacturers, we believe that we would be able to reallocate production to our other manufacturers or locate other manufacturers without great difficulty or significant increases to our cost of goods sold.

In addition, we maintain good relationships with our wholesale distributors in China and our OEM and packaging customers in the U.S. and do not anticipate that any of those parties will terminate such relationships in the near term.  In 2021, one customer accounted for approximately 86.5% of our sales: Uhealth Global Inc. In 2020, one customer accounted for approximately 56.2% of our sales: Staradiant Inc. The loss of one or more customers could result in a potential loss of sales and have a significant negative effect on our operations.

Order Backlog

As of December 31, 2021, we have approximately $0.9 million of order backlog.

Industry Analysis

The nutrition and supplement OEM and packaging business includes enterprises engaged in the production and packaging of health and nutrition supplements for third party customers. The revenue for health and nutrition supplements OEM business has experienced consistent growth over the five years between 2016 and 2021, driven by increased demand from consumers. Increasing consumer awareness of personal health and wellbeing is expected to be a key driving factor for health and nutrition supplements. The increasing number of products launched by small entrepreneur companies that do not have manufacturing capacity is also expected to drive the global health and nutrition supplements OEM market growth. Outsourcing is on the rise in the nutrition supplements industry and contract manufacturing helps supplement companies to approach the business processes in a customer-centric way, which helps lower costs, improve business efficiency and raise profits.

The nutrition industry includes many small and medium sized companies that manufacture and distribute products generally intended to enhance the body’s performance and wellness. The three major product categories within the nutrition industry are:

The nutritional supplement market is characterized by:

Competition

The market for nutritional products is large and intensely competitive. The Company competes directly with companies that manufacture and market nutritional products. The Company competes with other companies in the nutritional products industry by emphasizing the uniqueness, value and premium quality of the Company's products and convenience of the Company's Internet sales system. Many of the Company's competitors have much greater name recognition and financial resources than the Company. In addition, nutritional products can be purchased in a wide variety of channels of distribution. While the Company believes that consumers appreciate the convenience of ordering products from home through the Internet, the buying habits of many consumers accustomed to purchasing products through traditional retail channels are difficult to change. The Company's product offerings are also relatively small compared to the wide variety of products offered by many other nutritional product companies.

Marketing Plan

The Company signed a new lease agreement effective March 1, 2020 to open a New York office to expand its business in the New York market. The office is intended to be used as the training center for market development. The Company will focus on promoting its new product (ReMage Power) in the New York market. ReMage Power is a nutritional supplement which provides anti-aging Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD)+ support and promotes energy and cell metabolism.  However, due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) cases continue to surge throughout the United States, we did not utilize the training center since the beginning of the lease.  Due to the outbreak of new variants of coronavirus, we kept the training center closed and did not utilize the training center in 2021. We will reopen our New York office after the pandemic eases off and use it for promoting our new product, a hair dye with gentle formula into the market.

As COVID-19 resurges with different variants, at-home COVID test kits are in a high demand, and have become the latest market trend that appears to grow for the coming years because they are relatively simple to perform with the immediacy of test results. The Company is in the process of establishing close working relationships with the suppliers to find its position in this new market.

As the increased beauty and health demand of women, the Company plans to expand the beauty industry market by develop new beauty and anti-aging products, such as the 8D facial masks. The new products are expected to launch in  April 2022. The Company also plans to develop a new supplement that can help with the testosterone levels that is expected to be officially launched in June 2022.

In the second quarter of 2022, the Company plans to launch a new gentle formula hair dye product with high technology which is friendly to sensitive skin and has rich and long-lasting color. They are easy to use and can cover gray hair in only 5 minutes. The products are planned to sell in US and Asian stores.

The majority of the Company’s sales on nutritional and beauty products were generated from China for the years ended December 31, 2021and 2020.

We believe that consumers have become more confident in ordering products like ours over the Internet. However, the nutritional supplement and skin care product e-business markets have been, and continue to be, increasingly competitive, and are rapidly evolving.

The Company mainly rely on its CEO’s network and business relationships in the industry to approach potential customers for its OEM and packaging business in fiscal year 2021 and 2020.

Share Distribution Plans

On June 30, 2017, the Company’s Board of Directors approved the grant of up to 6.67 million shares (from authorized but unissued shares of the Company’s common stock) to persons outside the U.S. who sell Company products, based on their sales performance in the future. The Company must determine that this type of incentive compensation is legal and appropriate for each country in which it is utilized. For ease of administration, this plan has been, and will continue to be, implemented solely for persons outside of the United States pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933.

As of December 31, 2021, 21,500 shares were issued to the Company’s sales agents outside the U.S. in 2018.

Intellectual Property

We have no registered trademarks or patents in the United States. We have common law ownership rights under U.S. trade secret law for the formulations for our eight Nutritional Supplements. We also have common law ownership rights for the formulation of our Noir Naturel product.

The Company has obtained a Trademark Registration in China for the name of “Dibeier” (or Mandarin pinyin: “Nuo Lin”) with trademark application number 20669799. Under Chinese law, this trademark may be renewed every 10 years and can be valid for an indefinite period subject to timely renewal.

The Company has obtained a Trademark Registration in China for the name of “DailyNu” with trademark application number 20683305. Under Chinese law, this trademark may be renewed every 10 years and can be valid for an indefinite period subject to timely renewal.

Other than the aforementioned trademarks, we do not own any other registered trademarks, trade names or other governmentally approved intellectual property rights for those products.

The Company owns the domain name of www.merionus.com.

Research and Development

We did not have any research and development activities for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020.

Government Regulation

Given uncertainties relating to our compliance with personal network marketing laws in foreign jurisdictions, the Company discontinued sales through the network marketing model in 2014, and began selling directly to end-user customers from our website.

We believe we are no longer subject to personal network marketing regulations since we discontinued sales through the network marketing model in 2014. Nonetheless, we are still subject to federal, state, local and foreign regulations. Various governmental agencies have an impact on our business, including but not limited to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Regulations promulgated by the FDA cover product ingredients, manufacturing, distribution, marketing, sales, compensation and taxation, to name a few. All of our products have certificates of free sales issued by the FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. If the Company were to fail to meet standards required by these regulations, then the Company could be prohibited from selling its products.

Human Capital Resources

We understand that our success depends on our ability to attract, train and retain our employees. We strive to attract, recruit, and retain employees through competitive compensation and benefit programs, learning and development opportunities that support career growth and advancement opportunities, and employee engagement initiatives that foster a strong Company culture. In addition to cash compensation, we offer customary benefits in accordance with local regulatory requirements as well as performance-based stock options to our employees. We also recognize the importance of keeping our employees safe. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we implemented changes that we determined were in the best interest of our employees and have followed local government orders to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Employees

We have the following employees:

We have no collective bargaining agreement with our employees. We consider our relationship with our employees to be excellent.

Item 1A. Risk Factors.

The Company operates in an environment that involves a number of risks and uncertainties. The risks and uncertainties described in this Annual Report on Form 10-K are not the only risks and uncertainties that we face. Additional risks and uncertainties that presently are not considered material or are not known to us, and therefore are not mentioned herein, may impair our business operations. If any of the risks described in this Annual Report on Form 10-K actually occur, our business, operating results and financial position could be adversely affected.

We have had a history of losses since inception.

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, we had net losses of approximately $1.2 million and $1.8 million, respectively. We can offer no assurance that we will ever operate profitably or that we will generate positive cash flows in the future. Our management expects the business to continue to experience negative cash flow for the foreseeable future and cannot predict when, if ever, our business might become profitable. With our cash on hand as of December 31, 2021, management has concluded under generally accepted accounting principles that there is substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern for the next twelve months from the date of this filing. Until we can generate significant revenues, if ever, we expect to satisfy our future cash needs through equity or debt financing and advances from our major shareholder. We will need to raise additional funds, and such funds may not be available on commercially acceptable terms, if at all. If we are unable to raise funds on acceptable terms, we may not be able to continue operations, execute our business plan, take advantage of future opportunities, or respond to competitive pressures or unanticipated requirements. This may seriously harm our business, financial condition and results of operations. In the event we are not able to continue operations our shareholders will likely suffer a complete loss of their investment in our securities.

If securities or industry analysts do not publish or cease publishing research or reports about us, our business or our market, or if they change their recommendations regarding our stock adversely, our stock price and trading volume could decline.

The trading market for our common stock will be influenced by the research and reports that industry or securities analysts may publish about us, our business, our market, or our competitors. If any of the analysts who may cover us change their recommendation regarding our stock adversely, or provide more favorable relative recommendations about our competitors, our stock price would likely decline. If any analysts who may cover us were to cease coverage of our Company or fail to regularly publish reports on us, we could lose visibility in the financial markets, which in turn could cause our stock price or trading volume to decline.

The market price of our common stock may be highly volatile.

The market for our common stock will likely be characterized by significant price volatility when compared to more established issuers and we expect that it will continue to be so for the foreseeable future. The market price of our common stock is likely to be volatile for a number of reasons. First, our common stock is likely to be sporadically and/or thinly traded. As a consequence of this lack of liquidity, the trading of relatively small quantities of common stock by our stockholders may disproportionately influence the price of the common stock in either direction. The price of the common stock could, for example, decline precipitously if even a relatively small number of shares are sold on the market without commensurate demand, as compared to a market for shares of an established issuer which could better absorb those sales without adverse impact on its share price. Secondly, we are a speculative investment due to our lack of profits to date. As a consequence of this enhanced risk, more risk-adverse investors may, under the fear of losing all or most of their investment in the event of negative news or lack of progress, be more inclined to sell their shares on the market more quickly and at greater discounts than would be the case with the shares of an established issuer. We cannot make any predictions or projections as to what the prevailing market price for our common stock will be at any time or as to what effect the sale of common stock or the availability of common stock for sale at any time will have on the prevailing market price.

Because the principal trading markets for our shares is the OTC Market, the corporate governance rules of the major U.S. stock exchanges do not apply to us. As a result, our governance practices may differ from those of a company listed on such U.S. exchanges.

Our governance practices need not comply with certain New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ corporate governance standards, including:

There can be no assurance that we will voluntarily comply with any of the foregoing requirements. Accordingly, you may not have the same protections afforded to stockholders of companies that are subject to such corporate governance requirements.

The requirements of being a public company may strain our resources, divert management’s attention and require us to disclose information that is helpful to competitors, make us more vulnerable to litigation and make it more difficult to attract and retain qualified personnel.

As a public company, we are subject to the reporting requirements of the Securities Act, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (Exchange Act), the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act). Compliance with these rules and regulations requires significant legal and financial compliance costs and makes some business activities and decision-making process difficult, time-consuming or costly. As a public company, our competitor might be able to better understand our business strategies and financial conditions from our public disclosure to compete with us.

Our future growth and stability depends, in part, on our ability to diversify our sales. Our efforts to establish new sales from existing customers and new customers could require significant initial investments, which may or may not result in higher sales and improved financial results.

Our business strategy depends in large part on our ability to develop new product sales from current and new customer relationships. These activities often require a significant up-front investment including, among others, customized formulations, regulatory compliance, product registrations, package design, product testing, pilot production runs, and the build-up of initial inventory. We may experience significant delays from the time we increase our operating expenses and make investments in inventory until the time we generate net sales from new products or customers, and it is possible that we may not generate material revenue from new products or customers after incurring such expenditures. If we incur significant expenses and investments in creating and purchasing inventory that we are not able to recover our cost, and we are not able to compensate for those expenses, our operating results could be adversely affected.

We are affected by extensive laws, governmental regulations, administrative determinations, court decisions and similar constraints, which can make compliance costly and subject us to enforcement actions by governmental agencies.

The formulation, manufacturing, packaging, labeling, holding, storage, distribution, advertising and sale of our products are affected by extensive laws, governmental regulations and policies, administrative determinations, court decisions and similar constraints at the federal, state and local levels, both within the United States and China and in any country where we conduct business. There can be no assurance that we, our third party manufacturers or our independent distributors will be in compliance with all of these regulations. A failure by us, our third party manufacturers or our distributors to comply with these laws and regulations could lead to governmental investigations, civil and criminal prosecutions, administrative hearings and court proceedings, civil and criminal penalties, injunctions against product sales or advertising, civil and criminal liability for the Company and/or its principals, bad publicity, and tort claims arising out of governmental or judicial findings of fact or conclusions of law adverse to the Company or its principals. In addition, the adoption of new regulations and policies or changes in the interpretations of existing regulations and policies may result in significant new compliance costs or discontinuation of product sales, and may adversely affect the marketing of our products, resulting in decreased revenues.

We are currently dependent on a limited number of independent suppliers and manufacturers for the production of all our products which may affect our ability to deliver our products in a timely manner. If we are not able to ensure timely product deliveries, potential distributors and customers may not order our products, and our revenues may decrease.

We currently rely entirely on a limited number of third parties to supply and manufacture our products. Our products are manufactured on a purchase order basis only and manufacturers can terminate their relationships with us at will. These third party manufacturers may be unable to satisfy our supply requirements, manufacture our products on a timely basis, fill and ship our orders promptly, provide services at competitive costs or offer reliable products and services. The failure to meet any of these critical needs would delay or reduce product shipment and adversely affect our revenues, as well as jeopardize our relationships with our distributors and customers. In the event any of our third party manufacturers were to become unable or unwilling to continue to provide us with products in required volumes and at suitable quality levels, we would be required to identify and obtain acceptable replacement manufacturing sources. There is no assurance that we would be able to obtain alternative manufacturing sources on a timely basis. Additionally, some of our third party manufacturers source the raw materials for our products, and if we were to use alternative manufacturers we may not be able to duplicate the exact profile of the product from the original manufacturer. An extended interruption in the supply of our products would result in decreased product sales and our revenues would likely decline. We believe that we can meet our current supply and manufacturing requirements with our current suppliers and manufacturers or with available substitute suppliers and manufacturers. Historically, we have not experienced any delays or disruptions to our business caused by difficulties in obtaining supplies.

We face significant competition from existing suppliers of products similar to ours. If we are not able to compete with these companies effectively, we may not be able to achieve and maintain profitability.

We face intense competition from numerous resellers, manufacturers and wholesalers of health and nutritional supplements and personal care products similar to ours, including retail, online and mail order providers. Many of our competitors have longer operating histories, established brands in the marketplace, revenues significantly greater than ours and better access to capital than us. We expect that these competitors may use their resources to engage in various business activities that could result in reduced sales of our products. Companies with greater capital and research capabilities could re-formulate existing products or formulate new products that could gain wide marketplace acceptance, which could have a depressive effect on our future sales. In addition, aggressive advertising and promotion by our competitors may require us to compete by lowering prices because we do not have the resources to engage in marketing campaigns against these competitors, and the economic viability of our operations likely would be diminished.

The disruption of global supply chains due to pandemic has adversely effected our OEM business and profit margin due to increased input costs.

The production cost for the manufacturers in the U.S. have increased due to surging prices for commodities, raw materials, disruption of supply chain and labor shortage caused by COVID-19, which reduce the profit margin and caused the fierce competition in product price. We face the challenges to obtain sufficient raw materials from suppliers during the pandemic due to the port congestion and supply chain disruption, which has caused and might continue to cause delay of product delivery and disruption of manufacturing process for our OEM business, which has and could continue to adversely affect our business, financial conditions and results of operations.

Adverse publicity associated with our products, ingredients, or those of similar companies, could adversely affect our sales and revenue.

Our customers’ perception of the safety and quality of our products or even similar products distributed by others can be significantly influenced by national media attention, publicized scientific research or findings, product liability claims and other publicity concerning our products or similar products distributed by others. Adverse publicity, whether or not accurate, that associates consumption of our products or any similar products with illness or other adverse effects, will likely diminish the public’s perception of our products. Claims that any products are ineffective, inappropriately labeled or have inaccurate instructions as to their use, could have a material adverse effect on the market demand for our products, including reducing our sales and revenues.

The efficiency of nutritional supplement products is supported by limited conclusive clinical studies, which could result in less market acceptance of these products and lower revenues or lower growth rates in revenues.

Our nutritional supplement products are made from various ingredients including vitamins, minerals, amino acids, herbs, botanicals, fruits, berries and other substances for which there is a long history of human consumption. However, there is little long-term experience with human consumption of certain product ingredients or combinations of ingredients in concentrated form. Although we believe all of our products fall within the generally known safe limits for daily doses of each ingredient contained within them, nutrition science is imperfect. Moreover, some people have peculiar sensitivities or reactions to nutrients commonly found in foods, and may have similar sensitivities or reactions to nutrients contained in our products. Furthermore, nutritional science is subject to change based on new research. New scientific evidence may disprove the efficacy of our products or prove our products to have effects not previously known. We could be adversely affected by studies that may assert that our products are ineffective or harmful to consumers, or if adverse effects are associated with a competitor’s similar products.

Our products may not meet health and safety standards or could become contaminated.

We do not have control over all of the third parties involved in the manufacturing of our products and their compliance with government health and safety standards. Even if our products meet these standards they could otherwise become contaminated. A failure to meet these standards or contamination could occur in our operations or those of our distributors or suppliers. This could result in expensive production interruptions, recalls and liability claims. Moreover, negative publicity could be generated from false, unfounded or nominal liability claims or limited recalls. Any of these failures or occurrences could negatively affect our business and financial performance.

Compliance with new and existing laws and governmental regulations could increase our costs significantly and adversely affect our results of operations.

The processing, formulation, safety, manufacturing, packaging, labeling, advertising and distribution of our products are subject to federal laws and regulation by one or more federal agencies, including the FDA. These activities are also regulated by various state, local and international laws and agencies of the states and localities in which our products are sold. Government regulations may prevent or delay the introduction, or require the reformulation, of our products, which could result in lost revenues and increased costs to us. For example, the FDA regulates, among other things, the composition, safety, manufacture, labeling and marketing of dietary ingredients and dietary supplements (including vitamins, minerals, herbs, and other dietary ingredients for human use). Dietary supplements and dietary ingredients that do not comply with FDA’s regulations and/or the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 ("DSHEA") will be deemed adulterated or misbranded. Manufacturers and distributors of dietary supplements and dietary ingredients are prohibited from marketing products that are adulterated or misbranded, and the FDA may take enforcement action against any adulterated or misbranded dietary supplement on the market. The FDA has broad enforcement powers. If we violate applicable regulatory requirements, the FDA may bring enforcement actions against us, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, prospects, financial condition, and results of operations.

The FDA may not accept the evidence of safety for any new dietary ingredient that we may wish to market, may determine that a particular dietary supplement or ingredient presents an unacceptable health risk based on the required submission of serious adverse events or other information, and may determine that a particular claim or statement of nutritional value that we use to support the marketing of a dietary supplement is an impermissible drug claim, is not substantiated, or is an unauthorized version of a "health claim." Any of these actions could prevent us from marketing particular dietary supplement products or making certain claims or statements with respect to those products. The FDA could also require us to remove a particular product from the market. Any future recall or removal would result in additional costs to us, including lost revenues from any products that we are required to remove from the market, any of which could be material. Any product recalls or removals could also lead to an increased risk of litigation and liability, substantial costs, and reduced growth prospects.

We could be exposed to product liability claims or other litigation, which may be costly and could materially adversely affect our operations.

We could face financial liability due to product liability claims if the use of our products results in significant loss or injury. Additionally, the manufacture and sale of our products involves the risk of injury to consumers from tampering by unauthorized third parties or product contamination. We could be exposed to future product liability claims that, among others: our products contain contaminants; we provide consumers with inadequate instructions about product use; or we provide inadequate warning about side effects or interactions of our products with other substances. Even if we were to prevail in any such claims, the cost of litigation and settlement could be significant. We do not maintain product liability insurance, and could experience significant losses from any litigation relating to our products.

Our business could be adversely affected by legal challenges to our business model or by actions restricting our ability to provide the full range of our services in certain jurisdictions. 

We will be required to monitor our compliance with laws in every jurisdiction in which we operate, on an ongoing basis, and we cannot provide assurance that our activities and arrangements, if challenged, would be found to be in compliance with the applicable laws. Additionally, it is possible that the laws and rules in one or more jurisdictions may change in a manner that is harmful to our business. If a successful legal challenge or an adverse change in the relevant laws were to occur, and we were unable to adapt our business model accordingly, our operations in the affected jurisdictions would be disrupted, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

A severe and prolonged downturn in the Chinese or global economy or disruptions in the financial markets may adversely impact our business and results of operations and may limit our access to additional financing.

The nutritional supplement and personal care industry can be affected by macroeconomic factors, including changes in national, regional, and local economic conditions, employment levels and consumer spending patterns. A prolonged slowdown in the Chinese or global economy could erode consumer confidence which could result in changes to consumer spending patterns, which could be harmful to our financial position and results of operations.

In addition, the capital and credit markets are experiencing volatility and the availability of funds remains limited, we will incur increased costs associated with equity and/or debt financing. It is possible that our ability to access the capital and credit markets may be limited by these or other factors at a time when we would like, or need, to do so, which could have an adverse impact on our ability to refinance maturing debt and/or react to changing economic and business conditions. In addition, fluctuations in interest rates could impact our floating rate debt negatively and increase our debt obligations.

Loss of key personnel could impair our ability to operate.

Our success depends on hiring, retaining and integrating senior management and skilled employees. We are currently dependent on certain current key employees, including Mr. Ding Hua Wang, our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and director, who is vital to our ability to grow our business and achieve profitability. As with all personal service providers, our officers can terminate their relationship with us at will. Our inability to retain these individuals may result in our reduced ability to operate our business.

Ding Hua Wang has control over key decision making as a result of his control of a majority of our voting stock.

Ding Hua Wang, a member of the Board of Directors and our Chief Executive and Financial Officer, beneficially owns 27,717,082 shares, or 45.1%, of our outstanding common stock. Mr. Wang will be able to exercise voting rights with respect to these shares of common stock, and has the ability to control the outcome of matters submitted to our shareholders for approval, including the election of directors and any merger, consolidation, or sale of all or substantially all of our assets. This concentrated control could delay, defer, or prevent a change of control, merger, consolidation, or sale of all or substantially all of our assets that our other shareholders support, or conversely this concentrated control could result in the consummation of such a transaction that our other shareholders do not support. This concentrated control could also discourage a potential investor from acquiring our common stock due to the limited voting power of such stock. As a board member and officer, Mr. Wang owes a fiduciary duty to our shareholders and must act in good faith in a manner he reasonably believes to be in the best interests of our shareholders. As a shareholder, even a controlling shareholder, Mr. Wang is entitled to vote his shares, and shares over which he has voting control, in his own interests, which may not always be in the interests of our shareholders.

Failure to adequately protect our intellectual property rights may undermine our competitive position, and litigation to protect our intellectual property rights may be costly.

We rely primarily on trade secrets and other contractual restrictions to protect our intellectual property. We have not registered or applied for protections for most of our intellectual property or proprietary technologies relating to the formulations of nutritional supplements that we produce. To protect our proprietary technology and processes, we also rely in part on nondisclosure agreements with our employees, licensing partners, third-party producers, consultants, agents and other organizations to which we disclose our proprietary information. The actions we have taken to protect our intellectual property rights may not be adequate to provide us with meaningful protection or commercial advantage. As a result, third parties may use the intellectual property or proprietary technologies that we have developed and compete with us, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and operating results.

PRC intellectual property-related laws and their implementation are still under development. Accordingly, intellectual property rights and confidentiality protections in China may not be as effective as in the United States or many other countries. In addition, policing unauthorized use of proprietary technology can be difficult and expensive. Litigation may be necessary to enforce our intellectual property rights and the outcome of any such litigation may not be in our favor. Given the relative unpredictability of China’s legal system and potential difficulties enforcing a court judgment in China, there is no guarantee that we would be able to halt the unauthorized use of our intellectual property through litigation in a timely manner or at all. Furthermore, any such litigation may be costly and may divert management attention away from our business and cause us to expend significant resources. An adverse determination in any such litigation will impair our intellectual property rights and may harm our business, prospects and reputation. In addition, we have no insurance coverage against litigation costs and would have to bear all costs arising from such litigation to the extent we are unable to recover them from other parties. The occurrence of any of the foregoing could have a material adverse impact on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We may be exposed to infringement or misappropriation claims by third parties, which, if determined adversely against us, could disrupt our business and subject us to significant liability to third parties.

Our success largely depends on our ability to use and develop our know-how and product formulations without infringing upon the intellectual property rights of third parties. We may be subject to litigation involving claims of infringement or violation of other intellectual property rights of third parties. The holders of patents and other intellectual property rights potentially relevant to our product offerings may be unknown to us or may otherwise make it difficult for us to acquire a license on commercially acceptable terms.

There may also be technologies licensed to and relied on by us that are subject to infringement or other corresponding allegations or claims by others which could damage our ability to rely on such technologies. In addition, although we endeavor to ensure that companies that work with us possess appropriate intellectual property rights or licenses, we cannot fully avoid the risks of intellectual property rights infringement created by suppliers of raw materials used in our products, our third-party producers, or by companies with which we work in cooperative research and development activities. Our current or potential competitors, many of which have substantial resources and have made substantial investments in competing technologies, may have obtained or may obtain patents that will prevent, limit or interfere with our ability to make, use or sell our products in China or other countries. The defense of intellectual property claims, including patent infringement suits, and related legal and administrative proceedings can be both costly and time-consuming, and may significantly divert the efforts and resources of our technical and management personnel. Furthermore, an adverse determination in any such litigation or proceeding to which we may become a party could cause us to:

These factors could effectively prevent us from pursuing some or all of our business and result in our customers or potential customers deferring, canceling or limiting their purchase or use of our products, which could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.

We or the third parties upon whom we depend may be adversely affected by health epidemics, including the recent COVID-19 outbreak or other natural disasters.

With the outbreak of a novel strain of the coronavirus (COVID-19)which has spread rapidly in China and many parts of the world, including the U.S. In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 a pandemic. The pandemic has resulted in quarantines, travel restrictions, and the temporary closure of office buildings and facilities in China and in the U.S.

Substantially all of our own product sales revenues are generated in China and all of our OEM and packaging products revenues are generated in the U.S. Consequently, our results of operations have been and may continuously be adversely, and may be materially, affected, to the extent that the COVID-19 or any other epidemic harms the Chinese and U.S. economy. Any future potential impact to our results will depend on, to a large extent, future developments and new information that may emerge regarding the duration and severity of the COVID-19 pandemic and the actions taken by government authorities and other entities to contain the COVID-19 pandemic or treat its impact, almost all of which are beyond our control. Potential impacts include, but are not limited to, the following:

Our results of operations for year ended of December 31, 2021 have been negatively impacted. Because of the uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, the financial impact and response to the coronavirus cannot be reasonably estimated at this time, but our results for the first quarter of and full year 2022 may be adversely affected. We expect our total revenues in the first quarter of 2022 to decrease year over year, and there is no guarantee that our total revenues will grow or remain at the similar level year over year in the next three quarters of 2022.

In addition, our corporate headquarters is located in Los Angeles, which has in the past experienced severe earthquakes and other natural disasters. Consequently, if any natural disasters, health epidemics or other public safety concerns were to affect cities and regions that we have operations or cause travel restriction in such regions, our operation may experience material disruptions, which may materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

In general, our business could be adversely affected by the effects of epidemics, including, but not limited to, the COVID-19 pandemic, avian influenza, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), the influenza A virus, Ebola virus, severe weather conditions such as a snowstorm, flood, fires or hazardous air pollution, or other disasters. In response, government and other organizations may adopt regulations and policies that could lead to severe disruption to our daily operations, including temporary closure of our offices and other facilities. These severe conditions may cause us and/or our partners to make internal adjustments, including but not limited to, temporarily closing down business, limiting business hours, and setting restrictions on travel and/or visits with clients and partners for a prolonged period of time. These conditions may cause business disruption, resulting in material, adverse impact to our financial condition and results of operations.

Risks Related to Doing Business in China

Adverse changes in political and economic policies of the PRC government could impede the overall economic growth of China, which could reduce the demand for our products and damage our business.

We generate most of the sales of our nutritional and beauty products in China. Accordingly, our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects are affected significantly by economic, political and legal developments in China. The PRC economy differs from the economies of most developed countries in many respects, including:

As the PRC economy has been transitioning from a planned economy to a more market-oriented economy, the PRC government has implemented various measures to encourage economic growth and guide the allocation of resources. While these measures may benefit the overall PRC economy, they may also have a negative effect on us.

Although the PRC government has in recent years implemented measures emphasizing the utilization of market forces for economic reform, the PRC government continues to exercise substantial control over virtually every sector of the PRC economy through the allocation of resources, controlling payment of foreign currency-denominated obligations, setting monetary policy and imposing policies that impact particular industries or companies in different ways. Our ability to sell our products in China may be harmed by changes in PRC laws and regulations, including those relating to how we conduct our business, taxation, import and export tariffs, environmental regulations, land use rights, property and other matters. We believe that our business in China are in material compliance with all applicable legal and regulatory requirements. However, the central or local governments of the jurisdictions in which we operate may impose new, stricter regulations or interpretations of existing regulations that would require additional expenditures and efforts on our part to ensure our compliance with such regulations or interpretations. Accordingly, government actions in the future, including any decision not to continue to support recent economic reforms and to return to a more centrally planned economy or regional or local variations in the implementation of economic policies, could have a significant adverse effect on economic conditions in China or particular regions thereof and could negatively impact our sales in China.

If we are found to have failed to comply with applicable laws, we may incur additional expenditures or be subject to significant fines and penalties.

Our sales in the PRC are subject to certain PRC laws and regulations applicable to us. However, many PRC laws and regulations are uncertain in their scope, and the implementation of such laws and regulations in different localities could have significant differences. In certain instances, local implementation rules and/or the actual implementation are not necessarily consistent with the regulations at the national level. Although we strive to comply with all the applicable PRC laws and regulations, we cannot assure you that the relevant PRC government authorities will not later determine that we have not been in compliance with certain laws or regulations.

Inflation in China and measures to contain inflation could negatively affect our operations and growth.

While the PRC economy has experienced rapid growth, such growth has been uneven among various sectors of the economy and in different geographical areas of the country. Rapid economic growth can lead to growth in the money supply and rising inflation. If prices for our products rise at a rate that is insufficient to compensate for the rise in our costs, our business may be materially and adversely affected. In order to control inflation in the past, the PRC government has imposed controls on bank credits, limits on loans for fixed assets and restrictions on state bank lending. If imposed in the future, such austerity measures or other measures could lead to a slowing of economic growth. A slowdown in the PRC economy could also materially and adversely affect our business and prospects.

If relations between the U.S. and China worsen, our business could be adversely affected by the trade war and investors may be unwilling to hold or buy our stock and our stock price may decrease.

At various times during recent years, the U.S. and China have had significant disagreements over political and economic issues. Controversies may arise in the future between these two countries. Any political or trade controversies between the U.S. and China, whether or not directly related to our business, could reduce the price of our common stock. These controversies also could make it more difficult for us to sell our products to our customers in China. The international trade policies of China and the U.S. could adversely affect our business, and the imposition of trade sanctions relating to import and export of goods, taxes, tariffs and duties and other charges on imports from China or exports to China. Due to an increase in tariffs imposed by China on products from U.S., some of our customers might seek alternatives, which could have negative impact on our sales as we mainly sell our own products to customers in China. In order to avoid these new tariffs, the market has shifted towards an uncertain era including sourcing from other countries. Our sales during this stage may also be negatively impacted by this shift in behavior.

Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments.

None.

Item 2. Description of Property

We rented the following properties for the year ended December 31, 2021:

California offices and warehouse

Nevada manufacturing facility (Terminated on May 31, 2021)

New York training center

We believe our current facilities, including warehousing facilities, are fully suitable and adequate for our business.

We do not intend to renovate, improve, or develop properties. We are not subject to competitive conditions for property. We have no policy with respect to investments in real estate or interests in real estate, and no policy with respect to investments in real estate mortgages. Further, we have no policy with respect to investments in securities of or interests in persons primarily engaged in real estate activities.

Item 3. Legal Proceedings

From time to time, we may be subject to legal proceedings and claims in the ordinary course of business. We are not currently a party to any material legal proceedings, and to our knowledge none is threatened. There can be no assurance that future legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of business or otherwise will not have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

Not applicable.

PART II

Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

Market Information

Our common stock is qualified for quotation on the OTCQB Market under the symbol “EWLU.”

On February 28, 2018, we up-listed our trading market from the OTC Pink Open Market to the OTCQB Market.  The following table sets forth the quarterly high and low sales prices of a share of our common stock as reported by OTCQB Market for the periods indicated. These over-the-counter market quotations reflect inter-dealer prices, without retail mark-up, mark-down or commission and may not necessarily represent actual transactions.

Holders of Common Stock

As of April 8, 2022, there were 61,519,905 shares of our common stock issued and outstanding and there were approximately 5,144 shareholders of record of our common stock.

Dividends

We have never declared or paid any cash dividends on our common stock. For the foreseeable future, we intend to retain any earnings to finance the development and expansion of our business, and we do not anticipate paying any cash dividends on our common stock. Any future determination to pay dividends will be at the discretion of the Board of Directors and will be dependent upon then existing conditions, including our financial condition and results of operations, capital requirements, contractual restrictions, business prospects and other factors that the Board of Directors considers relevant.

There are no restrictions in our articles of incorporation or bylaws that prevent us from declaring dividends. The Nevada Revised Statutes, however, prohibit us from declaring dividends where, after giving effect to the distribution of the dividend:

Equity Compensation Plan Information

The following table provides information about our equity compensation plan as of December 31, 2021:

Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

None.  

Item 6. Selected Consolidated Financial Data

Not applicable.

Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation

The following discussion of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and the related notes, and other financial information included in this Form 10-K. 

Our Management’s Discussion and Analysis contains not only statements that are historical facts, but also statements that are forward-looking. Words such as “anticipates,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “predicts,” “potential,” “believes,” “seeks,” “hopes,” “estimates,” “should,” “may,” “will,” “with a view to” and variations of these words or similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Forward-looking statements are, by their very nature, uncertain and risky. These risks and uncertainties include international, national, and local general economic and market conditions; our ability to sustain, manage, or forecast growth; our ability to successfully make and integrate acquisitions; new product development and introduction; existing government regulations and changes in, or the failure to comply with, government regulations; adverse publicity; competition; the loss of significant customers or suppliers; fluctuations and difficulty in forecasting operating results; change in business strategy or development plans; business disruptions; the ability to attract and retain qualified personnel; the ability to protect technology; the risk of foreign currency exchange rates; and other risks that might be detailed from time to time in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Although the forward-looking statements in this Report reflect the good faith judgment of our management, such statements can only be based on facts and factors currently known by them. Consequently, and because forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties, the actual results and outcomes may differ materially from the results and outcomes discussed in the forward-looking statements. You are urged to carefully review and consider the various disclosures made by us in this report as we attempt to advise interested parties of the risks and factors that may affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations and prospects.

Overview

Our Company is a provider of health and nutritional supplements and personal care products. Currently, we are mainly selling our products over the internet directly to end-user customers through our website, at www.merionus.com, and to wholesale distributors through phone and electronic communication. Our major customers of our nutritional and beauty products are located in the Asian market, predominantly in the People’s Republic of China. Our major customers of our OEM and packaging products are located in the United States.

Since June 2014, we have been selling our products primarily over the internet directly to end-user customers and by phone/email orders directly to our wholesale distributors. Certain miscellaneous sales are made directly to customers who walk into the Company offices and customers who call the Company directly for products. We are now focusing on selling health and nutritional supplements and personal care products directly on the internet through our website at www.merionus.com and to our OEM and packaging customers. As of the date of this report, we market eight individual nutritional supplement products, three and five of which were introduced in 2018 and 2019 respectively, and one beauty product, which was also introduced in 2018, on our website. We are no longer selling similar products of third parties on our website.

In January 2018, we entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with SUSS Technology Corporation, a Nevada corporation (the “Seller”), pursuant to which the Seller agreed to sell to the Company substantially all of the assets associated with the Seller’s manufacture of dietary supplements (the “Nevada Factory”) for an aggregate purchase price (the “Purchase Price”) of $1,000,000 and 333,334 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Purchase Shares”) valued at $320,000. The Seller was one of our major suppliers during the year ended December 31, 2017. Upon purchasing these assets from the Seller, we started to manufacture some of the nutritional supplements that we sold until May 2021. In May 2021, we determined that it would be more beneficial to outsource to third-party manufacturers the production of our branded and OEM products rather than manufacturing through our Nevada Factory. As a result, we disposed of our factory machinery and terminated our Nevada Factory lease in May 2021. As we have significant continuing involvement in the sale of our branded and OEM products through our third-party manufacturers, this restructuring did not constitute a strategic shift that will have a major effect on our operations and financial results. Therefore, the results of operations for our Nevada Factory were not reported as discontinued operations under the guidance of FASB ASC 205.  

In January 2018, we introduced a new beauty product, Noir Naturel, a gentle formula for grey coverage from the first application into hair care.

In September 2018, we introduced three different types of natural aphrodisiac supplements, Viwooba (1-3) for men that may support kidney health, improve immunity, enhance physical fitness, eliminate fatigue, improve sexual desire and enhance body energy, strength and sexual ability.

In March 2019, we introduced 1) Lady-S, a female dietary supplement that may assist with weight loss, 2) Gold King, a nutritional supplement that may provide antioxidant support and liver health, 3) New Power, a nutritional supplement that may support heart health, and 4) Taibao, a nutritional supplement that may enhance physical performance and energy metabolism.

In December 2019, we introduced ReMage Power, a nutritional supplement that may provide anti-aging Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD)+ support and promote energy & cell metabolism.

On June 11, 2021, our Board of Directors approved a 1-for-3 reverse stock split of our common stock. On July 27, 2021, we filed a Certificate of Change with the State of Nevada (the “Certificate”) to effect a 1-for-3 reverse stock split of our authorized shares of common stock, par value $0.001 (the “Common Stock”), accompanied by a corresponding decrease in our issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock (the “Reverse Stock Split”), effective upon filing.  Following the Reverse Stock Split, the number of authorized shares of Common Stock was reduced from 1,000,000,000 to 333,333,333.   All shares and per share amounts (except for par value amount) used herein and in the accompanying financial statements have been retroactively restated to reflect the 1-for-3 Reverse Stock Split.

Principal Factors Affecting Our Financial Performance

We believe consumers have become more confident in ordering products like ours over the internet. However, the nutritional supplement and skin care products e-commerce markets have been, and continue to be, increasingly competitive and are rapidly evolving due to the reasons discussed below.

Barriers to entry are minimal in the nutritional supplement and skin care businesses, and current and new competitors can launch new websites at a relatively low cost. Many competitors in this area have greater financial, technical and marketing resources than we do. Continued advancement in e-commerce, and increased access to online shopping, is paving the way for growth in direct marketing. We also face competition for consumers from retailers, duty-free retailers, specialty stores, department stores and specialty and general merchandise catalogs, many of which have greater financial and marketing resources than we have. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we believe that we are well-positioned within the Asian consumer market with our current plan of supplying American merchandise to consumers in Asia. There can be no assurance that we will maintain or increase our competitive position or that we will continue to provide only American-made merchandise.

As COVID-19 has limited the global travels, transportation, and import and export of goods, we focused more on our local OEM and packaging business and it has become our major revenue source in fiscal year 2021. We manufactured these products through our Nevada Factory prior to May 2021 and subsequently we purchase the raw material for the products and outsource to the third-party manufacturers and packaging companies to produce and pack these products for our customers after we closed our Nevada Factory in May 2021. The loss of one or more of our U.S. OEM and packaging customers would result in a significant loss of sales and have a negative effect on our operations.

For the wholesale and retail customers who are looking for private label products, we provide our own formulas, purchase raw material and contract third party manufacturers to produce products. For the customers who have their own formulas, we purchase raw materials and outsource to the third-party manufacturers and packing companies for their products.

Our products are sensitive to business and personal discretionary spending levels, and demand tends to decline or grow more slowly during economic downturns, including downturns in any of our major markets. The global economy is currently undergoing a period of downturn due to COVID-19, and the future economic environment continues to remain uncertain. This has led, and could further lead, to reduced consumer spending, which may include spending on nutritional and beauty products and other discretionary items. The increase of trade tensions between US and China and the COVID-19 pandemic have and might continue to have negative impacts on our business. The reduced consumer spending may force us and our competitors to lower prices. These conditions may adversely affect our revenues and results of operations.

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

At the end of 2019, there was an outbreak of a novel strain of coronavirus (COVID-19) which has spread rapidly to many parts of China and other parts of the world, including the U.S. In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. The pandemic has resulted in quarantines, travel restrictions, and the temporary closure of office buildings and facilities in China and in the U.S. The economic impact of the coronavirus or COVID-19 in both China and the U.S have significantly impacted our business and results of operations.

Our headquarters are located in California and were closed from March 19, 2020 to June 9, 2020. Due to the surge of COVID-19 cases in California, our offices were closed again from July 16, 2020 to September 16, 2020 and our employees worked remotely from home during these periods. Our offices have been reopened since September 16, 2020. Substantially all of our product sales revenues are generated in China and all of our OEM and packaging revenues are generated in the U.S. Consequently, our results of operations have been and will continue to be materially adversely affected, to the extent that the pandemic harms the Chinese and U.S. economies. Any potential impact to our results will depend on, to a large extent, future developments and new information that may emerge regarding the duration and severity of the pandemic and new variants, efficacy and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines and the actions taken by government authorities and other entities in China and U.S. to contain COVID-19 or treat its impact, almost all of which are beyond our control.

Although we expect that our health supplement products and our OEM/packaging services will still be in demand due to awareness of the importance of health growing along with the realities of COVID-19, the global economy has been and may continue to be negatively affected by COVID-19 and there is continued uncertainty about the duration and intensity of the impact of COVID-19. Many of our customers are individuals and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which may not have strong cash flows or be well capitalized, and may be vulnerable to a pandemic outbreak and slowing macroeconomic conditions. If the SMEs cannot weather the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting economic impact, or cannot resume business as usual after a prolonged outbreak, our revenues and business operations may be materially and adversely impacted.

While the potential economic impact brought by, and the duration of, COVID-19 may be difficult to assess or predict, a widespread pandemic could result in significant disruption of global financial markets, reducing the Company’s ability to access capital, which could negatively affect the Company’s liquidity.

Substantially all of our revenues are concentrated in the United States. Consequently, the COVID-19 outbreak has and may continue to materially adversely affect our business operations, financial condition and operating results, including but not limited to the material negative impact to the sourcing of raw materials and delivery of our products, revenues and collection of accounts receivable and any additional bad debt expense. The situation remains highly uncertain for any further outbreak or resurgence of the COVID-19, new variants and the efficacy and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines. It is therefore difficult for the Company to estimate the impact on our business or operating results that might be adversely affected by any further outbreak or resurgence of COVID-19 for 2022.

In addition, due to COVID-19 spreading around the world and some of the raw materials to produce our products are sourced from outside of the United States, the suppliers have been and might continue to be negatively impacted due to supply chain disruption, increased shipping costs and shortage of raw materials. Consequently, the COVID-19 outbreak has and may continue to materially adversely affect the Company’s business operations, financial condition and operating results for 2022, including but not limited to the shortage of raw materials, delay of shipment, and increased prices for the Company’s products manufactured by our suppliers.

The Company started to recover as total revenues for the years ended December 31, 2021 were higher as compared to the same period of 2020. Because of the uncertainty surrounding COVID-19, the financial impact for 2022 cannot be reasonably estimated at this time.

Looking ahead, we understand that these unprecedented times will have a financial impact on some of our customers, and might potentially cause us loss of certain existing customers. Our plan has been to promote the awareness of the importance of health and our health supplement products, which in turn might build sales with new customers to offset the loss of any of our existing customers.

As COVID-19 continues to impact global business, the U.S. government established relief programs for small business such as the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) and the Economic Injury Disaster Loan program (“EIDL”). In 2020, we received a PPP loan of $131,100 and EIDL loan of $150,000 to help fund our operation in 2020. The PPP loan was fully forgiven by the SBA administration in January 2021.

On February 2, 2021, the Company received loan proceeds of $137,792 under the U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) second round of Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) to help fund our operations in 2021. The PPP loan was fully forgiven by the SBA administration in October 2021.

Results of Operations

Comparison of the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

Total sales increased by approximately $1,042,000 or 237.3%, from approximately $439,000 in the year ended December 31, 2020 to approximately $1,481,000 in the year ended December 31, 2021. The increase of sales was mainly due to the OEM contracts that the Company signed in 2020 and we fulfilled approximately $1.3 million of the orders during the year ended December 31, 2021 with approximately $0.9 million unfilled as of December 31, 2021

The cost of sales increased by approximately $581,000, or 127.8%, from approximately $454,000 in the year ended December 31, 2020 to approximately $1,035,000 in the year ended December 31, 2021. The increase of cost of sales was in line with the increase of revenue as we fulfilled our OEM orders during the year ended December 31, 2021.

Our overall gross margin (loss) percentage increased from a gross loss of approximately (3.5)% in the year ended December 31, 2020 to a gross margin of approximately 30.1% in the year ended December 31, 2021, mainly due to the increase of sales in the year ended December 31, 2021 as compared to the same period in 2020. We had more sales to absorb our fixed production costs during the year ended December 31, 2021 as our products normally have high gross margins.  In May 2021, we determined that it is more beneficial to outsource to third-party manufacturers the production of our branded and OEM products rather than manufacturing through our Nevada Factory. As a result, we closed our Nevada Factory, disposed its assets and terminated its lease in May 2021, which also contributed to a higher gross margin in 2021 because we had more idle manufacturing capacity cost for our Nevada factory during the same period in 2020 which had driven down our gross margin. 

Our product sales decreased by approximately $27,000, or 38.0% from $69,735 for the year ended December 31, 2020 to $43,217 for the year ended December 31, 2021.  The gross margin percentage decreased from approximately 48.8% in the year ended December 31, 2020 to approximately 30.7% in the year ended December 31, 2021. The reason for the decrease of gross margin percentage was due to providing more discounts to our customers during the year ended December 31, 2021 on some of our products that were closer to the expiration date as compared to the same period in 2020.

Our OEM and packaging sales increased by approximately $1,069,000, or 289.3% from approximately $369,000 for the year ended December 31, 2020 to approximately $1,438,000 for the year ended December 31, 2021. The gross margin percentage increased from approximately 29.2% in the year ended December 31, 2020 to approximately 31.2% in the year ended December 31, 2021. For the year ended December 31, 2021, we fulfilled our OEM orders with normal gross margin because we are no longer required to absorb our fixed production costs after the closing of our factory in Nevada in May 2021. During the year ended December 31, 2020, we had manufacturing overhead costs for our OEM and packaging sales including labor hours being allocated to such production, which we didn’t have during the majority of the year ended December 31, 2021. As a result, our OEM and packaging sales gross margin percentage increased by 2.0% during the year ended December 31, 2021 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2020.

Selling expenses increased from approximately $48,000 in the year ended December 31, 2020 to approximately $83,000 in the year ended December 31, 2021. The increase of approximately $35,000, or 72.2%, was mainly due to the increase of approximately $10,000 of sales department salaries as we transferred our factory employees to be our sales representatives after closing our Nevada factory in May 2021, the increase of approximately $46,000 of shipping and packing expenses as we had more OEM orders that required packing and shipping services, offset by the decrease of approximately $21,000 of advertising and marketing expenses and other selling expenses.

General and administrative (“G&A”) expenses decreased by approximately $74,000 from approximately $1,345,000 in the year ended December 31, 2020 to approximately $1,272,000 in the year ended December 31, 2021. The decrease was mainly attributable to the decrease of approximately $29,000 of bad debt expense, a decrease of approximately $54,000 contractor expense and the decrease of approximately $21,000 salary and employee benefit expenses as we closed our Nevada factory in May 2021. The decrease was offset by the increase of approximately $29,000 in professional fees, such as attorney fees, auditor fees and consulting fees.

Stock compensation expenses decreased by approximately $241,000 during the year ended December 31, 2021 compared to the same period in 2020. Approximately $180,000 and $296,000, related to the amortization of the value of 766,668 shares of restricted common stock issued to three employees for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, which all had a vesting period of three years and were fully vested as of July 2021.

The loss on disposal of equipment increased by approximately $285,000 from a gain of $16,000 in the year ended December 31, 2020 to a loss of $268,800 in the year ended December 31, 2021. The decrease was mainly due to the Company disposing of its machinery in the Nevada factory for $7,700 which resulted $268,800 of loss on disposal of equipment in May 2021.

Other income (expense) increased by approximately $166,000 from  an expense of approximately $(4,000) in the year ended December 31, 2020 to approximately $162,000 in the year ended December 31, 2021, mainly due to the decrease of interest expenses of approximately $143,000 incurred from a third party and related parties interest bearing loans that were transferred to DW Food California Food Distribution LLC, a related party, through a debt sale agreement in December 2020 and subsequently paid with shares of the Company’s common stock in December 2020.  The increase of other income was also due to a $25,000 California Small Business COVID-19 Relief Grant that we received in May 2021. 

Net loss decreased by approximately $622,000 from approximately $1.8 million in the year ended December 31, 2020 to approximately $1.2 million in the year ended December 31, 2021, mainly due to the reasons discussed above.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

As of December 31, 2021, we had a cash balance of approximately $900, compared to a cash balance of approximately $10,000 at December 31, 2020.

In assessing our liquidity, we monitor and analyze our cash on-hand and our operating and capital expenditure commitments. Our liquidity needs are to meet our working capital requirements, operating expenses and capital expenditure obligations. Other than operating expenses and current liabilities of approximately $1.4 million, the Company does not have significant cash commitments. Cash requirements include cash needed for purchase of inventory, payroll, payroll taxes, rent, and other operating expenses. However, in response to the liquidity factors described above, the Company has continued to find ways to reduce its operating expenses. In addition, should our Company need funds, our principal shareholder and Chief Executive and Financial Officer Mr. Dinghua Wang may lend additional money to the Company from time to time to the extent he is in a position and willing to do so. No assurance can be provided that he will continue to lend funds to the Company in the future. 

Management has concluded under U.S. GAAP that there is substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern as a result of our lack of significant revenue and sufficient working capital. If we are unable to generate significant revenue or secure financing, we may be required to cease or limit our operations. Our financial statements do not include adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

For the year ended December 31, 2021, cash used in operating activities amounted to approximately $216,000 as compared to approximately $990,000 used in operating activities in the same period in 2020. Cash used in operating activities for the year ended December 31, 2021 was primarily the result of our approximately $1.2 million net loss, the non-cash adjustment of approximately $138,000 for the gain on forgiveness of loan payable, and the payment of lease liabilities of approximately $162,000. This amount was partially offset by the non-cash expense of approximately $180,000 in stock based compensation, approximately $38,000 of depreciation expenses, approximately $214,000 in amortization of operating leases right-of-use assets and approximately $269,000 of loss on disposal of equipment, the decrease of accounts receivable of approximately $50,000, the decrease of inventories of approximately $52,000, the decrease of prepaid expenses approximately $113,000 as we realized our prepaid inventory purchases to fulfill our OEM orders and the increase of accounts payable and accrued expenses of approximately $111,000 and the increase of deferred revenue of approximately $246,000 as we still have some OEM backlog orders to be fulfilled.

For the year ended December 31, 2021, investing activities provided $7,700 in cash received from the sale of machinery in our Nevada factory. 

For the year ended December 31, 2021, financing activities provided approximately $200,000 as compared to approximately $990,000 during the year ended December 31, 2020. Net cash received in the year ended December 31, 2021 includes approximately $138,000 from the second round of the SBA PPP loan that was forgiven in October 2021, and approximately $103,000 from a loan from our principal shareholder and Chief Executive and Financial Officer, Mr. Dinghua Wang partially offset by our repayment of approximately $24,000 to Mr. Dinghua Wang and approximately $17,000 of principal payments for long-term debt.

The material terms of the loans from Mr. Dinghua Wang, certain related parties and certain unaffiliated third parties are set forth in Note 6 and Note 7 of the accompanying notes to financial statements.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We do not have any off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources that is material to our stockholders.

Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Not applicable. 

Item 8. Financial Statements

INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

/s/ Wei, Wei & Co., LLP

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2017.

Flushing, New York

April 8, 2022

PCAOB ID: 2388

MERION, INC. 

BALANCE SHEETS 

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*Giving retroactive effect to the 1-for-3 reverse stock split effected on July 27, 2021.    

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. 

MERION, INC. 

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS  

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020

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*Giving retroactive effect to the 1-for-3 reverse stock split effected on July 27, 2021.   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. 

MERION, INC. 

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS' DEFICIT 

For the Years Ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

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*Giving retroactive effect to the 1-for-3 reverse stock split effected on July 27, 2021.             

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. 

MERION, INC. 

STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS 

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. 

MERION, INC.

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Note 1 – Organization 

Merion, Inc. (the “Company”), a Nevada corporation, was formed on February 4, 2011. Its predecessor, E-World USA Holding, Inc., was a California company incorporated in 2007 (“E-World CA”). In April 2011, E-World CA entered into a merger agreement with its wholly-owned subsidiary, E-World USA Holding, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“E-World NV”) that was the survivor of the merger and became the Company. Under the Merger Agreement, the Company issued 30,000,000 shares of its common stock on a one for one basis for each share of E-World CA’s common stock issued and outstanding at the date of the merger. In addition, the Company issued Type A Warrants and Type B Warrants in exchange for comparable warrants issued and outstanding of E-World CA at the date of the merger. On June 27, 2017, the Company filed an amendment to its Articles of Incorporation with the Secretary of State for the State of Nevada to change its name from E-World NV to Merion, Inc.

The Company is a provider of health and nutritional supplements and personal care products currently sold on the internet through its website, at www.merionus.com, and to wholesale distributors. The Company also provides Original Equipment Manufacturer (“OEM”) and packaging services of hard capsules, tablets, solid beverage (sachet packaging), teabags, powder, granules, dietary supplements for export, softgel capsules and health food.

In May 2021, the Company decided to outsource to third-party manufacturers the production of its branded and OEM products rather than manufacturing through its Nevada factory.  As a result, the Company disposed of its machinery and terminated its Nevada factory lease in May 2021.  As the Company has significant continuing involvement in the sale of its branded and OEM products through its third-party manufacturers, this restructuring did not constitute a strategic shift that will have a major effect on the Company’s operations and financial results. Therefore, the results of operations for its Nevada factory were not reported as discontinued operations under the guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Section 205.

Note 2 – Going Concern

Management has determined there is substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern as a result of our lack of significant revenues, significant recurring losses, and negative working capital. If we are unable to generate significant revenue or secure additional financing, we may be required to cease or curtail our operations. Our financial statements do not include adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

Management is trying to alleviate the going concern risk by: engaging external sales representatives to sell the Company’s products, investigating and securing various financing resources, including but not limited to borrowing from the Company’s major shareholder, private placements, and the possibility of raising funds through a future public offering.

Note 3 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

These financial statements have been presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”).

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Significant accounting estimates reflected in the Company’s financial statements include the useful lives of property and equipment, the collectability of receivables, the valuation of inventory and impairment of long-lived assets. The inputs into the Company’s judgments and estimates consider the economic implications of COVID-19 on the Company’s critical and significant accounting estimates. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Cash and cash equivalents

The Company considers all highly liquid investments purchased with an original maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents. Cash and cash equivalents are comprised primarily of money market accounts and foreign and domestic bank accounts. To reduce its credit risk, the Company monitors the credit standing of the financial institutions that hold the Company’s cash and cash equivalents.

Accounts Receivable

Trade accounts receivable are periodically evaluated for collectability based on credit history with customers and their current financial condition. Bad debt expense or write-offs of receivables are determined on the basis of loss experience, known and inherent risks in the receivable portfolio, and current economic conditions.

The accounts receivable balance and allowance for doubtful accounts are as follows:

Movement of the allowance for doubtful accounts is as follows:

Inventories

Inventories are valued at the lower of cost (determined on a first-in, first-out basis) or net realizable value. Inventory consists of nutritional products, beauty products, and raw materials to be used by the Company’s third party manufacturers. Management reviews inventory on hand for estimated obsolescence or unmarketable items, as compared to future demand requirements and the shelf life of the various products. Based on the review, the Company records inventory write-downs, when necessary, when costs exceed expected net realizable value. The inventories’ shelf lives are approximately 3 years. For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company recognized $6,908 and $49,358, respectively, of inventory obsolescence reserves or write-downs.

Property and Equipment, net

Property and equipment are stated at cost, net of accumulated depreciation. Upon disposition, the cost and related accumulated depreciation and amortization is removed from the books, and any resulting gain or loss is included in operations. The Company provides depreciation and amortization using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of various classes as follows:

Repairs and maintenance are charged to operations when incurred while betterments and renewals are capitalized.

Right-of-use Asset and Lease Liabilities

The Company utilizes the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2016-02 “Leases (Topic 842).” for all periods presented.  This standard requires lessees to recognize lease assets (“right of use”) and related lease obligations (“lease liabilities”) on the balance sheet for leases with terms in excess of 12 months.

Long-Lived Assets

Long-lived assets, including property, equipment, and right-of-use-assets with finite lives, are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances (such as a significant adverse change to market conditions that will impact the future use of the assets) indicate that the carrying value of an asset may not be recoverable. The Company assesses the recoverability of the assets based on the undiscounted future cash flows the assets are expected to generate and recognizes an impairment loss when estimated discounted future cash flows expected to result from the use of the asset plus net proceeds expected from disposition of the asset, if any, are less than the carrying value of the asset. When the Company identifies an impairment, the Company reduces the carrying amount of the asset to its estimated fair value based on a discounted cash flow approach or, when available and appropriate, to comparable market values. Management reviewed the impact of COVID-19 and the related disruptions on the Company’s operating results, and based upon potential orders, it believes that currently there was no impairment during the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020.

Deferred Revenue

Deferred revenue represents payments advanced by customers on specified product orders or on future orders that have not been shipped as of the balance sheet date. Deferred revenue also represents shipping fee deposits advanced by customers in relation to the unshipped product orders. Deferred revenue is reduced when the related sale is recognized in accordance with the Company’s revenue recognition policy.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The FASB accounting standards codification (“ASC”), FASB ASC 825 Financial Instruments, requires that the Company discloses estimated fair values of financial instruments.

As defined in ASC 820 Fair Value Measurement, fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (exit price). The Company utilizes the market data of similar entities in its industry or assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, including assumptions about risk and the risks inherent in the inputs to the valuation technique. These inputs can be readily observable, market corroborated, or generally unobservable. The Company classifies fair value balances based on the observability of those inputs. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (level 1 measurement) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (level 3 measurement).

The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are as follows:

Revenue Recognition

The Company’s revenue is recognized based on the amount of consideration the Company expects to receive in exchange for satisfying the performance obligations in accordance with ASC 606 Revenue from Contracts with Customers.

The core principle underlying the revenue recognition is that the Company will recognize revenue to represent the transfer of goods and services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the Company expects to be entitled in such exchange. This requires the Company to identify contractual performance obligations and determine whether revenue should be recognized at a point in time or over time, based on when control of goods and services transfers to a customer. The Company’s revenue streams are recognized at a point in time, based on when control of goods and services transfers to a customer and there are no remaining performance obligations under the contract.

ASC 606 requires the use of a new five-step model to recognize revenue from customer contracts. The five-step model requires that the Company (i) identify the contract with the customer, (ii) identify the performance obligations in the contract, (iii) determine the transaction price, including variable consideration to the extent that it is probable that a significant future reversal will not occur, (iv) allocate the transaction price to the respective performance obligations in the contract, and (v) recognize revenue when (or as) the Company satisfies each performance obligation.

The Company accounts for a contract with a customer when the contract is committed in writing, the rights of the parties, including payment terms, are identified, the contract has commercial substance and consideration is probable of collection.

The Company derives its revenues from sales contracts with its customers with revenues being recognized upon delivery of products. Persuasive evidence of an arrangement is demonstrated via sales contracts and invoices; and the sales price to the customer is fixed upon acceptance of the sales contract. Sales rebates or discounts are recognized as a reduction of revenue when the sale is made. The Company recognizes revenue when control of the goods is transferred upon shipment to the customer by the Company and collectability of payment is reasonably assured. These revenues are recognized at a point in time after all performance obligations are satisfied.

The Company also recognizes revenue on shipping and handling fees charged to the Company’s customers. Shipping and handling fee revenue is recognized when products have been delivered at a point in time. Shipping and handling fee revenues totaled $10,430 and $1,288 for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

Product returns are allowed for unopened products purchased under regular sales terms within 60 days. Allowances for product returns are provided at the time the sale is recorded using historic return rates for each country and the relevant return pattern. Historically the Company has a return rate of nearly zero. Accordingly, the allowance as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 is estimated at $0.

In addition to the Company’s 60-day return policy, the Company, at its discretion, may accept a customer’s application for a buy-back of products previously sold within one year at 90% of the original product’s cost less commissions and shipping costs. To date, the Company has not received any buy-back applications. As a result, no allowance for buy-backs had been recorded as of December 31, 2021 and 2020.

The majority of the Company’s product sales are generated from China and all of the Company’s OEM and packaging sales are generated from the United States.

Shipping and Handling Expenses

Shipping and handling costs incurred by the Company are included in selling expenses and totaled $27,443 and $13,617 for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

Income Taxes

The Company utilizes ASC 740 Income Taxes, which requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of events that have been included in the financial statements or tax returns. Under this method, deferred income taxes are recognized for the tax consequences in future years of differences between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their financial reporting amounts at each period end based on enacted tax laws and statutory tax rates applicable to the periods in which the differences are expected to affect taxable income. Deferred taxes are also recognized for net operating losses that can be carried forward. A valuation allowance is established, when necessary, to reduce net deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized.

Reverse Stock Split

On June 11, 2021, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a 1-for-3 reverse stock split of the Company’s common stock and filed on July 27, 2021, a Certificate of Change with the State of Nevada effective upon filing (see Note 11).  All share and per share amounts (except for par value amount) used herein and in the accompanying financial statements have been retroactively restated to reflect this reverse stock split.

Basic and Diluted Earnings (Loss) Per Share

Generally accepted accounting principles regarding earnings per share (“EPS”) require presentation of basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share in conjunction with the disclosure of the methodology used in computing such earnings (loss) per share.

Basic earnings (loss) per share is computed by dividing net income (loss) available to common stockholders by the weighted average of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per share takes into account the potential dilution that could occur if securities or other contracts to issue common stock were exercised and converted into common stock. These common stock equivalents are not included when the Company has a loss because they would be anti-dilutive.

766,668 shares of vested but unissued common stock are included in the basic and diluted EPS calculation for the year ended December 31, 2021.  

Concentration of Credit Risk

Financial instruments

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk are cash and accounts receivable arising from its normal business activities. The Company maintains balances at financial institutions which, from time to time, may exceed Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) insured limits for the banks located in the United States. The Company had no uninsured balances as of December 31, 2021.

Major Customers and Suppliers

For the year ended December 31, 2021, one customer accounted for approximately 87% of the Company’s sales and for the year ended December 31, 2020, one customer accounted for approximately 56% of the Company’s sales.

As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, one customer accounted for approximately 100% and 82% of the Company’s accounts receivable, respectively.

For the year ended December 31, 2021, three suppliers accounted for 69% (35%, 23% and 11%) of the Company’s product purchases and for the year ended December 31, 2020, one supplier accounted for 72% of the Company’s product purchases.

Related Parties

A party is considered to be related to the Company if the party directly or indirectly or through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with the Company. Related parties also include principal owners of the Company, its management, members of the immediate families of principal owners of the Company and its management and other parties with which the Company may deal if one party controls or can significantly influence management or operating policies of the other to an extent that one of the transacting parties might be prevented from fully pursuing its own separate interests. A party which can significantly influence the management or operating policies of the transacting parties or if it has an ownership interest in one of the transacting parties and can significantly influence the other to an extent that one or more of the transacting parties might be prevented from fully pursuing its own separate interests is also a related party.

New Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-05, which is an update to ASU Update No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments—Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments, which introduced the expected credit losses methodology for the measurement of credit losses on financial assets measured at amortized cost basis, replacing the previous incurred loss methodology. The amendments in Update 2016-13 added Topic 326, Financial Instruments—Credit Losses, and made several consequential amendments to the Codification. The amendments in this update address those stakeholders’ concerns by providing an option to irrevocably elect the fair value option for certain financial assets previously measured at amortized cost basis. For those entities, the targeted transition relief will increase comparability of financial statement information by providing an option to align measurement methodologies for similar financial assets. Furthermore, the targeted transition relief also may reduce the costs for some entities to comply with the amendments in Update 2016-13 while still providing financial statement users with decision-useful information. In November 2019, the FASB issued ASU No. 2019-10, to update the effective date of ASU No. 2016-13 for private companies, not-for-profit organizations and certain smaller reporting companies applying this standard. The new effective date for these preparers is for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company has not early adopted this update and it will become effective on January 1, 2023 assuming the Company will remain eligible to be a smaller reporting company. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this new standard on the Company’s financial statements and related disclosures.

In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-12, “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes”. The amendments in this Update simplify the accounting for income taxes by removing certain exceptions to the general principles in Topic 740. The amendments also improve consistent application of and simplify GAAP for other areas of Topic 740 by clarifying and amending existing guidance. ASU 2019-12 was effective for the Company for annual and interim reporting periods beginning January 1, 2021. The adoption of this ASU on January 1, 2021 did not have any significant impact on Company’s financial statements and related disclosures.

The Company does not believe other recently issued but not yet effective accounting standards and updates, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the Company’s financial statements.

Note 4 – Inventories

Inventories consist of raw materials for production, work-in-progress and finished goods available for resale, and can be categorized as:

Note 5 – Property and Equipment

Property and equipment consist of the following:

Depreciation expense totaled $38,150 and $59,209 for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

In May 2021, the Company determined that it would outsource to the third-party manufacturers the production of its branded and OEM products rather than manufacturing through its Nevada factory.  As a result, the Company disposed of its machinery for $7,700 which resulted in $268,800 of loss on disposal of equipment for the year ended December 31, 2021. 

Note 6 – Debt

Loan payable - Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”)

On April 17, 2020, the Company received loan proceeds in the amount of approximately $131,100 under the U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”). The PPP, established as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”), provides for loans to qualifying businesses for amounts up to 2.5 times of the average monthly payroll expenses of the qualified business. The loans and accrued interest are forgivable after eight weeks (or an extended 24-week covered period) as long as the borrower uses the loan proceeds for eligible purposes, including payroll, benefits, rent and utilities, and maintains its payroll levels. The loan forgiveness amount will be reduced for the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (“EIDL”) advance of $10,000 that the Company received on April 28, 2020. The amount of loan forgiveness will be further reduced if the borrower terminates employees or reduces salaries during the eight-week period by more than 25%. The Company filed for loan forgiveness and the application was approved on January 8, 2021. The PPP loan was accounted for as a government grant and the forgiveness of the loan was recorded in other income during the year ended December 31, 2020.

On February 2, 2021, the Company received loan proceeds of $137,792 under the U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) second round of the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”). The Company filed for loan forgiveness and the application was approved on October 20, 2021. The PPP loan was accounted for as a government grant and the forgiveness of the loan was recorded in other income during the year ended December 31, 2021.

Loan payable – Economic Injury Disaster Loan (“EIDL”)

On July 17, 2020, the Company received a loan in the amount of $150,000 from the Small Business Administration (“SBA”) EIDL program administered by the SBA pursuant to the CARES Act. In accordance with the requirements of the CARES Act, the Company used the proceeds primarily for working capital to alleviate economic injury caused by the COVID pandemic occurring in the month of January 2020 and continuing thereafter. The SBA loan is scheduled to mature on July 17, 2050 with a 3.75% interest rate and is subject to the terms and conditions applicable to loans administered by the SBA under the CARES Act. The monthly payable, including principal and interest of $731, commences on July 17, 2022.

The obligation is payable as follows:

Interest expense for the year ended December 31, 2021 amounted to $5,625.

Due to third parties, interest bearing

The Company borrowed money from third parties to fund operations. These third parties consisted of friends of Mr. Dinghua Wang, the Chairman, Chief Executive and Financial Officer of the Company, and the spouse of a former board member of the Company. These advances had a weighted average annual interest rate of 10%. and were unsecured. The full balance of the loans of $1,500,000 was transferred to DW California Food Distribution LLC (“DW Food”), a California limited liability company that is owned by Mr. Dinghua Wang, through a debt sale agreement in December 2020. This balance due to DW Food was subsequently paid with shares of the Company’s common stock in December 2020 (See Note 7 – Related Party Transactions).

Interest expense for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 for the above loans amounted to $0 and $136,937, respectively.

Long term debt

In March 2020, the Company purchased and financed a vehicle with a six year loan for approximately $124,000. The Company traded in a fully depreciated vehicle and received a credit of $16,000. The monthly payments are $1,715 from March 2020 to February 2026, with interest at 4.56% per annum.

The obligation is payable as follows:

Interest expense for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 for the above loan amounted to $3,961 and $3,866, respectively.

Note 7 – Related Party Transactions

Due to shareholder, non-interest bearing

From time to time, Mr. Dinghua Wang advances monies to the Company and the Company repays such advances. Such business transactions are recorded as due to or from Mr. Dinghua Wang at the time of the transaction. During the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, advances totaled $103,148 and $27,927, respectively, and repayments totaled $24,255 and $410,375, respectively. As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, the balance due to Mr. Dinghua Wang, non-interest bearing, amounted to $134,500 and $55,607, respectively. This balance is unsecured. 

Advance from related party, interest bearing

The Company borrowed $30,000 from a related party to fund operations in July 2016. This related party is the son of Mr. Dinghua Wang. The advance had an annual interest rate of 10%, was unsecured and was due on March 20, 2024. The advance of $30,000 was transferred to DW Food, a related party, through a debt sale agreement in December 2020. This balance due to DW Food was subsequently paid with shares of the Company’s common stock in December 2020.

Interest expense for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 for the above loans amounted to $0 and $2,753, respectively.

Note 8 – Income Taxes

The following table reconciles the U.S. statutory rates to the Company’s effective tax rate for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020:

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*Represents 50% of meal and entertainment expenses and stock compensation expenses that are not deductible offset by the forgiveness of the PPP loan which is not taxable.

The Company uses the asset and liability method, where deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on the expected future tax consequences of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial and income tax reporting purposes. Deferred taxes are also recognized for net operating loss carry forwards which can be utilized to offset taxable income in the future. Net operating losses for the years from 2017 through December 31, 2021 of approximately $6.3 million will not expire but are limited to 80% of income until utilized. Net operating losses for the year ended 2016 and prior years of approximately $4.0 million will expire in the years from 2031 to 2036. As deferred tax assets may not be fully realizable due to potential recurring losses, management has provided a 100% valuation allowance for the deferred tax assets.

The components of the deferred tax assets are as follows:

Changes in the valuation allowance for deferred tax assets increased by $117,538 and $441,734 for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

As of December 31, 2021, federal tax returns filed for 2018, 2019 and 2020 remain subject to examination by the taxing authorities. As of December 31, 2021, California tax returns filed for 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 remain subject to examination by the taxing authorities

Note 9 – Leases

Operating leases

Effective January 1, 2019, the Company adopted ASU 2016-02, “Leases” (Topic 842), and elected the practical expedients that did not require us to reassess: (1) whether any expired or existing contracts are, or contain, leases, (2) lease classification for any expired or existing leases and (3) initial direct costs for any expired or existing leases. The Company adopted the practical expedient that allows lessees to treat the lease and non-lease components of a lease as a single lease component.

In January 2019, the Company entered an office lease agreement with a 5-year lease term starting in March 2019 and ending in February 2024. The Company recognized lease liabilities of approximately $618,000, with a corresponding right-of-use (“ROU”) asset in the same amount based on the present value of the future minimum rental payments of the lease, using an effective interest rate of 4.78%, which was determined using the Company’s estimated incremental borrowing rate. As of December 31, 2021, the remaining term of the lease is 2.17 years.

In March 2020, the Company entered another office lease agreement with a 3-year lease term starting in March 2020 and ending in February 2023. The Company recognized lease liabilities of approximately $279,000, with a corresponding right-of-use (“ROU”) asset in the same amount based on the present value of the future minimum rental payments of the new lease, using an effective interest rate of 4.78%, which was determined using the Company’s incremental borrowing rate. As of December 31, 2021, the remaining term of the lease is 1.17 years.

The Company leased factory space on a month-to-month basis, which it classified as an operating lease. This lease was terminated in May 2021. Leases with an initial term of 12 months or less are not recorded on the balance sheet.

The Company’s lease agreements do not contain any material residual value guarantees or material restrictive covenants.

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, lease expenses amounted to $253,146 and $264,479, respectively, of which, $14,000 and $42,000 are short-term lease expenses, respectively.

The maturity of the Company’s lease obligations is presented below:

Note 10 – Commitments and Contingencies

Contingencies

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

At the end of 2019, there was an outbreak of a novel strain of coronavirus (COVID-19) which has spread rapidly to many parts of China and other parts of the world, including the United States. The pandemic resulted in quarantines, travel restrictions, and the temporary closure of stores and facilities in China, United States, and elsewhere around the world.

Substantially all of the Company’s revenues are concentrated in China and the United States. Consequently, the COVID-19 pandemic had and may continue to materially adversely affect the Company’s business operations, financial condition and operating results for 2022, including but not limited to the material negative impact to the Company’s suppliers and delivery of products, total revenues, slower collection of accounts receivable and additional bad debt expense. The situation remains highly uncertain for any further outbreak or resurgence of COVID-19 and its new variants. It is therefore difficult for the Company to estimate the impact on our business or operating results that might be adversely affected by any further outbreak or resurgence of COVID-19 and its new variants.

In addition, due to COVID-19 going around the world and some of the raw materials to produce our products are sourced from outside of the United States, the suppliers have been and might continue to be negatively impacted due to supply chain disruption, increases of shipping costs and shortages of raw materials around the world. Consequently, COVID-19 has continued to materially adversely affect the Company’s business operations, financial condition and operating results for 2021, including but not limited to the raw material shortage, delay of shipment, and increased price for the Company’s products manufactured by our suppliers.

Because of the uncertainty surrounding COVID-19, the financial impact for 2022 cannot be reasonably estimated at this time. The Company’s operations started to recover as total revenues for year ended December 31, 2021 were higher as compared to the same period of 2020. There can be no assurance that we will be able to maintain or increase our revenues for 2022.

Note 11 – Equity

Reverse stock split

On June 11, 2021, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a 1-for-3 reverse stock split of the Company’s common stock. On July 27, 2021, the Company filed a Certificate of Change with the State of Nevada (the “Certificate”) to effect a 1-for-3 reverse stock split of the Company’s authorized shares of common stock, par value $0.001 (the “Common Stock”), accompanied by a corresponding decrease in the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock (the “Reverse Stock Split”), effective upon filing.  Following the Reverse Stock Split, the number of authorized shares of Common Stock was reduced from 1,000,000,000 to 333,333,333.

Private placements

During year ended December 31, 2020, the Company entered into a series of Securities Purchase Agreements with various unrelated third party purchasers, pursuant to which the Company sold to these purchasers in private placements an aggregate of 566,667 shares of the Company’s common stock, at a purchase price of $3.00 per share for an aggregate offering price of $1,700,000.  

In connection with the private placements, the Company issued an aggregate of 4,000 shares of Common Stock to various unrelated third-party individuals located outside the United States as compensation for introducing private placement investors outside of the U.S. to the Company. These shares were valued at $12,000, which was determined by using the associated average private placement purchase price of $3.00 per share. The value of the shares was accounted for as a reduction of additional paid-in capital because the issuances were made as compensation for financing-related services in connection with the Company’s private placement.

As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, $1,735,695 was unpaid and recognized as stock subscription receivables in the accompanying statements of changes in shareholders’ deficit. During the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company received $0 and $50,000 of the stock subscription receivables, respectively.

Settlement of debt

On December 11, 2020, the Company entered into a Debt Repayment Agreement with Mr. Dinghua Wang and DW Food, a company that is owned by him, pursuant to which the Company agreed to repay $5,243,839 of debt owed to Mr. Dinghua Wang and his Company in the form of shares of Common Stock of the Company for an aggregate of 1,747,947 shares at a price of $3.00 per share, which was determined by using the latest private placement purchase price of $3.00 per share. As a result, there was no gain/loss recorded in these transactions. The Debt Repayment was completed pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

On December 21, 2020, the Company entered into a Debt Repayment Agreement with Mr. Dinghua Wang and DW Food, a company that is owned by him, pursuant to which the Company agreed to repay $195,490 of debt owed to Mr. Dinghua Wang and his Company in the form of shares of Common Stock of the Company for an aggregate of 65,163 shares at a price of $3.00 per share, which was determined by using the latest private placement purchase price of $3.00 per share. As a result, there was no gain/loss recorded in this transaction. The Debt Repayment was completed pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Common stock issued for consulting services

On March 13, 2019, the Company entered into a consulting agreement with Global Merchants Union (“GMU”), pursuant to which GMU was to provide business, financial operations and planning consultation services to the Company for consideration of $7,500 per month and a one-time stock payment of 333,334 shares of common stock of the Company (the “Share Payment”). The monthly payments in the agreement were cancelled in May 2019. However, GMU was required to provide services in respect to the stock compensation for the remaining term of the agreement until March 12, 2020. For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, amortization of deferred compensation of these shares amounted to $0 and $125,000, respectively.

Issuance of restricted common stock

On July 13, 2018, the Board of Directors of the Company approved the grant of 766,668 restricted stock units (the “RSUs”) to three employees of the Company, pursuant to the Merion, Inc. 2018 Omnibus Equity Plan. The RSUs vested 30% each on July 13, 2019 and 2020 and the remaining 40% of the RSUs vested on July 13, 2021, in each case provided that the employee remains employed, in good standing, by the Company. These shares were valued at $851,000, determined using the closing price of the Company’s common stock on July 13, 2018 of $1.11 per share, and were being amortized ratably over the term of the vesting period of three years on a straight line basis. The Company accounts for the restricted common stock as equity-settled awards in accordance with ASC 718. For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, amortization of deferred stock compensation of these shares amounted to $179,992 and $296,101, respectively.

Although the RSUs were fully vested in July 2021, the Company has not instructed the transfer agent to issue the shares of common stock. However, the 766,668 shares of common stock to be issued are being shown as outstanding as of July 13, 2021 for financial statement purposes.

The following table summarizes unvested restricted common stock activity for the years ended December 31, 2021 and for the year ended December 31, 2020: