The publisher has chosen Canada as its base on the American continent
Mende, December 20, 2012. Laurent Dubernais, CEO of AGT, announces the appointment of Régis Alvaro to head up AGT Canada. Régis holds a Master's degree in International Business and has a successful track record with the French Chamber of Commerce in Canada, where he was responsible for supporting French SMEs. Régis is now responsible for the development of AGT Canada.
Present in France for 18 years, but also in Europe, notably in Spain, Belgium and Austria, AGT is a publisher of management, animation and decision-making solutions, designed to improve the performance of retail and service networks. In concrete terms, AGT offers to centralize and consolidate financial and commercial information, and to analyze it using comparable panels. The aim is to monitor activity in real time, from a simple browser or tablet, and to enable sales outlets to benchmark themselves on the basis of simple, shared and comprehensible indicators. Thanks to its collaborative approach, AGT provides a real competitive advantage, at an attractive acquisition cost, and boosts network performance.
Régis Alvaro, Head of AGT Canada, comments : "Canadian franchise networks of all sizes need a tool to consolidate financial and sales data. Often, their data is incomplete and doesn't allow for fine-tuned management of the network, hence the relevance of our offer".
He continues, " Canada represents a very high-potential area for AGT, given the great maturity of franchise networks across the Atlantic. AGT is leveraging its 18 years of experience to help Canadian networks identify and exploit their reservoirs of growth. Franchise operations in Quebec aresimilar to those in France, and the challenges in terms of management and benchmarking are the same .
Already a member of the French Chamber of Commerce in Canada, AGT Canada has forged close ties with local players specializing in trade networks, such as M.O.T. STRATÉGIE, headed by Louise Hurtubise. STRATÉGIE, headed by Louise Hurtubise. This renowned Canadian consulting firm specializes in financial training, communications and strategic planning. Louise Hurtubise, well-versed in the AGT business, is an enthusiastic advocate of the AGT RETAIL solution. Her observation: " Many Canadian networks don't have a better tool than Excel to manage their business.
Laurent Dubernais, CEO of AGT concludes, " The opening of our Canadian subsidiary is the culmination of numerous study trips to gauge the suitability and maturity of the market. On these occasions, we met with the Fédération de la Franchise, the French Chamber of Commerce in Canada, some fifteen network leaders and key local partners. We were able to validate and integrate adaptations and evolutions to our solution. Overall, the reception was particularly positive and convinced us to invest".
Contact AGT CANADA
Manager: Régis Alvaro
1819 René-Lévesque Boulevard West Suite 202
Montréal (Québec) H3P 2PS
Tel.: 514-798-1890
Focus on AGT Canada's target market:
○ There are 315 franchisors in Quebec operating 11,366 outlets (with 1,300 networks and over 40,000 franchisees managing 76,000 outlets).
○ 62% of stores are owned by franchisees (7,044 outlets)
○ The world of franchising (the 11,366 points of sale) employed 170,685 people in Quebec in 2011, or 4.31% of the 3,956,000 jobs in Quebec, all sectors combined, in 2011.
○ Quebec had a GDP of $273.856 billion in 2010. The 11,366 franchise outlets generate an annual business volume of $24.777 billion, or 8.68% of the wealth produced in Quebec.
○ The 11,366 sales outlets operate in 71 different sectors. 4 business sectors account for almost 5,969 sales outlets, or 52.5% of the total:
3,201 are in the restaurant business
1,193 are active in the cleaning, maintenance and works industry
1,083 are pharmacies
492 are involved in automotive services
About AGT:
AGT is a publisher of Saas-based management, animation and decision-making solutions, designed to improve the performance of retail and service networks. In concrete terms, AGT offers to centralize and consolidate financial and commercial information, and to analyze it through comparable panels. Over 15,000 users can now benefit from the AGT Retail solution. The aim is to monitor activity in real time, from a simple browser or tablet, and to enable sales outlets to benchmark themselves on the basis of simple, shared and comprehensible indicators. Thanks to its collaborative approach, AGT provides a real competitive advantage, at an attractive acquisition cost, and boosts network performance.
From the balance sheet and income statement to the product or service line, strengths and weaknesses are identified using simple monthly or weekly dashboards. All company players have access to key indicators according to their profile. Market leader AGT is expanding internationally with its new multilingual, multi-format version.
AGT enjoys the trust of numerous references:
Best Western, Bébé 9, Mr Bricolage, Catena, Cuisines Schmidt, Connexion, Groupe Casino, Europcar, Feu Vert, Gedimat, Gitem, Intersport, Orpi, Thomas Cook, Weldom,...
For more information: http: //www.agt-groupe.com
Press contact:
AGT RETAIL
Christie Genteuil-Boisel
Communications Manager
Tel: 06 63 16 35 21
