Monday, 27 February 2012

Canadian Tire to inventors: Bring your crazy idea to us


what do you think it is?
Canadian Tires try to increase their sales by using a dragon den approach which helps them to increase near about 2.7% increase in its automotive sale for 2011 “The focus of this program is on innovative and new items for Canadians,” said Andrew Davies, vice-president automotive for Canadian Tire.
The event named Unwrap the Ultimate Auto Gifts search helps in the online submission of manufacturer’s distributors and entrepreneurs. The best among them are selected and giving 15 minutes for each presentation, which results to the origin of 155 new products and an increase of 2.7% of increase in sale for that year which was above the expectation of the Canadian and encourage the retailer to hold another pitching panel in Toronto this week, with an eye to the Christmas 2012 market.
The most popular gifts discover last year was The Road Mice – a cordless computer mouse in the shape of iconic cars like Lamborghinis and Corvettes for $40, and the remote Key Finder for $15, a simple paging device that helps locate lost keys.
Jon Krassny, vice-president of licensing and business for Four Door Media Inc., said that “Having a direct path to the buyers in a one-on-one situation is a great benefit. I guess the best analogy would be it’s a personal interview as opposed to just sending your resume”. Canadian Tire use seasonal gifts on different occasions like on Christmas or on father’s day
Even they introduce new gift items still they give same importance’s to old products. They even conduct background research and due diligence to make sure that new products contains all the safety hazards. Their make focus is how to attracts more people towards them and give them good services at lower possible prices.

Introducing new inventors is good idea or not?
 
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/1133352--canadian-Tire-to-inventors-bring-your-crazy-idea-to-us?bn=1

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