Offering Retail Merchandising Solutions For The New Millennium In the world of technology retail, finding new ways to attract - and keep - customers grows tougher every year. More competition, a more sophisticated customer and new technologies have changed how technology manufacturers do business. To succeed you must be responsive and flexible. Manufacturers need to have the right products in the right place at the right time.. To achieve this you need proven and innovative merchandising solutions that can turn the ordinary into the extraordinary.

At MMB, we believe that merchandising means business! That is why our approach focuses on product sell-through. Anything less is just not acceptable. MMB was established to serve the in-store needs of the fastest growing market segments within the technology industry - retail. In partnership with our clients, we prove professional and proven in-store services across Canada, delivered by technology specialists in the field. Our goal remains constant - to directly boost sales and increase consumer purchases, manage brand adaptation and enhance purchase swings.

MMB Inc. is an organization of professional and dedicated in-store representatives that act as a direct extension of your sales and marketing team. With decades of practical experience focused directly in the technology retial field, we have developed a new approach to the retial technological market that combines our extensive experience in the high technology field with our roots in the retail sector. Our unique approach to your business challenges are addressed through our Tech-RetailTM approach.

We understand the technology industry and the dynamics of the retail industry. Our clients have a very high trust in us based on the results that we have achieved on their behalf. Our sister companies CSG Inc., CSG Fulfillment and ewear.ca provide us with additional resources and expertise. One of the major benefits that comes from having sister companies is all the activities that you would require come from one company in the form of a Total Solution. CSG Inc. can work on a strategic marketing campaign for a client and MMB can ensure that it is delivered and executed on time and followed up in the store locations. CSG can work with a client on a rebate program, MMB can deliver it and manage it at the retail level and CSG Fulfillment can process the claims and respond to the customer inquiries. Since we are all part of the same group of sister companies, communications don't fall down, customers and end users don't fall through the cracks. Our senior management have experience working with a retail organization (floor sales, management, and merchandising) so we can relate to all of the retail issues surrounding promotions.

It is important that our people work hard to establish and solidify relationships with in-store personnel by taking a keen interest in their business and understanding their needs. Our seasoned representatives understand that in most cases, retail sales people need to sell to make a living. As a result, our focus is on making our clients products easier for retail salespeople to sell. This includes, but is not limited to: Resolving problems that retail salespeople have with our client's products Providing product information to retails salespeople in order to ensure that they can confidently answer questions about our client s products Of particular strength is our relationship with one of Canada's largest and most successful computer retailers - Future Shop. Over the years, our team members have created very strong relationships both at store-level and at head office level. Each member of our team realizes the importance of these relationships to our partner's sales success in this aggressive retailer. In addition, over the years our representatives have created solid relationships with in-store personnel at Business Depot locations across Canada. We understand the rigid policies and procedures of this organization, but are in many cases able to work around them to achieve our partners key objectives.

Through our understanding of consumer promotions and buying behaviour, MMB brings an ability to communicate to the technology industry in a way that can be used to reach the customers. By listening to our client's needs, and interpreting those results to retail locations, we bridge any existing communication barriers while ensuring that the end consumer gets the right message - each and every time. MMB delivers results by aggressively works the retail environment to directly impact sales, stock levels and your retial market share. We spend the time to understand our clients' individual needs and business. By integrating our core capabilities, MMB provides a professional, experienced merchandising program that delivers the desired results. Overall, MMB knows that your business is unique. We draw from our core capabilities to customize a solution that maximizes your product's potential - while optimizing profitability.

MMB brings over 10 years of experience working within the province of Quebec. All of our French Canadian team members are fully bilingual and conversant in the unique dynamics of the French Canadian marketplace, including French-Canadian language laws. It is important to note that success in this large portion of the Canadian marketplace is dependent on how your products are represented in both of Canada's official languages. It has been proven that this important market can only be handled by skilled local staff. Our personnel know and appreciate the unique differences between the Quebec and experience in handling both.