Slovex is prepared to grant you the following services:

• Competitive business solutions to Canadian and European organizations interested to develop their international activities.
• Offer of services to Canadian businesses needing assistance and accompaniment to penetrate European markets.

Slovex Service Strategy

For our staff, added-value is a challenge which we take up in each of our mandates. For each client, we develop customized business solutions adapted to its particular situation and the targeted market. Besides, our team of dedicated experts is continually reinforced by the contribution of our major partners. This strategy allows us to develop long lasting business relationships based on trust, professionalism and transparency. Our success is based on: 

• Expertise of our team 
• Relationship of trust that we share with our clients 
• Importance the whole team attributes to the needs of each client 
• Continued research for new business opportunities 
• Our diversified network of business contacts

Services of Slovex are directed towards: 

• Exploration and monitoring your target market
• Recruitment of potential partners
• Market Studies and Monitoring
• Consulting services
• Export Diagnosis
• Export Assistance
• Accompaniment

Slovex can assist you in obtaining and analyzing relevant information about:

• Potential of your targeted market.
• Characteristics, profiles and behavior of your potential clients.
• Reputation of your products or services.
• Existing competition.
• Position of your offer in the target market.
• Your pricing and communication strategies.

Slovex will provide you strategic information about your targeted international market.

The information provided can be related to the following aspects:

• The macro-economic situation of the targeted markets 
• The legislation related to foreign investments 
• The political situation in the targeted countries 
• Your industry news in the targeted market 
• Events, fairs and trade shows related to your industry 
• International projects, financial aid, credit lines related to your expertise 
• Invitations to tender relevant to your industry

Obviously, our Market Monitoring service can be customized according to your specific information requirement.

Slovex helps you to prospect new international markets for your products or services and contact suitable foreign partners:

• Exploration and recruitment of customers, agents and distributors for your exportation needs.
• Exploration and recruitment of manufacturers for your importation and/or outsourcing needs.
• Assistance in the Export/Import process (transport, labeling, international payment, etc.); 
• Negotiation of licenses and representations.

The International Marketing Plan and the International Business Plan are the important part of your strategy and they are an indispensable tool for businesses that are targeting foreign markets.

Slovex can assist you in the design the International Marketing Plan and the International Business Plan. Specifically, we can help you to:

• Choose the right market segments characterized by specific consumers 
• Analyze the competition in your sector and in the international environment where you do business 
• Establish expected monthly, seasonal and/or annual sales figures in your sector for your product or services 
• Make the right decisions concerning strategies of production, of pricing, of promotion and of distribution (mixed marketing)

Those Plans allows answering several questions as: 

• Why target foreign markets rather than other growth possibilities? 
• How you can apprehend the general characteristics, potential demand, and the profile of the targeted market (segmentation,  consumption needs and habits, distribution networks, competition, etc)? 
• What are the main risks associated with the targeted international markets (tariff and non-tariff barriers, cultural barriers, politic risks) ?
• What penetration strategy should you choose (sale of licenses, commercial partnerships, production branches, etc. )? 
• What methods of promotion and advertising should you use to promote your products and/or services? 
• Should you customize or standardize the packaging, the product and the promotion strategy?

The International Business Plan will you to answer several important questions as: 

• What do you want to do?
• What can you do?
• What can you do?
• What should you do?
• What are you going to do?
• How are you going to do it?

Consultation

Our specialization on the North-American and European markets, combined with the contribution of our external advisers and our major partners, are our assets which help us create this added value. Once your needs are clearly defined, we will be able to advise you on: 

• Choice of your international markets 
• Development of your market penetration strategies 
• Planning of your business trips 
• Protection of your intellectual rights on the foreign markets 
• Standards and regulation concerning your products and/or services on your target markets

Export Diagnosis

We believe that in order to succeed in the global market, a company must begin by considering an export strategy on long-term perspective. Before beginning to export, the Mangers of a company must ask themselves the following questions: 

• Is exportation the best option for diversifying our activities?
• If so, do we have the necessary resources to start exporting?
• Do we have the necessary prerequisites to start exporting? 
• Are we motivated enough by growth and profits to accept the risks that exportation entails?
• Are we motivated enough by growth and profits to accept the risks that exportation entails?

The Export Diagnosis can answer these questions. Our experts have put in place an export diagnosis service which includes the following points:

• The Financial Diagnosis: it will let you know if the financial situation of your business will allow you to expand your sales on international markets.
• The Marketing Diagnosis: it analyses the existing position in local markets. Businesses which succeeded in their national markets have better chances of success internationally.
• The Production Diagnosis: it will let you know if your company is able to export on regular basis, if the production is well planned, if stocks are well controlled and if a sufficient restocking/supply program is in place.

Export Assistance

By mobilizing the necessary resources to satisfy your needs, we commit to save your time and money, to reduce the workload of your staff and to find new outlets in markets unexplored by your Company. Concretely, we can be useful to you for: 

• Prospect and the recruitment of customers, agents and distributors for your exportation needs 
• Prospect ion and the recruitment of manufacturers for your importation and/or outsourcing needs 
• Assistance in the Export process (transport, labeling, international payment, etc) 
• Negotiation of licenses and representations

Slovex can you accompanies during your (personal or group) trips abroad and offers you a personalized and planned approach according to your needs and desires. Concretely, the experts of the Slovex offer to accompany you before, during and after the duration of your international missions and take care of: 

• Collecting all useful information preceding your displacement 
• Organizing the various logistic aspects related to your displacements (Transportation & Lodging) 
• Prospecting, identifying and contacting potential customers, partners & suppliers 
• Assisting & accompanying you during your meetings with public & private counterparts 
• Assisting & counseling you in order to choose and establish the best possible internationalization formula 
• Following-up the established contacts 
• Assisting you in engaging the necessary steps to develop your final strategy