Hart & Associates -  we help improve your sales, profits and strategic direction.

Hart & Associates is an integrated management consulting and market research firm that helps clients grow and succeed.  We have been providing business advice to clients in Canada, the U.S. and Europe for over 23 years.  We are hired by clients not only for our strong consulting and market research skills but also for our in-depth experience and knowledge in key industry sectors and practice specializations.  We also have a strong mergers and acquisitions practice that helps our clients obtain the highest price on the sale of their company.

We help clients:

-increase sales and profits
-find new customers
-strengthen relationships with customers
-improve your competitive advantage
-increase the value of your company
-improve profit margins
-understand what customers want, profile competitors and 
 identify your industry's overall direction.  

We offer a full range of very focused consulting services for small, medium and large-sized companies, governments, industry associations and not-for-profit organizations.

Hart & Associates goes beyond providing you with insightful information and analysis. We help you make the right decisions to improve the performance and profitability of your organization.

The sectors we have proven expertise in:

-Financial Services
-Professional services
-Food and Agriculture Industry
-Printing, Digital and Photographic Industries
-Business-to-Business Markets
-Government Services
-Manufacturing and Distribution
-Tourism
-Economic Development

Hart & Associates is currently conducting a business development project for a First Nations client in Ontario.

We are conducting a study to identify customer demand to document projected revenue streams that will allow our client to obtain capital funding to start a new commercial scale greenhouse operation in Northern Ontario.  This business will create full-time jobs, bring in outside money to the community and provide fresh Ontario grown vegetables year round to retailers in towns and communities and to other First Nations in northwest Ontario.

Graphic Display Printing Company in Western Canada for Sale.

Hart & Associates is selling a client's profitable and strong graphic display company located in Western Canada. This company has sales of $3.5 million, a diversified customer base and provides a wide range of products including POP advertising, trade show displays and portable display products and services. 

If you are interested in diversifying your revenues, gaining new customers, obtaining immediate and strong cash flow and profits and gaining an entrée to the Western Canadian marketplace, please contact us to discuss further.

Our Key Services

Interested in finding new customers and increasing your sales and profits?  Maybe its time to develop a solid business strategy with action plans for today's business climate.

Hart & Associates can help your company develop a business strategy that will provide clear direction for your management team.  We can provide the key information you need on customers, prospective customers, competitors and we map out the long-term direction of your industry to devise strategies and action plans that will help you drive sales and profits now - not later.  Call us for a free consultation. 

The Canadian & U.S. Economies.

  Canada U.S.
Consumer Price Index       1.3%   (Dec 09)           2.7%  (2009 year)
Unemployment Rate      8.5%  (Dec 09)

         9.7%  (Dec 09)

Gross Domestic Product      -3.19%  (2009 year)          -  .1%  (2009)
Interest Rates (Jan. 2010)   .25% (Bank of Canada prime rate)          .19%  (Federal funds rate)

Per capita personal debt   (Jan 09)               $35,000                                                  $62,000              
Mortgage debt as a percent of personal
disposable income                                             52%                                                        66%

Value of Cdn Dollar in U.S. funds as of February 2, 2010     94.58 cents
(Bank of Canada noon rate)