Cantrex Nationwide Group Inc.

Client category: Buying group
Industry: Retail market
Business partners: Retailer-members, Suppliers, Financial institutions
Business offices: Across Canada – Montreal (Quebec), Toronto (Ontario) and Vancouver (British Columbia)
Client since: 2005

The company: For over 50 years, Cantrex Nationwide has helped independent Canadian retailers in the Appliance, Consumer Electronics, Furniture, Bedding, Photography, Floor Covering and Home Décor categories. Cantrex Nationwide provides its members with stronger buying power and an extensive array of advertising, educational, online marketing and financial programs and services. With more than 1,200 retail outlets in Canada, Cantrex Nationwide members produce over $2.5 billion in annual retail sales.

Since 2012, Cantrex Nationwide operates as an independent division of U.S.-based Nationwide Marketing Group, LLC. Together, the combined entity is the largest buying and marketing group of its kind in North America.

Objectives:

• Implement an e-commerce policy for its members’ suppliers, in line with best practices in North America
• Automate all invoicing and purchase financing operations
• Develop powerful cloud-based technological tools, tailored to the needs of its members and their suppliers

Our solutions:

• Deployment of the electronic invoice with suppliers and financial institutions
• EDI and B2B e-commerce integration into Cantrex Nationwide’s enterprise management system
• Development and implementation of various cloud-based tailored solutions for members and their suppliers:
  • Electronic invoice presentment and payment platform (EIPP)
  • Promotional and cash back platform for trade shows (OMS Showtime)
  • Electronic purchase order and product information system (EPO/PIM)

What they say about us: “Deblecx is a long-standing strategic partner in the deployment of our digital transformation”

“Our mission is to help our members grow and prosper in an ever-changing marketplace by delivering innovative, high-performance programs designed around retail market trends.

For over a decade, Deblecx has been helping us achieve this goal by implementing scalable and technology-advanced B2B e-commerce solutions tailored to our needs and those of our members and their suppliers.

Their expertise and ability to understand our business processes and information systems to deploy effective technology tools are key to the success of our B2B integration projects”.

Daniel Choiniere
Managing Director, Information Technology