Jaime Candy is a performance improvement, turnaround management and business advisory services firm.

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Current Agency Client: Oui Marketing!

It has been a blast working with STM and now we’re up for new challenges.
Oui Marketing is a 7 years young agency with offices in the Old Port of Montreal and Granby, Quebec. We currently have a mandate to create the conditions for a business expansion. We intervene at the production level, optimizing the operations, [...]

Client news 2010

Octavian is presently consulting as Senior Digital Advisor to the IT Business Solution Unit and the External Communication Division of STM (the Montreal Transport Commission).

Some service update

We have updated the services more explicitly with coaching, workshops, talks and courses information.
The coolest service is the workshop. Basically we get into a company for half a day to a couple of days and work hands on with their team to solve specific problems.
It might be creative brainstorms and concepts for a pitch, specific [...]

Client News

Gestar has been nominated at the Octas - Innovation in IT. Jaime Candy provides Business Modeling and Branding Consulting for Gestar.
Bluesponge has won the Award of Distinction at the Communication Awards in New York for the Canadiens de Montreal project Our History. Bluesponge has also won an Official Honoree for the Our History - Canadiens [...]

Business Turnaround Aspects - some pointers

A. STRATEGIC TURNAROUND - BUSINESS MODEL INNOVATION (NEW BUSINESS STRATEGY)

IMPACT

Reposition the business
Extreme cost cuts
Medium term sales increase
Increase profitability

INCREASE SALES

Find new and unexploited market niche; develop a new marketing strategy and price configuration

DECREASE COSTS

Restructure the activity configuration; Focus on the main competency, outsource / partner the rest

B. OPERATIONAL TURNAROUND - OPERATIONAL INNOVATION (OPTIMIZE TACTICS ON PRESENT [...]