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 Andy Buyting has been in the retail industry since he was six years old.
Today, he applies his entrepreneurial know-how to Green Village Home & Garden, one of Canada's most successful specialty garden stores. Green Village Home & Garden is currently expanding into multiple locations throughout eastern Canada, and is scheduled to start selling franchises in Canada in 2009.
Andy is a graduate of the University of New Brunswick's Business Administration program and Birthing Of Giants, a three-year course on entrepreneurship at MIT sponsored by the Entrepreneurs' Organization in conjunction with Inc. Magazine and the MIT Enterprise Forum. Andy is currently enrolled in the prestigious Gathering Of Titans program at MIT, a continuation of Birthing Of Giants limited to only a select group of graduates.
He has been a member of the Entrepreneurs' Organization, Toronto Chapter, since 1999. Andy is the recipient of several awards including the Business Development Bank of Canada's Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for New Brunswick in 2000; Entrepreneur of the Year Award for the Fredericton Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Awards in 2001; and the prestigious Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for Atlantic Canada in 2001 (finalist).
Andy regularly speaks to retail audiences across Canada and the U.S. on a variety of topics including:
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- Market planning and pricing strategies for profits.
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- Building a profitable team through incentive programs and employee education.
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- Retail management systems for increased employee satisfaction, customer service and profitability.
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- Become an open book and share profits to increase profits.
The format of Andy's presentations vary and can be tailored to suite the client. However the typical event involves a 45 to 50 minute power point presentation with time for questions & answers following.
For inquiries on a possible speaking engagement, please fill out the form below.
Look forward to hearing from you!
Andy
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