Women's Business Enterprise (WBE) Testimonials

For the record, November [2011] was our busiest and most profitable month ever.  To give you an indication, we processed in one month what used to take six.  This increase in sales and profitability would not have been possible without the doors that have opened to us as a result of WEConnect International Certification.

We were successful in closing the biggest deal yet for Northern Abrasives with a major retailer with over  10,000 stores throughout the USA. I have to credit WEConnect Canada for this.  WEConnect gave me the door opener that led to my meeting with a different major retailer.    If I can make a presentation to a company that size then I had to ask myself “why not other retailers that are major players” that do not have supplier diversity programs yet.   Our products will be on the shelf this year. 

Ruth Grady, CITP, President Northern Abrasives Inc.

The WEConnect Canada certification is critical to our future growth. The certification opens the door in the US to file for diversity status which enables us to present our products, thereby creating more opportunity for revenue. Filing the diversity certificates has become a standard for every corporate RFP in the US.

Marla Kott, Imprint Plus