MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

30.04.2012

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

GT WHOLESALE LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

2480 Walkley Road, Ottawa, ON, K1G 6A9

 

 

Country :

Canada

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

1961

 

 

Legal Form :

Limited Liability Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Wholesaler of goods

 

 

No. of Employees :

6,500

 

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

Ba

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

41-55

Ba

Overall operation is considered normal. Capable to meet normal commitments.

Satisfactory

 

Status :

Satisfactory 

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Usually correct 

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 


NOTES :

Any query related to this report can be made on e-mail: infodept@mirainform.com while quoting report number, name and date.

 

ECGC Country Risk Classification List – September 30, 2011

 

Country Name

Previous Rating

(31.12.2011)

Current Rating

(31.03.2012)

Canada

A1

A1

 

Risk Category

ECGC Classification

Insignificant

 

A1

Low

 

A2

Moderate

 

B1

High

 

B2

Very High

 

C1

Restricted

 

C2

Off-credit

 

D

 


GEOPOLITICS – CANADA

 

POLITICAL DATA

ECONOMIC DATA

Form of Government: Federal


Economic Risk: Nil

Currency: USD

Branch Situation:Medium

 

 

IDENTIFICATION

 

Legal Name:

GT WHOLESALE LIMITED

 

 

Legal Address

2480 Walkley Road

Ottawa, ON

K1G 6A9

 

 

Telephone:

613-526-2416 / 613-521-8222

ID :

N.A.

Fax:

613-526-5233

Legal Form:

Limited Liability Company

Email:

careers@gianttiger.com / careers@gianttiger.com / customerservice@gianttiger.com

Registered in:

Canada

Website:

http://www.gianttiger.com

Date Created:

1961

Manager:

Gordon Reid President & Board Member

Date Incorporated:

1981

Staff:

6,500

Stock:

N.A.

 

 

Value:

N.A.

Activity:

Wholesaler of goods

 

 

BANKS

 

Name of the Bank

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA

 

 

BUSINESS

 

HISTORY

 

On Saturday, May 3rd, 1961, Gordon Reid, Founder opened his first store in Ottawa, the Nation's Capital, The company was established in Canada as company in 1981.

 

PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY

 

The company offers a large assortment of casual clothing and footwear for the entire family including many of the latest fashion items at the lowest possible prices. The identical quality and fashion items offered by major chain stores are sold at Giant Tiger at remarkably lower prices. In addition, everyday needs in groceries, confectionery, pet food, cleaning supplies, housewares, stationery, toys and health and beauty products are maintained in stock at all times.

 

Products/Services description:

 

The products that the company offer are:

 

-Clothing & Footwear

 

-House & Home

 

-Health & Beauty

 

-Grocery

Sales are:

 

Wholesale, Retail

Brands:

 

-Giant Tiger

 

-GT Express Fast and Friendly

 

-Scott's Discount

 

-Chestante Marie

Clients:

 

Public and companies in general with goods needs

Suppliers:

 

Hangzhou Lt Fashion Accessories

Co Ltd Room 1009 No 50 Xueyuan Rd Xihu District Hangzhou China

 

Tianjin Tiantai Garment Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd.

No. 63, Garment Road, Nankai District, Tianjin, China

 

Ningbo Youngor International

Floor 6 No 18 Dongdu Rd Ningbo Cn

 

Garden Meadow Co.

27 F King Kong Commercial Cntr 9 Des Voeux Rd West Sheung Wan HK Cn

 

Zhejiang Orient C & E Co., Ltd.

New Orient Mansion, No. 12, Westlake Av., Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, 310009

 

HEVEAPAC SDN BHD

PT 414, KAWASAN PERINDUSTRIAN SG GADUT, KM 11, JALAN TAMPIN NSDK, MALAYSIA

Operations area:

 

National, Local

The company imports from China and Asia mostly

The subject employs 6,500 employees

PAYMENTS

 

regular

LOCATION

Headquarters

 

2480 Walkley Road

Ottawa, ON

K1G 6A9

The property is:

 

Owned

Branches:

 

The company has 206 locations around Canada, here you will find a few of them:

 

-Giant Tiger #198

George Street, Ottawa, ON, K1N 5W2

 

-GT Xpress #101085

Wellington Street West, Ottawa, ON, K1Y 2Y4

 

-GT Xpress #222865

DuMaurier Av, Ottawa, ON, K2B 7W3

 

-Giant Tiger #312396

St. Joseph Blvd, Ottawa, ON, K1C 1G1

 

-Giant Tiger #822480

Walkley Road, Ottawa, ON, K1G 6A9

 

-Giant Tiger #922950

Bank Street, Unit 12, Ottawa, ON, K1T 1N8

 

-Giant Tiger #1222016

Ogilvie Road, Ottawa, ON, K1J 7N9

 

-Giant Tiger #155900

Watters Road, Ottawa, ON, K4A 0B4

 

-Giant Tiger #1691

Stafford Road, Ottawa, ON, K2H 9N5

 

 

Shareholders - Manager - Related Companies

 

Listed at the stock exchange:

 

NO

Shareholders Parent Company(ies):

 

This company is onwned by the family Reid, where Mr. Gordon Reid is the president & Board Member.

Management:

 

Mr. Gordon Reid, president & Board Member.

 

Financials - COMMERCIAL TRENDS AND FORECAST

 

As a private company the subject does not publish any financial statements.

However our financial sources could provide us with the following data.

 

Those figures are estimates provided by confidential banking and financial institutions working with the company.

 

Currency

DATE

 

USD

2011

 

Turnover

76,000,000

 

The cash flow is

Normal

 

Legal Fillings

 The sources consulted record no detrimental legal or labor court information.

 

 

Rating

 

Local credit bureau gave a Normal credit rate.

 

The company is in Good Standing. This means that all local and federal taxes were paid on due date.

 Final Opinion

 

-The family has in the market over 50 years of experience, but as company they have 31 years of experience.

 

-This is a big size company with 6,500 employees, and a large list of branches (206) around Canada.

 

-We did not find any negative information about the company or legal record against the company.

 

-The company has the enough estructure to provide coverage around Canada, also it shows their well position in the market.

 


SUMMARY

 


FINANCIAL SUMMARY


DEBT COLLECTIONS AND PAYMENTS

Profitability

N.A.

Public

NO

Indebtedness

CONTROLLED

Payments

REGULAR

Cash

NORMAL

 

 

 

 


 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.52.68

UK Pound

1

Rs.85.12

Euro

1

Rs.69.38

 

 

INFORMATION DETAILS

 

Report Prepared by :

PDT

 

 

RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

RATING

STATUS

 

 

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

>86

Aaa

Possesses an extremely sound financial base with the strongest capability for timely payment of interest and principal sums

 

Unlimited

71-85

Aa

Possesses adequate working capital. No caution needed for credit transaction. It has above average (strong) capability for payment of interest and principal sums

 

Large

56-70

A

Financial & operational base are regarded healthy. General unfavourable factors will not cause fatal effect. Satisfactory capability for payment of interest and principal sums

 

Fairly Large

41-55

Ba

Overall operation is considered normal. Capable to meet normal commitments.

 

Satisfactory

26-40

B

Capability to overcome financial difficulties seems comparatively below average.

 

Small

11-25

Ca

Adverse factors are apparent. Repayment of interest and principal sums in default or expected to be in default upon maturity

 

Limited with full security

<10

C

Absolute credit risk exists. Caution needed to be exercised

 

 

Credit not recommended

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NB

                                       New Business

 

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This score serves as a reference to assess SC’s credit risk and to set the amount of credit to be extended. It is calculated from a composite of weighted scores obtained from each of the major sections of this report. The assessed factors and their relative weights (as indicated through %) are as follows:

 

Financial condition (40%)            Ownership background (20%)                 Payment record (10%)

Credit history (10%)                    Market trend (10%)                                Operational size (10%)

 

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