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Futura Signs Agreement With Protractor Software to

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The Futura Loyalty Group Inc.

TSX VENTURE : FUT

May 03, 2012 08:00 ET

Futura Signs Agreement With Protractor Software to Market Directly to Protractor's Auto Service Location Users in the US

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - May 3, 2012) - The Futura Loyalty Group Inc. (TSX VENTURE:FUT) ("Futura") announced today that it has entered into a strategic agreement with Protractor Software, a leading POS software company in the auto service industry, to integrate the Futura loyalty rewards marketing and technology platform. As a result of this partnership, any of Protractor's thousands of existing users in the US will be able to effortlessly activate Futura's loyalty offering at their in-store point of sale stations providing customers with easy access to some of the best known frequent flyer programs in North America as a marketing incentive.

"This partnership offers us a great opportunity to quickly and cost effectively market to a very large number of retail locations in the auto service sector - our primary focus," said David Campbell, President and CEO of Futura. "With Protractor's active involvement, we look forward to initiating a multi pronged marketing campaign to all of Protractor's US clients making them aware of this great opportunity."

"We see great value in Futura's loyalty offering for our clients and are looking forward to integrating this unique value proposition into our software solution," said Peter Steele, President of Protractor Software. "Our clients are always looking for new and innovative ways to create a competitive advantage for their businesses and Futura's offering is well positioned to do this."

[ns-invest]

Sounds like a pretty good deal If you ask me, we'll be able to reach a lot of dealers quick and easy, Glad i bought some at one cent 

[Kings_kid]

  This sounds like very good news although I have a few questions:    How many locations will this very offered in? “very large number of locations” Who does Protractor sell it’s software to? from the website it looks like they sell to the actual dealers,do they sell to there customers as well? What were Protractors sales for 2011?   Anyone familar with Protractor?

[bigops]

given the press release says "thousands" we can assume at minimum they are in at least 2,000 locations. this is a fantastic development -- FUT will be able to turn on their solution through the USA by partnering up with protractor -- protractor sells services to the auto sector who in turn can choose a loyalty solution to offer thier clients. looks to me like the US strategy is starting

[BayWall]

They got what it takes. Good strategic move for Futura. Tens of thousands of auto service retail locations in the US. (October 25, 2011 news release) More high frequency retailers in this mix. Excellent. Protractor Corporate Information Peter Steele Peter Steele has managed auto repair shops at the franchise head office level, and teaches business management and marketing. He also brings many

[BayWall]

Protractor may gain by expanding its own client base from the thousands they have now. They are in the partnership to make money also. The auto service universe has tens of thousands of locations, according to Futura's Oct 25th 2011 news release. And that's what a good partnership is all about. A win-win scenario for both.

[oscar2010]

Lots of volume today. Are all of these buys?? 

[bigops]

for every sell there is a buy....i spoke with a couple people who are buying today based on the news....they seemed very impressed...my guess is we see more volume today

[oscar2010]

Who would sell at .005 with this great news????