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ADVERTORIAL
A PASSION FOR
PARTNERSHIP
When you join Specsavers, we remove the barriers to ownership
by covering 100% of the location start-up costs.
s a qualified optician, Mike tailored to local ECPs which meets the product & procurement, IT, accounting
Protopsaltis, Partnership Director eye health needs of communities. and more. We provide partners all the
A at Specsavers Canada, understands Q: A $100m investment in ECPs tools to do what matters most: providing
what it is to be a franchise owner. is quite significant. Why has quality eyecare for patients and time
He credits his 10 years’ ownership Specsavers made this decision? to lead their team. It is a testament to
experience as a driver behind helping the experience we have as a company
other like-minded optometrists and We have a model that’s proven itself and the support that we can offer new
opticians make the dream of business around the world, so we made a business owners.
ownership become a reality. conscious decision to invest $100m Q: Who is eligible for business
With Specsavers’ $100m commitment to to empower and enable ECPs who ownership with Specsavers?
open 200 locations by 2024, Protopsaltis are ready to start their own business.
Mike Protopsaltis, Our investment removes the common What we are looking for are like-minded,
Partnership Director provided answers to the common
questions he’s hearing from eyecare financial barriers to starting a new ambitious optometrists and opticians,
professionals exploring options to business and getting access to the latest who want to create a future for
starting their own business. technology. When an eligible optometrist themselves as business owners. Specsavers
Q: What is Specsavers’ approach or optician joins us as a business owner, is an entrepreneurial business with
we will cover 100% of their location partnership at our core. We embrace
to partnership? start-up costs. This is an average of ECPs who share our can-do attitude,
If there’s one word to sum up Specsavers, $500k in store design, construction, passion for clinical excellence, and
it is “partnership”. We started nearly displays, POS equipment, and other purpose of providing accessible, quality
40 years ago in the UK by optometrist costs. We simply hand you keys to a eyecare to all.
husband and wife team, Doug and Mary brand-new clinic and store. We want If you want to start your Specsavers’
Perkins. Their commitment to supporting to invest and back the right people by business ownership journey, speak
the Specsavers partnership continues to supporting them all the way. to Mike Protopsaltis at enquiries.ca@
burn brightly as ever and defines how Q: This sounds almost too good specsavers.com and subscribe to
we work at Specsavers. We tailor our to be true. Is there a catch? specsavers-spectrum.ca for the latest
partnership to local conditions and news.
work in lockstep with optometrists and There’s absolutely no catch. In Canada,
opticians. This is how we’ve delivered every Specsavers location is jointly
success to over 3,500 franchise partners owned by a local optometry partner and
and become market leader in 10 countries. retail (ie. optician) partner. We provide
And now we’re excited to do the same partners access to our support team
in Canada – offer a partnership model that offers services including marketing,
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