OTTAWA, May 23, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ackroo Inc. (TSX-V: AKR; OTC: AKRFF) (“Ackroo” or the “Company”), a gift card and loyalty marketing technology and services provider, has filed its financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and is pleased to report revenues of $1,088,783 including $833,656 of subscription revenue representing a 5.5% increase in subscription revenue over the same period in 2018. The Company also focused on renegotiating certain supplier and contractor agreements during the period to help further reduce the overall operating cost of the business moving forward and succeeded in securing debt capital to help with future growth initiatives.
“We are very happy with several key wins we had in Q1” said Steve Levely, chief executive officer at Ackroo. “For the fifth straight quarter we delivered positive EBITDA which is a trend we fully expect to continue. We renegotiated agreements with specific suppliers and contractors which will lead to lower operating costs in future quarters and higher earnings for the business as a result. We made a number of operational and product enhancements during the period to support our future inorganic and organic growth plans while also securing our first non-traditional bank debt facility with SOFII. Most importantly we delivered organically as we grew our subscription revenue quarter over quarter and year over year. All of these wins led to another successful quarter and have us poised for a great year ahead.”
The complete financial results for Ackroo are available at www.sedar.com. Highlights include:
- Sales of $1,088,783 for the three-month period ended March 31st, 2019 as compared to $1,168,415 for the three-month period ended March 31st, 2018;
- Subscription revenue of $833,656 for the three-month period ended March 31st, 2019 as compared to $790,983 for the three-month period ended March 31st, 2018 (5.5% growth);
- Gross Margins of $913,422 (84%) for the three-month period ended March 31st, 2019 as compared to $941,476 (81%) for the three-month period ended March 31st, 2018 (3% growth);
- Positive EBITDA from operations excluding stock-based compensation was $71,497 for the three-month period ended March 31st, 2019 as compared to $70,686 for the three-month period ended March 31st, 2018; (1% growth)
About Ackroo
Ackroo provides merchants of all sizes a robust, cloud based multi-currency marketing platform to help attract, engage and grow their customers while increasing their revenues and margins. Through a SaaS based business model Ackroo provides an in-store and online automated solution to help merchants process gift card, loyalty and promotional transactions at the point of sale, provide key administrative and marketing data, and to allow customers to access and manage their gift card and loyalty accounts. Ackroo also provides important marketing services to assist their merchants with utilizing Ackroo’s technology solution. Ackroo is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada. For more information, visit: www.ackroo.com.
For information, please contact:
| Steve Levely Chief Executive Officer | Ackroo Tel: 613-599-2396 x730 Email: slevely@ackroo.com |
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