The franchise was originally granted by Sensormatic Electronics Corporation more than 40 years ago, prior to Tyco's acquisition of Sensormatic in 2001. Under the original agreement, Winner was granted rights to sell, install and service certain Sensormatic products and was entitled to commissions on Sensormatic products sold, installed or shipped into its franchise territories by other companies.

Sensormatic, part of Tyco International, is a provider of retail loss prevention solutions. The Sensormatic solutions portfolio is sold through ADT and Tyco partners around the world.