With more than 5,000 members operating some 14,000 storefronts, we are the largest buying, marketing and business support organization for the major appliance, consumer electronics, furniture, bedding, flooring, and outdoor industries. Representing billions in combined annual sales, Nationwide Marketing Group Members have the scale, technological sophistication and efficiencies needed to compete without sacrificing the freedom to do business on their own terms.
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The group also has a strategic alliance with Furniture Marketing Group, which includes many of the Top 100 U.S. furniture store retailers. Together, they work with common vendor partners and share certain marketing information.
Casual Classics Furniture Group is the only group dedicated to outdoor casual furniture and related merchandise, including pool accessories, patio umbrellas, misting fans and outdoor heaters. The group has members in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico.
The group says it is extremely focused, as is demonstrated by the fact that 18 core vendors represented 84% of total purchases is 2014. Same-store member sales in 2014 outpaced industry results in the furniture, appliance and mattress categories as well, officials said.
The buying and marketing group is forecasting total retail sales of $4.7 billion in 2015. In addition to furniture, mattresses, appliances and electronics, the group offers seasonal and outdoor products. Mega offers group volume discounts and rebates, participation in lower-cost programs for financing, advertising, and digital marketing, and knowledge and training through its Mega University learning program.
In 2012, TBG and Mega Group USA formed an alliance to share certain product programs and marketing information, a move that contributed to a substantial increase in TBG membership, the buying group said. Among the benefits of the alliance is the availability of medical and property group insurance for TBG members.
The Rental Industry Buying Group, or TRIB Group, is the only member-owned buying and marketing group dedicated to serving the rent-to-own channel in the furniture, mattress industry, electronics and appliance industries.
The group would not disclose estimated revenues for it members, but said 40% of revenues is in the furniture and mattresses categories. Consumer electronics account for 32% and appliances account for 28%.
The Style Trend Furniture Group was formed more than 60 years ago by a group of prominent, family-owned furniture stores in the Philadelphia area. The typical member store has more than 15,000 square feet of selling space. The member businesses typically are family-owned operations, with one or two store fronts, and furniture specialists. Mattresses make up the balance of sales.
With the move announced last week, Nationwide Marketing Group becomes the surviving name for a combined furniture, electronics and appliance buying group with more than 5,300 members with 14,000 stores and an estimated $18.5 billion in revenues. Exact terms of the deal were not disclosed.
The Podium platform has also been a gamechanger for Sherman's, a three-location appliance, mattress and furniture retailer based in Peoria, Illinois. When the company began working with Podium in 2015, their online reviews didn't accurately reflect the Sherman's shopping experience, says David Weiss, the group's marketing manager, largely because they never had time to solicit positive reviews. After signing on with Podium, though, all that changed.
About Nationwide Marketing GroupNationwide Marketing Group works on behalf of thousands of independent appliance, furniture, bedding, electronics, specialty electronics, custom installation and rent-to-own dealers helping them grow their businesses and thrive on their own terms. With more than 5,000 members operating some 14,000 storefronts, Nationwide Marketing Group is the largest buying, marketing and business support organization of its kind, representing billions in combined annual sales across the membership. For nearly 50 years, the organization has remained committed to the independent channel, empowering members with the scale, sophistication and efficiencies they need to compete while delivering the unmatched business intelligence, tools and resources required to win in an ever-changing business environment. To learn more, visit nationwidegroup.org.
Furniture First was founded in 1994 by a small group of independent furniture retailers who joined together to better compete with national furniture chains. Through collective buying power and the sharing of best business practices, Furniture First members have thrived in increasingly competitive markets.
For nearly four decades, Trib Group (The Rental Industry Buying Group) has been the largest member-owned and run non-profit buying cooperative specifically for the rent-to-own industry. Our nationwide membership is comprised of single store owners to multi-location franchises.
Azione Unlimited, meanwhile, brings to the table experience and efficiencies in the custom integration channel that will enable Home Technology Specialists Nationwide (HTSN) members to streamline and improve their businesses, including talent acquisition tools, existing relationships within the interior designer and architect communities, and more, the buying groups said.
A new report shows evidence that economic growth is decoupling from carbon and other greenhouse gas emissions in a majority of American states. Authored by sustainability groups Ceres and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), along with Bank of America and four of the largest U.S. power plant operators, the research shows 42 of 50 states decreased emissions from power plants from 2008-2013, totaling a nationwide decrease of 12 percent.
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