A Who's Who Of Buying Groups

By Staff -- TWICE, 4/18/2005

Brand Source

100 South Anaheim Blvd.

Suite 250

Anaheim, Calif. 92805

Phone: (714) 502-9620

Fax:(714) 502-9627

Executive director: Bob Lawrence

Annual volume: $4 billion

Number of members: 1,950

Home Entertainment Source (HES)

(A division of Brand Source)

2460 South Shore Road

Pelican Lake, Wisc. 54463

Phone: (715) 487-5338

Fax: (425) 740-7540

General manager: Jim Ristow

Annual volume: $800 million

Number of members: 400

Home Theater Specialists of America (HTSA)

501 E. Uwchlan Avenue

Chester Springs, Pa. 19425

Phone: (610) 363-9055

Fax: (610) 363-9065

Executive director: Richard Glikes

Annual volume: $500 million

Number of members: 53

MARTA Cooperative of America

10165 North 92nd Street

Building E, Suite 103

Scottsdale, Ariz. 85258

Phone: (480) 443-0211

Fax: (480) 443-3354

Executive director: Warren Mann

Annual volume: $2.1 billion

Number of members: 100

Mega Group USA/Best Brands Plus

7511 Capital Drive

Germantown, Tenn. 38138

Phone: (901) 753-8243

Fax: (901) 755-3076

Executive director: Pat Reed

Annual volume: $2 billion

Number of members: 900

Nationwide Marketing Group

203 South Stratford Road

Suite B

Winston-Salem, N.C. 27103

Phone: (336) 722-4681

Fax: (336) 714-2671

President/director: Ed Kelly

Annual volume: $8 billion

Number of members: 2,400

NATM Buying Corporation

450 7th Avenue, Suite 1309

New York, N.Y. 10123

Phone: (212) 239-7222

Fax: (212) 714-0403

President/executive director: Bill Trawick

Annual volume: $3 billion

Number of members: 12

Progressive Retailers Association (PRO Group)

910 Skokie Blvd., Suite 115

Northbrook, Ill. 60062

Phone: (847) 509-4720

Fax: (847) 509-4724

President/CEO/executive director: Roger Heuberger

Annual volume: $2.4 billion

Number of members: 18