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
