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Purchasing Cooperatives

• 10 years old
• 800 small business members
• largest carpet retailer in the USA
• $2 billion in sales

Another success story is the Carpet Cooperative of America. Known as Carpet One, this 10-year-old cooperative with 800 small business members is now the largest retailer of carpeting materials in the US with annual sales of over $2 billion. The cooperative has created innovative, award winning member education programs to increase member sales. Across the US today, there are over 300 purchasing cooperatives for small businesses with over 100,000 small businesses as members, and combined, they have over $100 billion in annual sales.

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