All,
***following my unauthorized observations and conclusions having deal with some of the Associates for over 35 years*****
Award Associates of America was started as a buying group in the sixties. Bill Hess (Dallas) was one of the original 2 or 3 founders. For many years headed by Dave Taletson(sp?) out of Atlanta. This is a very quiet, very exclusive group of R&I retailers "by invitation only." In the last decade, many have joined as much for the "technology" as the buying power; they have a national warehouse in St Louis.
As I've been told by many of their members, they desire one or two members per state and an invitation must be approved (if not initiated) by the closest existing member. A very well run organization whose top requirement is impeccable credit (making them very desirable to suppliers of products & equipment); it is my perception that they purchase at lower prices than anyone else in the industry.
Roy Brewer
http://www.engravingconcepts.com
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