CCA Global Partners, originally called Carpet Co-op of America, is a shared services cooperative company started in 1984 as a carpet cooperative business in Manchester, New Hampshire. It has since expanded into 14 different co-ops covering a variety of different industries. CCA Global Partners includes about 4,000 stores throughout the United States, Canada and other countries. The late Alan Greenberg was a co-founder, and Howard Brodsky is a co-founder, Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer.
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History
Howard Brodsky and the late Alan Greenberg started Carpet Co-op of America in 1984. The partners soon brought on Sandy Mishkin, and in 1985 they founded Carpet One with 13 carpet companies as their initial membership. Members paid $12,000 to join the cooperative, with no additional monthly franchise fee. After one year the cooperative posted retail sales of $25 million for its then 26 members. The organization almost doubled its membership to 50 by the middle of 1986.
The company changed its name to CCA Global Partners in 2001. The same year the company acquired Ilucio, a lighting buying group, including its brands. Ilucio was renamed to Lighting One. By the year 2005 the company had approximately 650 shareholders and brought in about $9.6 billion in revenue.
In 2006 the cooperative held its first Global Summit, which included executives and business owners from all the company's divisions.
Alan Greenberg, Co-founder, chairman and CEO passed away from cancer in 2007. That year "Green Select" was launched which committed the company to a more environmentally friendly business model. The following year, 2008, Rick Bennet was appointed to the position as the company's new CEO.
Brodsky and Greenberg were inducted into the Cooperative Hall of Fame of the US National Cooperative Business Association in 2009. Mishkin was awarded the firs Floor Covering News Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010. In 2012 Mishkin was inducted into the World Floor Covering Association's (WRCA) Flooring Industry Hall of Fame.
In 2015 Brodsky began to promote cooperative businesses worldwide through the initiative termed: 'Cooperatives for a Better World.'
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Operations
CCA Global Partners has 110 employees in its Manchester, New Hampshire headquarters, and 275 employees in their St. Louis, Missouri office, where the accounting, rebate system, legal department, and other operations are located.
Key people
- Howard Brodsky is the chairman, co-CEO, and co-founder of CCA Global Partners.
- Rick Bennet is co-CEO.
- Eric Demaree is the president of Carpet One Floor & Home.
Businesses under the CCA Global umbrella
Carpet One Floor & Home
See main article: Carpet One Floor & Home
The Bike Cooperative
See main article: The Bike Cooperative
In 2003 CCA Global entered the biking industry when The Biking Solution joined. The company re-branded to the Bike Cooperative.
Lighting One
See main article: Lighting One
A cooperative lighting company named Ilucio was founded in 1999 by Jeff Carmichael. When CCA Global Partners acquired some assets of Ilucio in 2001, Lighting One was started.
BizUnite
BizUnite was founded in 2007. With its headquarters in Manchester, New Hampshire, BizUnite released its Independent Business Platform in 2008. The tool helps smaller businesses compete more successfully with larger competitors. In 2016 the company rebranded their services to Savings4mambers. It represents more than 1 million independent businesses.
ProSource
Launched in 1991 ProSource Wholesale Floor Coverings allows access to a market in which they can sell to the trade in closed showrooms, and therefore grow in their own market.
FEI Group
FEI is the largest group of flooring contractors. It is the parent company to Home Solutions, and MultiFamily Sloutions by FloorExpo, Kitchen & Bath Experts, and Kitchen & Bath Alliance.
The Floor Trader
Launched by CCA Global in 2005, this subsidiary is directed to the DIY customers and to benefit from the growing demand for hardwood flooring. The company changed its name to Floor Trader Outlet in 2015, and also moved its business model away from franchising and towards a cooperative model.
CCA Sports Retail Services
Begun as an expansion of the Bike Cooperative in 2008, this company is a retail service provider for active lifestyle retailers. Taken together with the Bike Cooperative, CCA Sports Retail Services has over 500 independent retail stores in the USA.
Flooring America & Flooring Canada
Flooring America and the American Heart Association's Go Red for Women joined together in 2006. In 2013 Flooring America started Pets for Patriots Sponsorship.
InCarpets
InCarpets of Queensland, Australia became the first non-North American company to receive a license to become part of the CCA Global cooperative. The 26 stores of InCarpets joined in 1994.
International Design Guild
In 1995 the International Design Guild was launched. It supports businesses in the interior design industry.
Lionsbridge Contractor Group
The Lionsbridge Contractors Group was established in 2012 by CCA Global Partners to bring together insurance companies, contractors and insurance policy holders.
CCA for Social Good
Formed in 2008, this company was formed to create smart systems to help non-profit and childcare organizations to benefit from scaling. The company services more than ten thousand childcare centers.
COBO
The Community Owners Buying Organization is a group of Homeowner Associations and Management Companies that are independently owned. It was founded in 2012 and helps its members improve their revenue.
Philanthropy
In 2005 the company created the CCA Relief Fund. The fund supports employees of CCA members who have been adversely affected by natural disasters.
The company supports the Big Brothers/Sisters in the Manchester, New Hampshire region through employee participation in their on-site mentoring program.
CCA Global Partners began a golf tournament to raise funds for the Floor Covering Industry Foundation in 2003 to help employees with illnesses, disabilities or other serious issues.
Key people
Howard Brodsky-Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer
Rick Bennet-Co-Chief Executive Officer
Jim Acker - Chief Financial Officer
Charlie Dilks-Chief Product Officer
Bob Wilson - Chief Administrative Officer
Awards
In 2006 CCA Global Partners received the WEBBY Award for its website in the Corporate Communications category.
Howard Brodsky was honored by the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Endowment in 2017 for his assistance supporting a project which granted special "smart homes" to wounded veterans, helping them live more independently.
USA Weekend magazine and The Points of Light Foundation recognized Carpet One for their "Carpet One Makes a Difference Campaign."
In March 2015 the World Floor Covering Association (WFCA) bequeathed the Gold Standard Award for excellence in retailing to the Hawaii-based American Carpet One.
Business NH Magazine named CCA Global Partners one of the top companies to work for in 2002, 2013, 2015, and 2016.
References
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