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White Paper | May 29, 2008

White paper on the state of buying groups in packaging

The approach is straightforward enough: leverage the individual
members’ combined purchasing power and negotiate volume
discounts on goods and services resold. Certainly, these groups have
proven a driving force in shaping the U.S. economic landscape,
where some 48,000 active buying groups and co-ops exist and
operate in various industries, including the packaging world,
according to one industry research firm.
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SOURCE: http://www.packworld.com/sustainability/strategy/white-paper-state-buying-groups-packaging