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magine hundreds of vendors, offering their best pricing of the year all
in one place. Now, picture choosing from more than 100 educational
classes from authorities in digital and traditional marketing, team
development, financial services, product and technology updates and
more. Perhaps best of all, think about sharing ideas and networking with
fellow independent dealers from across the country and leaders from
the industry's most respected brands. Finally, what if you could
experience all of this AND go home with thousands of dollars in instant
rebates for the orders you placed, before they even ship? It may sound
like an independent's dream, but it's actually Nationwide's legendary
PrimeTime member conference and buying show and it's happening
February 25 through March 1.
Thousands of members, vendors and service providers will converge
on Orlando's Gaylord Palms Convention Center for 5 days of deals,
updates, education, networking and fellowship. Long the largest event
of its type, this year PrimeTime is growing even more due to Nationwide's
industry-changing merger with the MEGA Group. According to
Nationwide's Tom Hickman, "In the past, Nationwide and MEGA each
hosted two buying shows per year. Our recent merger has turned
these four shows into two huge PrimeTime events, providing cost
efficiencies for our vendors. These savings can now be passed on to
our members who attend PrimeTime in the form of show specials and
Cash Back Now on-the-spot rebates. It's great for our members, the
vendor community is delighted and everybody wins."
Former MEGA President Rick Bellows adds, "The MEGA leadership
team understood that independents needed to further consolidate and
strengthen their voice in order to compete with the corporate chains,
Amazon, and others. We looked at the options and chose Nationwide.
We believe that the merger of MEGA and Nationwide has provided our
members this dominant Independent voice. 'Buy better, sell smarter
and compete tougher' is much more than a slogan, for Nationwide's
members, it's a way of life."
With more buying power than all competing groups combined,
Nationwide is home to some 5,300 members, operating approximately
14,000 stores, generating an estimated $18 billion in sales. Please
visit www.nationwideprimetime.com to find out more.
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THE BEST GETS BETTER:
NATIONWIDE'S PRIMETIME 2018
Major independent dealer event in North America takes a big step forward
