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“CCA Sports Retail Services saves us about $9,000 in operational costs each year by the rate reduction in American Express processing fees. This goes right to the bottom line guys!” - Joe Vitale, Danzeisen & Quigley, Cherry Hill, NJ
For over 25 years, CCA Global Partners has assisted independent retailers in securing their future and maximizing their profitability through combined economies of scale and a belief in the power of cooperative buying. In 2003, we launched The Bike Cooperative as the flagship division of CCA Sports Retail Services. The Bike Cooperative was launched with a singular purpose: to provide bicycle retailers with services that improve their profitability and their overall quality of life. These retail services include cost savings and advertising programs designed to save our retailers time, increase their revenue and maximize their profitability. We currently support independent bicycle retailers around the country. In 2008, we expanded our services to the fitness and ski industries, where we have quickly become acknowledged as a leading retail services provider for specialty fitness and ski stores.
Membership gives you access to all of the operational and marketing programs that are detailed below. We can negotiate almost any program that will save our members time and/or money. With the combination of all CCA independent retailers’ buying and sales volume, CCA Sports Retail Services is able to provide its retail members with substantial cost savings and powerful tools which are proven to increase profitability, ensure sustainability, and provide the overall satisfaction that is desired in independent business ownership.
OPERATIONS
- CONSUMER FINANCING: Dramatically ease the process of selling higher-end products with our industry leading consumer financing program. By partnering with GE Money, we offer consumer financing at the lowest rates in the industry, at the highest customer approval rates, and an exclusive private label card that customers use repeatedly at your store, boosting customer loyalty to your business.
- CREDIT CARD PROCESSING: Average member savings with CCA’s negotiated processing rates is $3,100. With the industry’s best credit card processing rates, you will notice significant and sustainable savings.
- GIFT CARDS: Utilize CCA’s affordable easy to use gift cards. With the gift card industry amounting to more than $80 billion dollars, you must be offering your customers a professional and easy to track gift card option. Our magnetic gift cards are reloadable and have no inactivity fees or expiration date.
- BUSINESS SAVINGS PROGRAMS: CCA Sports Retail Services has negotiated significant savings with multiple vendors at a national level to provide members with ample savings on day-to-day business services. With over 2,700 retailers under the CCA umbrella we are able to use our economies of scale to keep more of your revenue in your hands. Our national savings programs include a low discount rate for American Express, significant savings on all Grainger products, savings on Sprint wireless service for you and your employees, and much more.
ADVERTISING
CCA Sports Retail Services provides members with an assortment of cost effective, easy-to-implement marketing programs designed to grow your business, but without the high fees of an advertising agency. Our advertising services and programs include:
- STRATEGY & CONSULTATION: Our marketing team will work with you one-on-one to create a customized marketing plan specifically tailored to your goals, at no cost to you. We also offer programs to help you execute that plan, whether your goal is to grow market share, increase sales from your existing customers, or both.
- GOOGLE KEYWORD ADVERTISING: The CCA Sports marketing team will set up, manage and measure Google keyword advertising campaigns that will drive traffic to your website and attract new customers. By doing the legwork for you, we’ll save you the time and effort required to manage effective keyword campaigns, allowing you to focus on other important areas of your business.
- DIRECT MAIL: We provide you with a wide variety of fully customizable direct mail options. Choose from postcards, letters, self-mailers and gift card mailers. We use our combined buying power to make sure your cost is always below market rates. Design and strategy are included for free. You pay only print and postage.
- CUSTOM EMAIL: Create your own professional emails, send them to your customers anytime you please, and track the results through CCA Sports’ custom email program. This extremely cost effective, easy-to-use marketing tool features a variety of layout options, no monthly minimums, and rates as low as three tenths of one cent per email.
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