Carpet One
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Carpet One Floor & Home is a home design retailers' cooperative
in the carpet
, rug, and other home design products (i.e.: vinyl, tile, hardwood, laminate, bamboo, cork, countertops, furniture, and window treatments) in North America
, New Zealand
, and Australia
. It was formed in 1985 and by 2007 had over 1000 stores internationally. It is the largest of all the flooring buying groups. Carpet One Floor & Home and its parent, CCA Global Partners, are based in Manchester, New Hampshire
and St. Louis, Missouri
.
In 2007, the organization focused on streamlining their retail locations, making them more uniform thus creating a "destination" type feel. Each Carpet One is independently owned and operated.
In the 2000s, most of Carpet One's revenue still came from carpet sales. However tile and other hard surfaces steadily increased and reached 30% of total revenue in 2007. This was partly due to market trends.
The Carpet One organization was the first business formed by CCA Global Partners, a cooperative incubator founded in 1984. Under the banner of CCA Global, the Carpet One model was used by its founders to found a total of eight affiliated cooperatives for the floor covering industry, mortgage banks (Lenders One), bicycle shops (The Biking Solution, later The Bike Cooperative) and lighting retailers (Lighting One).
Carpet One founders Howard Brodsky and the late Alan Greenberg were inducted into the Cooperative Hall of Fame of the US National Cooperative Business Association
in 2009.
Retailers' cooperative
A retailers' cooperative is a type of cooperative which employs economies of scale on behalf of its retailer members. Retailers' cooperatives use their purchasing power to acquire discounts from manufacturers and often share marketing expenses. It is common for locally owned grocery stores,...
in the carpet
Carpet
A carpet is a textile floor covering consisting of an upper layer of "pile" attached to a backing. The pile is generally either made from wool or a manmade fibre such as polypropylene,nylon or polyester and usually consists of twisted tufts which are often heat-treated to maintain their...
, rug, and other home design products (i.e.: vinyl, tile, hardwood, laminate, bamboo, cork, countertops, furniture, and window treatments) in North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
, and Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. It was formed in 1985 and by 2007 had over 1000 stores internationally. It is the largest of all the flooring buying groups. Carpet One Floor & Home and its parent, CCA Global Partners, are based in Manchester, New Hampshire
Manchester, New Hampshire
Manchester is the largest city in the U.S. state of New Hampshire, the tenth largest city in New England, and the largest city in northern New England, an area comprising the states of Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. It is in Hillsborough County along the banks of the Merrimack River, which...
and St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...
.
In 2007, the organization focused on streamlining their retail locations, making them more uniform thus creating a "destination" type feel. Each Carpet One is independently owned and operated.
In the 2000s, most of Carpet One's revenue still came from carpet sales. However tile and other hard surfaces steadily increased and reached 30% of total revenue in 2007. This was partly due to market trends.
The Carpet One organization was the first business formed by CCA Global Partners, a cooperative incubator founded in 1984. Under the banner of CCA Global, the Carpet One model was used by its founders to found a total of eight affiliated cooperatives for the floor covering industry, mortgage banks (Lenders One), bicycle shops (The Biking Solution, later The Bike Cooperative) and lighting retailers (Lighting One).
Carpet One founders Howard Brodsky and the late Alan Greenberg were inducted into the Cooperative Hall of Fame of the US National Cooperative Business Association
National Cooperative Business Association
Founded in 1916 as the Cooperative League of America, the National Cooperative Business Association is a United States membership organization for cooperatives, businesses that are jointly-owned and democratically-controlled....
in 2009.
External links
- Carpet One – company website
- CCA Global Partners – parent
- Lighting One – sister company website Lighting OneLighting OneLighting One is an American company headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Owned by CCA Global Partners, Lighting One is a co-op of home furnishing member showrooms that specialize in lighting fixtures...
- Carpet One New Zealand