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Costco Magazine - July 2004
"Barter exchanges link businesses together
into trading networks where members trade with one another to
turn their under-utilized capacity into new revenue streams."
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Chicago Tribune/Online Edition - October 2004
"Bartering among businesses
reached nearly $8 billion in 2001, the latest year the
International Reciprocal Trade Association tracking bartering
activity, and it is believed to be growing more than 10 percent
annually." View/Read
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ContraCoastalTimes.com - October 20, 2004
"Better information flow about what's available for barter,
new barter networks, and connections between various barter networks
have all contributed to its [trading industry's] growth..."
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Inc Magazine
"A barter exchange - for those who haven't used one - combines
the functions of classified advertising and a bank. Customers
sign up to sell anything from drywall to dentistry, the exchange
compiles the listings in a directory, and buyers contact sellers
directly or through a broker employed by the exchange."
Kiplinger Personal Financial Magazine
"Think of barter as a supplement to your regular cash business,
not a replacement for it. For most businesses, producing a 6-8%
of sales per year by barter is a reasonable ceiling."
"The key to successful bartering is know how to use the system.
Learn to be flexible in your buying habits. Give your trade broker
time to find what you want, and be willing to help by giving referrals."
"There's no tax advantage or disadvantage to bartering. Cash sales
and trade sales are treated identical under the tax law."
Opportunity World
"Businesses are bartering for many reasons. Most important, perhaps,
is that it gives them the ability to leverage their cash reserves
into more purchasing power while increasing cash flow and lowering
overhead expenses."
Nation's Restaurant News
"Barter exchanges help cash-strapped entrepreneurs stimulate sales,
develop new clients, convert excess capacity or inventory into
revenue, and acquire goods and services needed to conduct a business.
The most important benefit of barter is cash conservation: keeping
cash in the bank while using barter revenue to offset normal operating
costs."
Hotel & Motel Management
"Bartering turns empty rooms into valuable commodities. Trading
room nights brings hotels new customers to feed other profit centers
- such as food and beverage, telephone, laundry and parking --
with opportunity to return as a cash customer and even refer a
few friends."
Good Housekeeping
"Small business owners tend to be the biggest beneficiaries of
barter because they can trade goods based on their own wholesale
cost."
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