have the same tools on the same scale as the big boxes. the carpet one cooperative membership is made up of more than 1,100 flooring retailers. when we buy something, we re buy i buying it at x amount. i have no idea what the guy down the street is buy iing it for b there s no way he can buy it what we can. we have 1,100 stores. how can one independent retailer buy it at the price we have? we buy, literally, millions of floor covering which puts in the same category as home depot, lowe s. you realize howard s retail cooperative is a very, very large business. we re actually bigger than starbucks. we re bigger than bed, bath and beyond. that s our combined all the different divisions we have within the cca global partners. for the frankcovellas, membership in the cooperative gives them the extra leverage necessary to get the price
more than 1,100 flooring retailers. when we buy something, we are buying it at x amount. i have no idea what the guy down the street is buying it at, so how can one independent retailer buy like we do? we buy multimillion dollars worth of flooring. you realize the cooperative is a very, very large business. we re actually bigger than starbucks. we re bigger than bed, bath and beyond. membership in the carpet line cooperative gives them the extra leverage necessary to operate