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The adoption of B2B technology can provide a more effective set of business practices, thereby allowing more available time to develop your business and work with your customers. The question is no longer if, but when, and how, B2B technology will impact your business.

To read more about B2B technology, introductory documents are available for download or viewable on line.

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2010 Annual Meeting Information

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Register to attend the Annual B2B Technical Workshop and Membership Meeting, in Atlanta, GA ---- September 8-9, 2010.

Online registration is now open at www.fcb2b.org click on meeting icon on the top right of the home page or logged in members page.


The FLOOR COVERING BUSINESS TO BUSINESS ASSOCIATION is established as the premier organization supporting Technology in the flooring industry. The mission of the Association is to facilitate efficient business communications within the floor covering and related industries, including but not limited to electronic transactions, to foster optimal development of the floor covering industry, and to promote leadership in the development of ethics, standards, and policy throughout the industry.
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Aaron Pirner and Pam Bowe Discuss FCB2B

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Aaron Pirner, owner of Cap Carpets, and Pam Bowe, executive director of the Floor Covering Business to Business trade organization, discuss the progress FCB2B has made in simplifying computer to computer communications for the floorcovering industry. In the interview, Aaron talks about how it helps his business and suggests that other retailers take advantage of it.
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B2B Bridge to Profitability

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Floor Covering Weekly

February 23, 2009
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B2B Update - Part 2 - Rewriting Business Rules

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Floor Covering News
July 7/14, 2008, Vol. 23, No 8

The rules of business are being rewritten to include the rules of electronic exchange. fcB2B software enables a dealer's compute to quickly and accurately exchange a variety of everyday business transactions with a vendor's computer across the internet.
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B2B Update - Part 1 - Technology: The Driver in Business Strategy

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Floor Covering News
June 16/23, 2008, Vol. 23, No 6

E-commerce has posed a most significant challenge to the business model since the advent of computing. If any entity in the distribution chain begins doing business electronically, companies up and down must follow suit or risk being excluded.

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Annual Meeting Report: B2B Group Moves Forward

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Floor Covering Weekly
July 7/14 2008, Vol. 57, No 17


fcB2B unveiled its new website and announced new developments during the non-profit group's annual meeting
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Record Attendence Mirrors B2B's Growth

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Floor Covering News
July 7/14 2008, Vol. 23, No. 8


A record number of key stakeholders attended the annual fcB2B meeting (in Atlanta) last month.
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Floor Covering Industry Looks to the Future

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Strategy: The Official Nwsletter of the North American Association of Floor Covering Distributors
Spring 2008, Vol. 2, No. 2


NAFCD supports association designed to save time, money and paperwork in the distribution channel process