Marketing groups have been an integral part of the industry since 1968 when SIED was formed. Today, over 1200 distributors belong to groups; their members represent over $20 billion of industry sales (to end-users); and over 100 manufacturer (and/or divisions) belong to one of the two groups (A-D and IMARK).

Given the nature of the industry, groups, manufacturer concerns, distributor profitability issues and more, this leads us to the question ... (and all answers are anonymous)
What is the value of a marketing group to a manufacturer that has been in the group more than 5 years? (Please check all that are applicable)
If you are a manufacturer, describe your growth through the groups (click all that apply)
What additional value do you think marketing groups should offer manufacturers? Distributors?
Are you a ...