Merchandise Programs

Apparel, Backpacks, and Souvenirs

Connect2One vendors offer a vast array of logo apparel, backpacks, and souvenir lines with discounts ranging from 5% to 30% off regular pricing on everything from basic garments to fashion alternatives.

Categories include t-shirts, outerwear, polo shirts, shorts & pants, children’s apparel, hats, souvenirs, backpacks, and umbrellas. We’ve also added significant offerings in the women’s apparel and hat categories. We offer merchandising and product assortments your store needs to be successful. Quality, style, graphics, value, price, and service by the vendor are among the criteria we use in determining those products selected for the program. Although we have programs with vendors you know and love, we are also exploring partnerships with vendors that traditionally haven’t sold to college stores – vendors with name brands that your students know and buy. We want to help you keep your student’s dollars in your store.

Using our catalog partner, you can expand your sales to alumni with mail order catalogs and put your co-op dollars to work for you in your store.

Caps and Gowns, Class Rings, Graduation Announcements

We hope all of our member stores will take advantage of our new Jostens program. You can increase your ring commissions, qualify for excellent pricing on caps and gowns, and earn increased commissions on personalized announcements through this program. Jostens will also help coordinate and sponsor a Graduation Fair on your campus. It’s a great way to build a partnership that will benefit your store.

Gifts

Your store can be the place for students to shop to see what’s new, either for them or as a gift. Our gift programs offer traditional gift items, as well as the new and the unusual. Among our offerings, you’ll find calendars, social stationery, greeting cards, bookmarks, picture frames, and journals. Earn solid margins and keep your customers coming back to see what’s new as we develop partnerships with vendors outside traditional bookstore channels.

Supplies

Connect2One has the most comprehensive program in the industry. We have assembled a terrific list of Vendor Partners who offer outstanding prices on an array of products in all supply categories, including calculators, paper products, binders, art supplies, electronics, computer supplies, and more. Supply partners offer a variety of money-saving options with extra discounts, improved terms, or guaranteed end-column pricing with no minimums. Connect2One members can use these reduced costs to capture extra gross margin dollars or implement aggressive pricing. Whether direct manufacturers or full-line distributors, our supply vendors are committed to serving C2O members.

Wirebound Notebook Subscription Inserts

Request the C2O magazine subscription insert in your custom wirebound notebooks manufactured by Roaring Spring Paper Co. and receive an annual per notebook rebate from Connect2One. Custom wirebound notebooks purchased from Ampad may also be ordered with magazine subscription inserts with rebates paid semi-annually from American Collegiate Marketing.

Office Products

Tired of declining sales of office supplies to campus departments? We’ve found a solution to help independent stores serve their campus in partnership with Boise Cascade Office Products. The Boise program allows member bookstores to “stay in the loop” with a competitive price and service package to campus departments through an internet-based order system. The bookstore earns quarterly commissions of 14% to 20% based on performance measures.

Technology Products

As technology products become mainstream consumables in the academic environment, Connect2One Vendor Partners are available to assist you with product selection and great pricing. Primary vendors in this category include D & H Distributing and NACSCORP. Details of these offerings can be found in the Connect2One Supply Program Catalog. Additionally, Prism Magnetics, Belkin Components, Dot Manufacturing and ICE Inc. offer direct programs on a variety of products. Our full-line office products distributors, Service Wholesale Inc., Pens Etc., and Dallas Pen Co. can fill your basic requirements, and several paper vendors offer paper suitable for today’s demanding computer and digital camera users.

Health and Lab Science Supplies

The most important emphasis of this program with McCoy Health Science Supply is in providing incremental value to a member store through increased sales and improved campus relations. McCoy Health Science Supply will provide research into your institution’s programs to determine needs. Based on their findings, they will recommend inventory tailored to your marketplace and provide inventory management tools and maintenance assistance. Visual merchandising plans and initial marketing materials provide higher sell-through and increased sales. In addition, Connect2One members enjoy special pricing on Littman stethoscopes, lab coats, protective eyewear, and medical gloves, as well as special pricing for all McCoy brand products. Custom kits and protective wear are available for a variety of lab courses beyond health sciences.

Strategic Partners offers special pricing on selected Cherokee brand lab coats, health professions' apparel and Rockers clogs. Their outstanding prices on lab coats appeal to budget-minded students.

Convenience Stores

Adcamp Associates offers a variety of Health and Beauty Care items, including their popular “Medicine Chest” displays with travel-size products at special prices for C2O members.

Inventory Controlled Merchandise (ICM) is a health and beauty care distributor with a vast array of products for your needs: Trial size products, cosmetics, hosiery, toiletries, ethnic products and much more.

Upscale retailers and bookstore superstores capture additional revenue at point-of-sale with the strong mint category. For a fresh new look, turn to Jo Mints for naturally caffeinated mints packaged in attractive mirror compact cases.

Music and Entertainment

Music CDs, movie videos, and DVDs represent a “must-have” demand with students. Our partnership with Arrow Distribution delivers the latest releases and popular standards to build traffic in your store at an introductory discount exclusive to Connect2One members.