Allied Merchants Buying Association (AMBA) is a group of leading Independent Building, Timber, Plumbing, Hardware, Agri Trade, Fuel, Garden and Homeware Retailers working together to enhance our business through the development and deployment of co-ordinated negotiation of Prices and Terms in conjunction with our Supplier Partners. Formed in 2011 we have grown to 17 members with 85 stores nationwide. Allied Merchants Buying Association is managed to benefit member stores by making them more profitable. We focus on making a profit for members, not from them. The purpose of our progressive group is strengthening the buying power of members whilst not losing the entrepreneurial spirit of the independent market. Members keep control of their business with the support of a member focused group created to improve profitability through structured purchasing. By organising together as a single group, we are in a stronger position to negotiate with suppliers of goods and services on behalf of members. We provide a fresh approach to the benefits of combined purchasing, through our simple structure, responsive attitude and ability to leverage national opportunities. Our core focus is to defend and grow our members’ competitive position, profitability and market share and we do this by working together helping members buy better, and sell more.