Maurya Lane from BBE in Cary, North Carolina has been fighting the North Carolina State Bar Association who wants to prohibit lawyers from participating in barter exchanges in the state. Maurya has been assisted in her efforts by IRTA’s Executive Director, Ron Whitney and NATE President, Gary Oshry. A NC Bar Association meeting was held [...]
The International Reciprocal Trade Association announced this year’s convention in Pittsburgh, PA from October 28th to October 20th at the Pittsburgh Hilton. The theme of the convention is “Modern Barter: Leading the Way to Global Economic Recovery”. According to the release, this year’s convention should be the biggest IRTA convention in over a decade and [...]
The second Conference of the Euro-Asian Barter Assembly was held on May 1st and 2nd 2010 at the Napoleon Hotel in Paris France. The two day Conference was convened by Assembly Secretary and Barter Hall of Fame Member Paul Suplizio and was attended by leaders of the Modern Trade and Barter industry representing eighteen companies [...]
The International Reciprocal Trade Association, IRTA and The National Association of Trade Exchanges, NATE have announced that they are working together in a cooperative effort to modernize and up date the current Certified Trade Broker (CTB) program that is offered by both Industry Associations. In a joint statement issued by NATE President Gary Oshry and [...]
BizX and IRTA along with a number of internet barter sites were featured in this month’s Costco Connection magazine. Costco member Aaron Zarling, owner of King’s Mattress in Seattle, embraces an age-old strategy for making his idle inventory profitable. With the help of BizXchange, a business barter exchange, he gains new customers and offsets normal [...]
If you’re low on cash it doesn’t mean you can’t get what you want or need. “You can barter literally anything,” said Karen Hoffman, who along with former business journalist Shera Dalin authored the new book The Art of Barter: How to Trade for Almost Anything. The book outlines how individuals and business can trade in [...]
A three part audio series aimed at the first time barter-er appeared on YouTube this week. Featured in the audio/video segments are Ron Whitney, Executive Director of IRTA and ACX President Mark Tracy. Watch/listen to part 1 below.
I heard from Ron Whitney this morning that, “We were able to get the NC Bar to send the issue back to the sub-committee for further review and consideration. That will give us 6 more months to refine our arguments and hopefully prevail.” Hopefully the industry can keep trading with attorneys. If you have a [...]
I received this from Ron Whitney at IRTA yesterday, and found it important enough to reproduce in its entirety: Tyler: It was good talking with you again today. You may have seen over the years where some States have taken a negative view of attorneys joining barter exchanges based on the misplaced arguments that it [...]
David Wallach of IRTA was quoted in the Miami Herald on Monday. IRTA president David Wallach has seen membership jump 15 to 20 percent in the past year, whereas normally it increases 5 to 8 percent annually. “Businesses are looking for ways to survive,” Wallach said. “If you have excess capacity to do it, why [...]
