--- title: Welcome New Partners description: MBS proudly serves independent college stores. image: https://foreword.mbsbooks.com/hubfs/Foreword_Online/2023%20FO%20art/Welcome-New-Partners_FO-Header_Proof-v1_221223.jpg --- - [Home](https://foreword.mbsbooks.com) - [View All Posts](https://foreword.mbsbooks.com/all) - [Visit mbsbooks.com](https://www.mbsbooks.com/) [![MBS Foreword](https://foreword.mbsbooks.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Foreword_Online/logos/fo-logo-whiteblue-400x87-nj-26080601.png?width=400&name=fo-logo-whiteblue-400x87-nj-26080601.png "MBS Foreword")](https://foreword.mbsbooks.com) # Ideas, information and industry news for collegiate retailers # Welcome New Partners Posted by Liz Schulte on 1/9/23, 6:30 AM Topics: [campus retail solutions](https://foreword.mbsbooks.com/topic/campus-retail-solutions), [college bookstore industry trends](https://foreword.mbsbooks.com/topic/college-bookstore-industry-trends), [course material trends](https://foreword.mbsbooks.com/topic/course-material-trends) In 2022, MBS welcomed 25 new Premier Partners and retained 99% of our existing partners. We are so grateful for every college store we work with. Thank you for placing your trust in MBS. We are proud to serve independent campus stores. ![Welcome New Partners](https://foreword.mbsbooks.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Foreword_Online/2023%20FO%20art/Welcome-New-Partners_FO-Header_Proof-v1_221223.jpg?width=1200&height=627&name=Welcome-New-Partners_FO-Header_Proof-v1_221223.jpg)We continue to build and enhance our course material and store technology solutions to provide stores like yours with the necessary tools to thrive in a changing market. If you are not yet partnered with MBS, take a closer look at all we have to offer, from collegiate retail systems to a wholesale Premier Partnership. ## Premier Partnership With MBS’ Premier Partnership, stores receive priority access to more books, reduced costs and additional savings that puts money back into your store’s budget. We provide stores with unrivaled support and help streamline course material management. “MBS has shown a consistent commitment to the campus store and provides the type of service and products that we need. Used books are still an important element for us. Having a partner who is committed to supplying those resources to the campus store is very important,” said **OSU Beaver Store Chief Academic Materials Officer James Howard**. [Learn more about the MBS Premier Partnership](https://marketing.mbsbooks.com/reap-the-benefits-of-an-mbs-premier-partnership). ## Flexible college retail system MBS Store Technology Solutions offers college stores a complete collegiate retail system that includes: - Omnichannel solutions that help boost revenue and branding - Enhanced user and customer experiences - A transparent value without hidden costs - A next-generation suite of tools to increase visibility into business intelligence data - Dedicated customer support from implementation to ongoing training. With one of the most comprehensive system support teams, we are able to help stores update their eCommerce sites and expand their web catalogs, provide new store integrations and offer guided training to each system partner to assure their online capabilities are maximized to better support students “I have always felt MBS really listens to their clients’ needs and concerns. They always try to accommodate our requests, but never in my wildest dreams would I have believed that we could accomplish this project within six weeks,” **Patricia Clark, General Manager of Commodore Books & More, Lorain County Community College,** said. “We had several significant goals for the redesign. We wanted a professional top-notch site, to increase sales, to streamline the ordering process, to reduce the number of calls to the store, add additional information concerning bookstore policy and improve our website’s efficiency. Our rep’s expertise is beyond words. He went above and beyond our expectations with the end product.” [Learn more about the MBS system](https://marketing.mbsbooks.com/schedule-an-appointment-with-mbs-store-technology-solutions). Contact your MBS representative today to discuss how MBS can help your store this year.   [![Prepare for the future of course materials. Schedule an appointment with your MBS Field Marketing Territory Manager. 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