If given a choice, what would you rather do, write a check for your next business expense or trade your own goods and services to pay for it?

Nearly every business faces the dilemma of excess downtime, perishable inventory and/or excess capacity – unsold advertising space; excess inventory; unfilled seats, tables, or hotel rooms.  As a CBS member, you can change that down-time into dollars.  Whether they’re a new business or a Fortune-500 company, hundreds of thousands of businesses like yours throughout North America have found new opportunities to do business through bartering.