Nation’s Best Sports (NBS) is a premier sporting goods buying group that was established in 1956 when E. Claude Manning, owner of Manning’s Sports Center in Fort Worth, Texas, and a group of friends and surplus business associates decided to pool an order for merchandise to obtain a lower price. To be competitive, they knew they must buy direct from the manufacturer, and buying direct meant buying in volume. From this modest beginning, the first sporting goods buying group, originally named the Southwest Buying Syndicate, was born.

For 70 years, NBS has supported independent retailers in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico with a wide range of buying opportunities in the outdoor sports and general sporting goods categories. Our exclusive buying Markets go beyond traditional trade shows, providing a unique setting for our Members to connect with top-tier Vendors in the sporting goods industry to place direct orders tailored to their needs.