Sam Ash Clearance on Larrivees

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Hard to say what is going on. Plus one on being a bit careful about speculation.

What is more common is that a manufacturer will require dealers to carry every item in their product line -- or a certain breadth of a product line -- in order to hang onto their dealership. That can cause someone to pare back on or eliminate other vendors. Or give up their dealerships.


There are any number of tactics used by manufacturers of all types to mange their channel of distribution. Asking someone directly do drop a competing product line would be kind of difficult. Making it more and more attractive to do that ... that's more common.