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The Bigs Keep Getting Bigger

We just put the final touches on the Ag Equipment Intelligence "2014 Big Dealer" report, and subscribers will be getting their copies in the next several days. Together with George Russell of Currie Management Consultants, we've been tracking and analyzing the consolidation of farm equipment dealers since 2009.
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Special Report: Alternative Distribution

Alternative Distribution: Joint-Venture Dealerships Owned by Several Shortline Manufacturers

This model has been little more than barroom chatter to date, but does get enough attention to warrant examination. It's most often discussed by larger shortline manufacturers concerned with getting locked out of areas through brand purity efforts of the majors or dealers' own product rationalization during mergers or acquisitions.
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Special Report: Alternative Distribution

Alternative Distribution: Direct to Farmer Sales; Subdealer Model for Service

This idea consists of the manufacturer utilizing the Internet, equipment shows and direct personnel to make the initial sale, and making some other subcontract arrangement for parts, service and repair. According to Russell, this is similar to how equipment is distributed in some countries in Europe, where sales and service are functions handled by different dealers.
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To The Point: Nature Abhors a Vacuum

A little over 10 years ago, Charlie Glass made a presentation to the Farm Equipment Manufacturers Assn. in which he predicted that by 2013 fewer than 50,000 farms would produce 80% of all the nation's farm commodities. He also projected that fewer than 2,000 mainline farm equipment dealerships would exist in the U.S.
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Alternative Distribution
Special Report: Alternative Distribution

Alternative Distribution: How Many Options Really Exist?

Consultants and manufacturers weigh in on 7 options that are bandied about, and whether equipment dealers could see new or evolving models popping up around them.
Case IH’s announcement in February about brand purity at its dealer meeting and the specific mention of 7 lines they didn’t want to see competing with red equipment on dealers’ lots, got the attention of both dealers and manufacturers.
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