Since the fire, the Ag-Power John Deere dealership had been working out of a couple of temporary buildings, a much smaller setup than the business had before. Read more: http://www.kmbc.com/news/agpower-breaks-ground-on-new-john-deere-dealership-in-higginsville/26100994#ixzz32Nlwc4Rx
This model consists of major lines, plus specialty manufacturers like Krone, Claas, Kuhn, Equipment Technologies and Bobcat who all have some company stores in operation along with dealer models.
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.
Co-operatives have always played a role in equipment distribution, including with the majors where the co-op is the machinery dealer in town, says Russell. The idea here is that a co-op, utilizing its existing infrastructure, could provide additional services to include parts and equipment to a greater extent, if they so desired.
Suburban sprawl has been reaching farther and farther into rural communities for years and changing the makeup of those communities. For one Indiana dealership, that sprawl meant it no longer was serving its customers as well as it used to.
As we reported in the last issue of E-Watch, Case IH is leaning on its dealers to drop as many as 7 shortline equipment brands they may be carrying. The shortlines named included Drago, Gerringhoff, Great Plains, Kinze, Kuhn Krause, Kubota and MacDon.
Managers of the Spencer Case-IH and John Deere dealerships that were sold within weeks of each other this winter say their customers benefit from working with the broader network now available to them.
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