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Is There Life Beyond Deere?

By Kim Schmidt posted on May 26, 2021 | Posted in Manufacturer & Dealer Issues
Tennessee lost its last single-store John Deere dealer in March, but it didn’t lose a dealer. Clifford Pugh, owner of Tri-County Equipment in Crossville, Tenn., announced recently that Deere informed him in March 2020 that they would be terminating his contract on Sept. 2, 2020 because of lower than expected market share performance. 


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Restarting Your Business

By Dr. Scott Downey posted on May 24, 2021
If I had to guess, I would say that a majority of salespeople have sorely missed building new customer relationships and expanding business over the last year or so. In my conversations with sales managers and salespeople, they’ve been able to hold the line and maintain current customer relationships, but it has been extremely difficult to grow new ones.
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Growing Bench Strength Part 2: Cutting Out Bad Habits

By Casey Seymour posted on March 27, 2021 | Posted in Best Practices

Last month I started this series off by talking about where to find young talent. As discussed, there are several different places and ways to bring good, young talent from colleges and technical schools to the dealership. 


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