A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to visit with a very successful farm equipment dealer who has spent the better part of 40 years in the business. We talked about the huge changes that have taken place during his career and how his dealership adapted to them.
In the past few weeks, I've had some interesting conversations with farm equipment dealers about the continuing consolidation that's taking place in the industry. These have been straightforward discussions covering things like, "What should I do?" "Why is it happening?"? and "What do you think about it?"
In this episode of On the Record, brought to you by Associated Equipment Distributors, we talk with NAEDA Director of Dealer Development Tom Healy about some of the dealer-manufacturer relations issues the association has tackled this year.
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