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Dealers Voice 6 Areas of Concern over FTC Rulings vs. Deere in Right-to-Repair Suits

Deere settled its larger potential risks as an equipment-maker but the ‘cost’ to dealers remains unknown. Regardless of color dealers are expressing concern over the slippery slope this settlement may mean to their investments & survival.
Deere settled its larger potential risks as an equipment-maker but the ‘cost’ to dealers remains unknown. Regardless of color dealers are expressing concern over the slippery slope this settlement may mean to their investments & survival.
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Part 2: Personal Observations Ahead of the Hands-On Workshop at Dealership Minds Summit

Experience with Innermetrix Profiles: Free to Dealership Minds Summit Workshop Attendees

In part 2, Mike and Drew Lessiter describe their company’s practical experience with the tools since being exposed to them last winter, and why Arzani was hired to deliver a special small-group workshop to equipment dealers navigating similar challenges.


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Part 1: 2 Time-Proven Traits for Human Capital Success from 2026 Dealership Minds Summit Presenter

Bryan Arzani provides a primer for the profile assessment tools free to Dealership Minds Summit workshop attendees, made possible by NAEDA.

Part 1 in this series is based on a profile assessment conference call on May 21, 2026 by Bryan Arzani, vice president and co-founder of Results Group and president of Innermetrix North America. The following is his description of key trait indicators from research that he shared before delving into a profile assessment exercise into matching positions to a future candidate.


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Where’s the Class in Class-Action?

Class-action 101 & observations on the race by attorneys and their subcontractors to get an even larger piece of John Deere’s $99 million settlement intended for farmers

Class-action 101 and observations on the race by attorneys and their subcontractors to get an even larger piece of John Deere’s $99 million settlement intended for farmers.


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Farm Equipment's Best of the Web: May 29, 2026

This Week's Lineup:

  • Building the Next Generation of Technicians
  • Industry Leaders Gather for Historic Executive Summit
  • Merger Between Deere Dealers Called Off
  • Putting See & Spray 2.0 to the Test
  • Analyzing the State of Ag Retail in 2026

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AgRevolution (Vincennes, Ind.) - May 2023 Farm Equipment Store Visit

Kim Schmidt and Mike Lessiter hit the road in May 2023 for a couple of dealer visits in Indiana. One of them was our first visit to AgRevolution’s newest store in Vincennes, Ind., which opened in the summer of 2022. For those unfamiliar, AgRevolution is the moniker of the 7 company stores owned and operated by AGCO since the fall of 2020. The following is a slideshow of some photos taken during that visit.

Read more at "Company Store Observations ... AGCO’s Ag Revolution"

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