Matt Brown
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John,
It is difficult for new or up and coming shops to get a foothold.
From the distributors' perspective, their ideal would be to sell 25 rods in one go to one shop. It's much easier than selling 25 rods to 25 shops. That would be 25 orders over the phone, or 25 visits via the sale rep. 25 lots of carriage. 25 delivery notes followed by 25 invoices that require 25 stamps. 25 times the warehouse staff would have to pick and ship the order. And so on.
It is true that money talks. I would imagine smaller independent shops would get their chance should the bigger shops become a little slow when it comes to paying the invoices.
It is difficult for new or up and coming shops to get a foothold.
From the distributors' perspective, their ideal would be to sell 25 rods in one go to one shop. It's much easier than selling 25 rods to 25 shops. That would be 25 orders over the phone, or 25 visits via the sale rep. 25 lots of carriage. 25 delivery notes followed by 25 invoices that require 25 stamps. 25 times the warehouse staff would have to pick and ship the order. And so on.
It is true that money talks. I would imagine smaller independent shops would get their chance should the bigger shops become a little slow when it comes to paying the invoices.