Its not only bike shops. The crazy economic 'wheel' is rapidly spinning to new ways of bringing in the dough.
Be prepared for the age of autonomy - many, many professions to current business is going bye-bye.
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As for bike dealers and shops. I would likely hope the survivors are of the old school- utilize and promote excellent servicing. As of late, I've seen enough poor to useless servicing. Too bad but that rubs off to current customer base and they quickly vanish.
Use co-op indy dealer buying from bike producers - pool resources for buying power.
Kill overhead. (Hire illegals - joke, OK?!)
Push makers to consign their products or else they can shove it up their azz. Either be with the dealer and no online sale or forget the brand.
Own your premises or if you must lease- plead to city / town board for new business incentives, local economy - small business respective. Expect doors slamming unless and you might resort to greasing the board.
Last edited by crank_addict; 12-31-19 at 05:26 PM.