Posts Tagged ‘sales outlets’
Bajaj which showcased the blade scooter in 2006 Auto Expo will launch the scooter in 2008. Though the motorcycles sales continues to dip, scooter sales soars. In 2007, it posted double digit growth. Bajaj once a dominant player in the scooter market confined to concentrate only on motorcycles. krist......
GM to accelerate dealer consolidation
Monday, December 3rd, 2007
GM may have just half the market share it had 30 years ago, but the Detroit-based automaker still seems to have as many dealers as McDonald's has drive-thrus. The General has slashed more than 2,000 dealerships over the past 12 years, but the company will accelerate closings in order to right-size i......
Chrysler’s Project Genesis: Trim models, consolidate dealers
Saturday, December 1st, 2007
Chrysler's previous consolidation strategy, dubbed "Project Alpha," was implemented in 2004 to trim and combine dealers. All told, Chrysler was able to cut its dealer network down from 4,000 to 3,600. Not nearly enough to get outlets on par with demand. So Chrysler's co-pres, Jim Press, announced to......
Toyota satisfied with number of U.S. dealers
Wednesday, March 7th, 2007
Toyota's US sales have been booming for years, with annual volume growth of 10-percent or more the norm, and profits that beat all other automakers, hands-down. One area where Toyota has fought growth, however, is in the quantity of dealers it has in the US, and if you believe North American Preside......