How does the bike industry work?
tommywmb
Posts: 148
Asked this over at UK MTB earlier but thought I'd post up here too...
Basically I took a non-biker friend of mine shopping for a bike at the weekend, and he quizzed me over how the bike shops make money out of bikes, and for the life of me I couldn't give him a straight answer!
So, how does the bike industry work?! Do the shops buy stock from the distributor/manufacturer outright? Or do they operate on a 'sale or return' basis? Who sets the price of a bike?
Just out of curiosity can anyone shed any light on this?!
Basically I took a non-biker friend of mine shopping for a bike at the weekend, and he quizzed me over how the bike shops make money out of bikes, and for the life of me I couldn't give him a straight answer!
So, how does the bike industry work?! Do the shops buy stock from the distributor/manufacturer outright? Or do they operate on a 'sale or return' basis? Who sets the price of a bike?
Just out of curiosity can anyone shed any light on this?!
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