Distribution Chaos
Submitted by advisor on Sat, 04/01/2000 - 2:19pm.
Industry wide distributor / manufacturer chaos continues as a result of the Sub-Zero/Viking moves in March.
- Thermador moves from direct to 2 step distribution in California. It's Southwest distribution is put in limbo.
- Viking buys its northwest distributor, Gateway Distributing
- FALSE rumor has it that Sub-Zero bought its Midwest distributor
- Subzero pulls Wolf from its distributors, transfer it to its own, some smaller distributors may not survive.
- Every distributor and every manufacturer is playing a high stakes game of chess. The blood letting will continue for some months to come.
