Originally Posted by
squirtdad
I was told by a local LBS owner that Bianchi is requiring both brick and mortar and on sales (in the US anyway) follow MSRP, and sign agreements to that effect otherwise Bianchi will not sell to them. Not sure how discounts, year end sales etc are handled
Those agreements typically only apply to current model year products, so end of year sales are usually fine.
Bicycles are relatively simple and quite reliable, so you don't need a a lot of equipment to repair them (ala cars). That makes life harder for shops, in that they don't have huge supply of customers (like dealerships), but they have similar labor costs.