Originally Posted by
bikeaddiction1
I don't see a way out of this as we don't have a major competitor based in North America.
Perhaps that is the issue here. US Law won't care about forcing UK retail competitors out of the market, whether it is good or bad for the US customers.
However, the company has done many anti-competition things such as refusing to sell to certain small businesses for fear that the small businesses would undercut prices.
Enforcing regional distributorships reduces competition as a pacific coast business is unable to purchase from east coast wholesalers, or European wholesalers, depending on what meets their needs.
The question is whether the cyclist market would be large enough to get the attention of anti-trust enforcement, and what are the broad ramifications of unfettered internet sales?