"TomTom" wrote in message
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> In news:Ma-dnRKAcaa4ULLVnZ2dnUVZ_s7inZ2d@supernews.com,
> GerantSmythe typed:
>> "Phil Allison" wrote in message
>> news:68k9jtF2tkt4iU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>
>>> "Maxx"
>>>>
>>>> Can a distributor, wholesaler or manufacturer refuse to supply a
>>>> retailer because the retailer is "difficult to deal with"?
>>>
>>>
>>> ** Yep.
>>>
>>> Just like any shopkeeper can refuse service to a particular customer
>>> and insist they leave the store.
>>>
>>> They do not have to give a reason.
>>>
>>
>> While you may be correct regarding small retail stores, there may be
>> trade practices laws that effect larger companies at the
>> wholesaler/distributor level.
>
>
> But refusing to supply a retailer because the retailer is "difficult to
> deal with" is still a perfectly good at any level.
This may not be a plausible reason if the retailer deals with other
distributors without a problem.
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