Dealerships or boutiques?

[dolt]

Like a few posters I can't disagree with anything anyone has said on this topic. IMO, what it boils down to is what is going to make you money. If you make more selling jackets than you do selling wheel bearings, then you are probably going to stock up on the jackets and order the bearings when they are needed. I guess that is one of the reason that companies like JP Cycles is doing so well. You can get just about everything you need, the prices are not bad in most instances, and they ship the things fairly quickly. When you walk through the doors of the dealership closest to me, the first thing that hits you are the new bikes for sale...they have a ton of 'em. The next largest operation is the clothing, mugs, t shirts, etc.. And then at the back of the store is a small parts counter. I guess that is the way it is for a lot of these dealerships.

Yup, there's that pesky "real world" thing again.:coffee

 

[01 rk]

Yup, there's that pesky "real world" thing again.:coffee

Maybe, just maybe, this is the reason HD sales are in the toilet! JMHO

 

[dolt]

Maybe, just maybe, this is the reason HD sales are in the toilet! JMHO

Actually, sales are not in the toilet, at least for Q1; sales down but income up. However, there are 8 months left in the year and the MoCo has reduced EOY projections so they are expecting sales to fall off as the year unfolds. If they hit the number, stockholders are happy; if they do better, stockholders are even happier. The biggest difference in the MoCo of our contemporary times and the MoCo of yester year is that the MoCo of yester year was run by motorcycle enthusiasts, not Harvard MBA bean counters.:bigsmiley10:

From Auto Evolution news:

H-D worldwide sales are down 1.3% in Q1 2015. The MoCo sold 56,661 new motorcycles in the first three months of the year, compared to 57,415 units moved in the same period of the previous year.

In the domestic market, Harley-Davidson only lost 0,7 percent of the unit sales, moving 35,488 bikes compared to the year-ago period when 35,730 motorcycles were sold to final customers. This means that the worldwide sales were down by a more significant percentage overall. International markets saw 21,173 bikes sold in the first quarter of 2015, almost 2.7% less than the 21,685 figure of 2014.

While the US remains the biggest single market for Harley-Davidson, sales went 1.1% down in the Asia-Pacific region and 5.6% in the EMEA region. However Latin America posted a small 0.3% increase, while Canada saw the biggest leap forward, with 5.7 percent more H-D bikes sold than in Q1 2014.

In terms of money, first-quarter 2015 diluted earnings/share increased 5%, leading to a $4 million (€4.6 million) net income increase despite the $60 million (€55.4 million) decrease in revenue. Year-end forecasts have been reset from 4-6% to 2-4%.

 

[PA 58]

Actually, sales are not in the toilet, at least for Q1; sales down but income up. However, there are 8 months left in the year and the MoCo has reduced EOY projections so they are expecting sales to fall off as the year unfolds. If they hit the number, stockholders are happy; if they do better, stockholders are even happier. The biggest difference in the MoCo of our contemporary times and the MoCo of yester year is that the MoCo of yester year was run by motorcycle enthusiasts, not Harvard MBA bean counters.:bigsmiley10:

From Auto Evolution news:

H-D worldwide sales are down 1.3% in Q1 2015. The MoCo sold 56,661 new motorcycles in the first three months of the year, compared to 57,415 units moved in the same period of the previous year.

In the domestic market, Harley-Davidson only lost 0,7 percent of the unit sales, moving 35,488 bikes compared to the year-ago period when 35,730 motorcycles were sold to final customers. This means that the worldwide sales were down by a more significant percentage overall. International markets saw 21,173 bikes sold in the first quarter of 2015, almost 2.7% less than the 21,685 figure of 2014.

While the US remains the biggest single market for Harley-Davidson, sales went 1.1% down in the Asia-Pacific region and 5.6% in the EMEA region. However Latin America posted a small 0.3% increase, while Canada saw the biggest leap forward, with 5.7 percent more H-D bikes sold than in Q1 2014.

In terms of money, first-quarter 2015 diluted earnings/share increased 5%, leading to a $4 million (€4.6 million) net income increase despite the $60 million (€55.4 million) decrease in revenue. Year-end forecasts have been reset from 4-6% to 2-4%.

i would have to say, thats because they are getting $30-$50 for a short sleeve t-shirt and $50-$75 for a long sleeve and people are buying them. go figure.