Cutting advertising isn't always done, but eliminating retail outlets is pretty much a go-to move for struggling companies.
Not when the retail outlets are cost free franchises.
Companies that are bearing the expense of maintaining those retail outlets, sure. But these franchises are owned by the dealers...there's no savings to Chysler.
That’s the thing though - these “retail outlets” are not like say a KMart store that corporate is closing due to a decrease in business, and rising costs. These dealerships are NOT owned by Chrysler or GM, they are owned by the Franchise Owner and they are technically privately owned businesses.
The dealerships are not like a retail store where all the merchandise is owned by the corporation itself, and sent to its various retail outlets according to orders requested weekly, etc...
These dealers BUY the cars from GM or Chrysler (depending on the terms of their franchise agreement), unless the car is “custom” ordered (extra packages, special trim, etc...).
If I were this man I’d look into suing the Federal Gov’t, somehow. Or a class-action suit on behalf of ALL GM/Chrysler/Dodge/etc... Franchise owners who will be losing money out of their own pockets due to a government decision which is unconstitutional in the first place.
If it were possible I’d name all current and former CEOs, personally, as well all government employees responsible for making these business decisions, up to and including Obama himself. Granted I don’t know anything about the laws in this area, but honestly, what else can he, or another dealership even consider doing in this case?
What can we as concerned citizens do either? It’s not like we can call Washington D.C. and demand they stop nationalizing corporations. Like any of those people in Washington really care what we want, or think as long as they think they’ll get enough votes in the next election to remain in Washington with their perks and power...