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Holt and Allen - a long way apart
05 Feb 2008
'Allen Brothers are one of many of our suppliers of small boat fittings, who for the past 50 years have supplied us exclusively,' said Beecher-Moore. 'We have developed the range of Holt Allen products together and the announcements made by Allen brothers are not consistent with those contractual arrangements.'
'For Allen Brothers to cut off their single route to market through us is unexpected and not consistent with our relationship as a long standing partner. Holt is an established supplier of hardware across the globe for over 63 years. For Holt it is business as usual, we have product available ex-stock now and will continue to supply the Holt Allen brand of hardware exclusively.'
œ BB spoke to Kim Allen yesterday (Monday) and he said nothing's changed. 'We're not accepting orders from Holt. They have stock, but they will run out. They've been trying to get us back on board, but that's not going to happen.'
Allen said it was a big decision they made. 'We've been trading with them for a lot of years, but we just want to get on with our own lives now.'
Allen told BB they had got their distribution sorted out and would be announcing details very soon.
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