John Yiokaris, Partner, Commercial Group, SOTOS, discusses some of the things that dealerships can do to better manage the impact of the COVID-19 situation — including reviewing dealership agreements about operations and closures, connecting with OEMs to ensure communications are clear and flowing, and to assess whether current contracts contain force majeure provisions, among other things.
Todd Phillips is the editorial director of Universus Media Group Inc. and the editor of Canadian auto dealer magazine. Todd can be reached at tphillips@universusmedia.com.
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