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NSC or independent importer, a strategic decision
(last one of 2025)
EB 05/25 Gareth Arnould
The wider challenges facing the industry bring into stark focus the overall distribution strategy that OEMs should be taking, and over the past 15 years there has been some considerable change in how manufacturers approach distribution across the EU and the UK. During the 2010s the was a significant shift from the use of independent importers towards using NSCs.