Pie IX Dodge Chrysler angered other car dealers in spring 2007, when it began opening its showrooms on Saturdays to draw new customers. Now, the dealership has retreated to weekday sales, citing the econoomic crisis. Photograph by: JOHN MAHONEY, THE GAZETTE, The GazetteFrom The Montreal Gazette:
Crisis or no crisis, car dealers shut the door on Saturday tire-kicking.
The Montreal Automobile Dealers Corp. has slammed the brakes on a request by local General Motors dealerships to open Saturdays in an attempt to boost sagging sales.
Diane Bélair, executive vice-president of the 224-member corporation, said about 170 dealers who attended a special meeting Thursday voted 91 per cent in favour of maintaining the opening-hours regulation established in 1972 that prohibits weekend sales.
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