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Supply... and demand

If you require parts, spares or accessories for your scooter then naturally you get them from your favourite dealer or shop. Whether it’s by ordering online or physically going and getting them yourself, rarely do you think about how they got there in the first place. To start with they are produced by a manufacturer, but along the way there is a supply chain that eventually gets them to us the customers.

Several years ago when I had a scooter shop I regularly used a business that was part of this chain. On

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