Jaguar Land Rover’s (JLR) plan to open its own car retail stores as it embarks on a process of “reimagining every aspect of our Jaguar business” has sparked uncertainty among its franchised car dealers.
In a recently advertised advert for a head of global retail operations the British OEM revealed that it would be opening its own global network of stores, ahead of a planned shift to a luxury-focussed offering, the move to an agency model in 2024 and an all-electric Jaguar range by 2025.
News of the new retail concept of a network of OEM-owned stores has sparked “anxiety” among franchisees who have invested heavily in the JLR’s Arch Concept corporate identity (CI) makeover.
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