What I am surprise we havn't seen is a direct import tackle shop.
Like someone with overseas connections bringing in brand name stuff and bypassing the local distributers.
Back in the eighties ( before the internet) a bloke I knew set up a little side business importing computer games from overseas, he could buy retail in the US, sell them cheaper than local retail and still make money.
I recently baught a genuine Mitsubishi projector lamp thu a paralell importer, it cost me 30% less than the very same item thu official channels....and the waranty was the same, but thu a different channel.
There have been direct import record stores for decades....but the record companies tried to shut them down, for obvious reasons.
I recon its the only way a small tackle shop will survive.....or for that matter get stock.
cheers