Harley-Davidson Japan searched over excessive sales quotas

The Japan unit of motorcycle company Harley-Davidson Inc. was searched by the country's antitrust watchdog on Tuesday for allegedly imposing excessive sales quotas on dealers in violation of the antimonopoly law, sources close to the matter said.The Japan Fair Trade Commission suspects Harley-Davidson Japan K.K. in Tokyo insinuated there would be no renewal of exclusive sales contracts with the dealers if they failed to meet the set goals, leading some to purchase motorcycles for themselves, according to the sources.The unit is also suspected of pressuring the stores to purchase unpopular m…READ FULL ARTICLE