MAS™ does NOT grant exclusive territories, however MAS™ does allow the MAS Distributor to decide whether to allow one or more MAS Distributors to operate in an area if they are the holder of an MAS Distributor “A”rea certification. So in essence this is exclusivity, but such exclusivity is granted by the MAS Distributors in the area.
There are many positive business reasons that would benefit multiple MAS Distributors to operate co-jointly in an area. MAS™ leaves this decision up to the individual MAS Distributors.
The same is true with respect to the “F”ield and “Department” certifications. If MAS™ receives an application for a MAS Distributor that would conflict with an existing MAS Distributor, the existing MAS Distributor would have to authorize MAS™ to proceed before MAS™ would issue such an MAS Distributor certification.
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