Brand authorized-dealer portal, how does MSRP enforcement work for Patagonia / Arc’teryx / NEMO / MSR?

Brand authorized-dealer programs enforce three things: MAP (Minimum Advertised Price), region restrictions (Patagonia US dealers can’t ship to EU), and annual contract renewals. Magento handles all three cleanly.

MAP enforcement architecture:

• Per-brand customer-segment attribute on the catalog (e.g. brand_msrp_policy).
• Catalog price rules with brand-scoped conditions enforcing MAP at the price-rule layer (not at the SKU level, that breaks when the rep updates MSRP).
• Admin notification when MAP is violated (e.g. a manual price override pushes a Patagonia SKU below MSRP). Slack / email webhook fires within 60 seconds.
• Separate brand-portal admin view per supplier, the Patagonia rep gets a login that shows only Patagonia SKUs + their MSRP + your sell-through report.

Region restrictions: Magento MSI (Multi-Source Inventory) handles this natively. Patagonia US source serves US/CA stocks; Patagonia EU source serves EU/UK stocks; never the twain shall meet. Customer geo-routes to the correct stock; cross-region orders are blocked at checkout.

Contract renewal calendar: built into admin notifications. 60 / 30 / 7-day countdown reminders before each brand contract expires. Removes the “our Arc’teryx rep called, we’re showing $20 below MSRP” fire-drill that hits most outdoor retailers 2-3x per season.

For NEMO and MSR specifically (both Cascade Designs brands), the contract terms are nearly identical and the integration pattern is shared. Big Agnes and Black Diamond are slightly stricter on MAP. Hyperlite Mountain Gear is direct-only (no authorized dealers), so this whole layer doesn’t apply.