Mazda targets big sales gain: U.S. dealer network faces shake-up; underperforming stores must go

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TOKYO - Mazda Motor Corp., targeting a one-third surge in U.S. sales over the next two years, plans a sharp rise in sales per outlet and will weed out those dealerships that underperform. The small carmaker, which relies on exports to North America for nearly a third of its global sales, is channeling its sales and marketing energies into 35 metropolitan markets that it has identified as key to its growth.