When I was in the shop we did something similar with a pub that wanted to stock inner tubes, tyre levers and such. They had a stand with the shop branding. They paid up front for the first load of stock at a reduced price and then we just restocked it as stuff sold. So there was only one up front outlay for the pub. We made a bit of money and so did they. You could try to sort the same with you LBS? ( the shop I worked at went bust so I’m not sure if that was the right approach:) )
When I was in the shop we did something similar with a pub that wanted to stock inner tubes, tyre levers and such. They had a stand with the shop branding. They paid up front for the first load of stock at a reduced price and then we just restocked it as stuff sold. So there was only one up front outlay for the pub. We made a bit of money and so did they. You could try to sort the same with you LBS? ( the shop I worked at went bust so I’m not sure if that was the right approach:) )