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Friday, February 3, 2012
Indiana-based manufacturer makes bold venture into ultra-light travel trailers.
By all accounts, Travel Lite has enjoyed considerable success in its truck camper manufacturing business, experiencing growth rates that company officials peg at 40 percent a year for the past...
Friday, February 3, 2012
Despite softening sales, the niche market maintains a dedicated following of RVers
While U.S. sales of Class B motor-homes have softened a bit, manufacturers maintain that growth is not far off.
Indeed, demographics favor a growing boom.
Year-to-date through September (...
Friday, January 6, 2012
RV PRO exclusive Q&A interview with Weekend Warrior founder Mark Warmoth.
Day and Homburger previously owned Extreme RVs, which manufactured toy haulers in Caldwell, Idaho. Extreme RVs also shuttered operations in 2008, but the two men retained ownership of the Caldwell...
Thursday, December 8, 2011
The company known for its chassis is making a bold foray into the aftermarket.
Success in business is often due to a rare combination of traits: The dispassionate search for facts of a scientist, the intuition of a psychic and the nerves of a gambler.
Frequently, there...
With prices for elements used in the construction of RVs at near record levels, exper
The prices for some commodities have climbed so high that it’s become worth the risk of jail time for thieves trying to cash in.
Commodities, it seems, are the latest cash crop....
Monday, November 21, 2011
The Colorado-based manufacturer of rugged RVs serves a devoted clientele who want to
Bill Swails is a world traveler and lover of rugged outdoor adventure, so back in the late 1990s when he wanted an RV that would allow him to pursue his passion for exploring, it dawned on...
Manufacturers see reasons for optimism
And toy haulers continue to adapt to the times in other ways as well. Just a few years after a faltering economy drove some key players out of the market (most notably Weekend Warrior), other manufacturers have rushed to fill the void...
Friday, September 30, 2011
Gas-powered motorhomes continue to outpace their diesel counterparts in 2011.
As any owner of a Class A motorhome will tell you, once a coach gathers steam going downhill, slowing it down requires a sure hand and skill. Only a few years back, the market for Class A motorhomes...
More than a dozen manufacturers are expected to debut 2012 units for dealers.
It started simply enough, four years ago, with one manufacturer hosting an open house in Elkhart, Ind., for dealers.
Now, that idea has morphed into something truly incredible: Multiple...
Monday, August 29, 2011
A lot of RV dealers know a good way to profitability is to get hitched.
A lot of RV dealers know a good way to profitability is to get hitched. As in, sell towable units.
The inventory of camping trailers, travel trailers and fifth wheels now on the road numbers close to 3...
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Sometimes, the best way to combat a business slump is to go back to what works.
Some strategic acquisitions, several new products focused on the entry-level market, and the addition of new key managers are paying dividends for the
La Grande, Ore.-based RV manufacturer....
Friday, August 12, 2011
Offering thoughts on what to expect from the RV manufacturer moving forward.
(Above) William H. Osborne speaks to dealers during the recent Monaco Dealer Congress in Dallas. Osborne has spent much of his time connecting with dealers since taking the reins of...
Agents fill a unique role in getting products before dealers.
Perhaps surprisingly, John Roba is quick to admit that there are a number of circumstances in which suppliers don’t require the services of manufacturer’s rep firm like his.
For example, he says,...
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
RV manufacturer’s ‘Operation Appreciation’
(above) Army Staff Sgt. Robert Ross, his wife Kim, and three children are pictured in front of the CrossRoads RV Hampton park trailer. The Ross family was the first military family to stay in the park trailer....
Friday, June 17, 2011
TCFIF sees its branch into the RV industry as an important step in its growth.
“We’re in the inventory finance industry and this (RV industry) is just another piece of it,” said Jason Korstange, the director of corporate communications. “TCF Inventory...
A new composite material is sure to generate interest from manufacturers.
With a name like “traditional,” it’s difficult to think poorly of one common method of constructing RV sidewalls. Its other moniker, “stick-and-tin,” doesn’t sound as...
Friday, June 10, 2011
The second Go Newmar Roadshow along the East Coast begins to wind down next week.
From May 31 through June 18, Newmar founder Mahlon Miller; President Matthew Miller; CEO and Chairman of the Board Richard Park; and Vice President of Sales and Marketing John Sammut and...
The president talks about the company’s new product mix.
Don Clark doesn’t skip a beat when asked what’s changed at Dutchmen RV in the past two years.
“There’s a renewed sense of life within these walls. People are now walking with a bounce in their...
Friday, May 13, 2011
With only 50 units released, Airstream's Eddie Bauer targets a special camper.
With more than 160 years of combined experience, Airstream and Eddie Bauer, an accomplished Seattle outdoorsman turned premier outfitter, designer and innovator, have come together to rekindle...
Specialty distributor fills a niche in the industry with appliances and RV parts.
You could call ASI Distributors Inc. a small player in a big distribution market. You could also correctly call it a big player in a small specialty market. In either case, it fills a role like...