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Couple’s Investment in Florida Dealership Pays Big Dividends
Judy Bolster was a kid in the 1960s when her father moved his family from Pennsylvania to Western Massachusetts. “I…
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Garmin Acquires Swedish OE RV Supplier
Garmin has announced that it has acquired Trigentic AB, a provider of intelligent products and services in the areas of embedded…
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KOA Wins Award for North American Camping Report
Kampgrounds of America’s North American Camping Report was recognized as the Best Use of Measurement & Post Campaign Analysis recently…
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RumbleOn Secures $25 Million Floorplan Credit Line for RV Sales Online Platform
RumbleOn, an eCommerce platform that facilitates the ability of consumers and dealers to buy, sell, trade, and finance pre-owned motorcycles…
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California Luxury RV Resort Names Two to Management Team
Cava Robles, an RV resort and cottage project under development in Paso Robles, Calif., has chosen two local hospitality professionals…
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Opinion: The RV Industry and #MeToo
Each day in the media we hear new allegations of sexual harassment and assault. These accounts are far ranging, from…
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MORryde Offers Step Storage Box
MORryde is introducing the Step Storage Box. This durable, steel box allows owners of the MORryde StepAbove entry steps or…
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Webinar Covers OSHA Reporting Requirements
In 2017, certain employers were required to electronically submit their 2016 300A Form on OSHA’s ITA (Injury Tracking Application) by…
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Keystone Storage Lot Moves Forward
Keystone RV Co. is a step closer to completing plans for building a new storage lot in Goshen, Ind. The…
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RVDA Seeks Workshop Proposals
RVDA’s Convention/Expo Committee is soliciting workshop proposals for the 2018 RV Dealers Convention/Expo, Nov. 5-9 at Paris Las Vegas. As the…
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Campers Inn RV Adds Winnebago
Campers Inn RV, the nation’s largest chain of family-operated RV dealerships, now carries several models of Winnebago motorhomes at its…
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Battle Creek, Mich., Show Starts March 1
The Battle Creek, Mich., RV show will be held March 1 to 4 at the Kellogg Arena in Battle Creek.…
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Toronto Show Slated for March 1-4
The Toronto Spring Camping and RV Show is the largest consumer RV Show in Canada and the only show produced…
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Hall of Fame Looks to Retire Loan
The RV/MH Hall of Fame’s mission is to retire its entire bank loan by the end of 2018. The manufactured…
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RVshare Raises $50 Million from Tritium Partners
RVshare recently secured a $50 million commitment from Austin, Texas-based investment firm Tritium Partners, whose managing partners led the first investment in vacation…
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Grand Design Hits 50,000-Unit Milestone
Grand Design RV recently celebrated another milestone by producing more than 50,000 units before its fifth anniversary, and four months…
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Patrick Industries Completes Metal Moulding Acquisition
Patrick Industries has completed the acquisition of the business and certain assets of Madison, Tenn.-based Metal Moulding Corp. (MMC), a manufacturer of custom…
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FBI to Help CalARVC Emergency Planning Workshop
Park operators from California and across the country will participate in a day-long emergency planning workshop on Feb. 28 that…
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Lance Camper Attends Off-Road Race
Lancaster, Calif.-based Lance Camper attended the 2018 King of The Hammers off road race last week, an event held annually…
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Ally to Host Webinar on Effective Forecasting
The Ally Academy and the Mike Molino RV Learning Center are teaming up to present the second in a three-part…
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Sobel University Adds Sales Course in Atlanta, Ga.
Sobel University is adding an additional East Coast comprehensive sales course in Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 27-30, which is when the…
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RV Numbers Increase at Detroit Camper & RV Show
The winter weather in Novi, Mich., might have kept crowd levels down at the 52nd Annual Detroit Camper & RV…
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Prospec Electronics Execs Get Promotions
Prospec Electronics, a market leader in high-performance outdoor audio solutions for consumers and OEMs, announced changes in its corporate structure.…
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Aluminum Tariff Supported by Commerce Department
The U.S. Commerce Department on Friday recommended that President Donald Trump impose a range of tariffs and quotas on imported…
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Erwin Hymer Accounts for 32 Percent of Class B Sales
According to Statistical Surveys, Erwin Hymer Group North America landed on top of the North American market for Class B…
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LCI Acquires Glass Business Hehr International
Lippert Components has acquired substantially all of the business assets of Hehr International. Headquartered in Los Angeles, Hehr manufactures windows as well…
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Meyer Distributing Adds Silky Saw
Silky Saw has recently been added to Meyer Distributing’s line card. Silky saws are manufactured in Ono, Japan, which has been…
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ASA Electronics Awarded ISO Certification
ASA Electronics is proud to announce we have received an ISO 9001:2015 Management System certification from SRI Quality System Registrar.…
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Rear View Safety to Attend NTEA Work Truck Show
Rear View Safety will attend the 2018 NTEA Work Truck show March 7-9 in Indianapolis. The Brooklyn-based company will showcase…
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Hydralift Releases New Mini Cargo Lifts
Hydralift recently released Class B and C cargo-lifts that can hold up to 8,000 pounds and can be folded to…
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InventHelp Introduces New RV Coax Cable
InventHelp recently introduced a product that can hook up an RV’s coax cable to a power pedestal or portable satellite.…
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Horizon Global Driver Wins ‘The Clash’ Race
Brad Keselowski, driver of the No. 2 Ford for Team Penske, grabbed the win in the season-opening exhibition event, known…
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Airstream Gets New CMO and COO
Airstream has promoted Mollie Hansen to the newly created post of chief marketing officer and announced that VP of sales Justin…
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Gallery: 2018’s Detroit Camper & RV Show
The Detroit Camper & RV Show took place in Novi, Mich., from Feb. 7-11, attracting a number of people. The…
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LCI Produced 2 Million Framed RV Windows in 2017
Lippert Components recently announced that the company’s framed RV window division ended the 2017 year having produced more than two…
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Indiana’s Population Too Low, Says Exec
Brian Burton, the president of the Indiana Manufacturers Association, has said that in order to fill the growing number of…
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KPA Offering Drug-Free Workplace Webinar
KPA HR consultant Gregory Arace will be hosting the “Marijuana, Opioids & Your Workforce” webinar at 1 p.m. EST on…
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SureCall Introduces Two In-Vehicle Cell Boosters
SureCall, a leader in cellular signal boosters, unveiled the Fusion2Go 3.0 and Fusion2Go 3.0 RV, its newest generation of in-vehicle cell phone…
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Pete’s RV Center Acquires Massachusetts Dealership
On Feb. 1, Vermont-based Pete’s RV Center officially assumed ownership of Macdonald’s RV Center in Plainville, Mass. A short drive from Boston…
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Lazydays and Amalie Oil Partner for Sweepstakes
Amalie Oil Company and Lazydays have partnered for the Lazydays RV Ultimate Tailgator Experience sweepstakes for the 2018 Amalie Motor…
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Winners of Keystone RV and Jellystone-Sponsored Giveaway Selected
Two winners have been selected from the National Wildlife Federation’s 13th annual Great American Campout giveaway. In 2017, RV Trader…
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CFPB Director to Limit Powers Made by Predecessor
The temporary head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has announced a new plan for the agency that seems to confirm the…
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Blog: Setting Expectations for F&I Operations is Crucial
Editor’s note: This blog by Jeff Wyatt, a principal at DLR Financial, is part of an ongoing series of blogs…
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Thor Announces Digital Global Joint Venture
Thor Industries has announced the formation of a 50-50 joint venture with Tourism Holdings. The joint venture, called TH2, is committed…
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Patrick Q4 Net Sales Increase 47 Percent
Patrick Industries reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended Dec. 31, showing Q4 net sales increased $151.7…
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RVs Account for $30 Billion in Annual Economic Activity, Report
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) found that RVs accounted for $30 billion in direct annual…
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Indiana Rep. Walorski: Aluminum Tariff Could Hurt the RV Industry
President Donald Trump is gearing up for a trade fight on behalf of metal manufacturers. Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-IN) worries…
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Equalizer Systems Hires New Salesman
Equalizer Systems Division Director Jason Loose has announced the addition of Brandon Lehman to the sales team. Lehman is a…
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Keystone RV Tech Academy Sees First Graduates
Keystone RV recently recognized the first graduates of its Technical Training Academy. The three-day “fundamentals” course concluded Thursday, Feb. 8,…
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Cirrus Solutions Releases EMV Terminal
Cirrus Solutions has released its newest integration feature within its Dealer Management System in which dealers using its merchant services…
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Two Groups Unify as Outdoor Recreation Roundtable
Recreation industry leaders announced this week the formation of the Outdoor Recreation Roundtable (ORR), a unified entity that will provide…
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Community: 50 Acts of Kindness for Jayco’s 50th Anniversary
To help kick off Jayco’s 50th anniversary celebration, the manufacturer is utilizing the 50th day of its 50th year in business to share…
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Sources: Thor to Cease Producing Livin’ Lite Branded RVs in 2018
Livin’ Lite will discontinue production on its entire line in the next several months, four dealer sources have told RV…
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Thetford President Leaves, CEO Stephane Cordeille Steps In
Thetford Corp. of America has announced that effective Feb. 13, CEO Stephane Cordeille will also assume direct general management responsibility…
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Truma to Build North American Headquarters
Truma has bought five acres of land to build a permanent headquarters in North America. The new building will be…
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National Indoor RV Centers Expands to Las Vegas
National Indoor RV Centers (NIRVC) recently announced it is continuing its expansion by opening its first location in Las Vegas,…
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Government Calculates Outdoor Rec Output is $673 Billion Annually
The Outdoor Recreation Roundtable (ORR) welcomed the release of the first-ever government report recognizing the outdoor recreation industry as a…
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Entreprise Robert Thibert Acquires CECO
Entreprise Robert Thibert Inc., a distributor of wheels, automobile, RV and trailer parts and accessories in North America, has acquired…
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Zamp Solar Acquired by PulseTech Products
SNJ Enterprises, doing business as Zamp Solar, has been acquired by PulseTech Products Corp. Zamp Solar, located in Bend, Oregon,…
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VIDEO: House Bill Cuts Manufacturing Costs
U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-Ind.) recently applauded House passage of a tariff relief bill that includes provisions she authored to reduce costs…
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Go RVing Program Includes New Anniversary Posters
Go RVing announced that dealers signed up for the 2018 Go RVing Tie-In Program will receive colorful new posters celebrating…
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Community: ActsOfService.com to Connect Individuals with Local Nonprofits
ActsofService.com is expanding its mission, enabling individuals, in addition to employees of partnering businesses, to log on at any time…
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Community: Dates Set for Canada’s Camping Week
Canadian RV and Camping Week will take place on May 22-27 this year, bringing Canadians together to help raise funds for Make-A-Wish Canada.…
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Outdoorsy Raises $25 Million in Series B Funding
Outdoorsy recently announced it has raised $25 million in series B funding led by Aviva Ventures and Altos Ventures. Aviva and Altos are…
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Pharr RV’s Joins Priority RV Network
The Recreational Dealer Cooperative Association/Priority RV Network has added Pharr RV’s in Lubbock, Texas, to the world’s largest RV dealership…
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Bandits Nab Demontrond RV Forklift, Steal ATM
Thieves stole a forklift from Demontrond RV and used it to pull an outdoor ATM from the ground at a…
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Winnebago Stock in January Fell 18.3 Percent
Winnebago stock slumped 18.3 percent in January, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence, with the major portion of the…
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TecNiq Releases Slim Surface Mount Interior Light
TecNiq recently released the E32 Surface Mounted Interior Light, which installs with hidden fasteners for a finished appearance. It delivers…
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RV Education 101 Updates Online Training Program
RV Education 101, a video and RV consumer information company, recently launched an updated RV online training program designed to…
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Dometic Camps in Arizona for Customer Feedback
Dometic recently ventured out into the desert at the Quartzsite, Ariz., RV gathering to listen to and get to know their…
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GEICO RV Team’s Tour Begins Feb. 18
The GEICO RV team will be making 11 stops around the country starting with the Daytona 500 on Feb. 18.…
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Accelerator to Help Launch Indiana Startups
Gener8tor, an accelerator that invests in high-growth startups, announced plans to expand its gBETA program to Indianapolis, helping launch five…
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BEA to Release Outdoor Rec Data at Miami Boat Show
The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, which tracks the outdoor industry, including the RV market, will attend the Progressive Miami…
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Grand Coach Renames Itself Dolphin Motor Coach
Grand Coach made a recent decision to change its name to Dolphin Motor Coach. “Due to the initial success and…
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RV Industry Sees Stocks Fall, Bounce Back for LCI
The RV industry felt the force of the stock market correction on Monday, Feb. 5, as key entities dipped down…
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HUD Seeks Comments on Proposed RV Exemption Rule
On Jan. 26, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) published a request for comments on its Regulatory Review of…
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ProLite Releases the Lounge Trailer
ProLite trailers of Quebec, Canada, recently released the Lounge trailer, which weighs 1,485 pounds and can be towed by four…
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Rollick Outdoor Expands into Key States
Rollick Outdoor is continuing its rollout into seven new states following a successful pilot program in Texas, Florida and Illinois. California, Georgia, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin dealers now have…
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Harvey Evacuees Boost RV Sales at Houston RV Show and Across Texas
Sonia and John Barrow have lived in their 35-foot trailer since Hurricane Harvey pushed a foot-and-a-half of water under their…
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Gallery: The New Sprinter
The new Mercedes Sprinter was unveiled in Germany this week, boasting new infotainment systems and telematics applications.
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RVT.com Consumer Traffic Rises 25 Percent
RVT.com, an Internet marketplace for new and used RVs for sale, reports that its RV shopper traffic increased 25 percent this…
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Test Methods for Formaldehyde Emissions Finalized
On Feb. 7, a final rule on Formaldehyde Emission Standards for Composite Wood Products was published in the federal register. The…
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New Bill to Reverse Iowa’s Sunday ‘Blue Laws’
Don Strolo owns RV lots in several states across the country. But Iowa is the only one that forces him…
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Peak Outdoors Opens in Utah, Eyes Manufacturing
Peak Outdoors is now open for business located south of Mount Pleasant on Highway 89 in Utah, offering RV repairs,…
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Horizon Global Part of Training Event
Reese, Tekonsha, and BULLDOG are participating in a training event on Feb. 22, sponsored by the Pennsylvania Recreation Vehicle and Camping Association…
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FMCA Expo Coming to Perry, Ga., in March
Members of the Family Motor Coach Association (FMCA) are heading to Perry, Ga., March 15-18 for the group’s 97th International…
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LiquidSpring to Exhibit at FMCA Expo
LiquidSpring will be highlighting its CLASS suspension systems for RVs in booth No. 1202 at FMCA’s 97th Convention & RV…
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RV Care Network Benefits from Coachmen RV Deal
RV Care Network as they signed their first exclusive Canadian distribution agreement with Coachmen RV, representing the new Northern Spirit…
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VIDEO: 2018 Dometic Product Showcase
RV supplier Dometic recently unleashed a wave of new products with the overall theme of mobile simplicity. From WhisperDrive-equipped power…
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LCI Sales Grew $469 Million in 2017
LCI reported net sales of $547 million in the fourth quarter, a 36 percent year-over-year increase, and a sales growth…
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South Bend-Elkhart Region Sets Goals for 2025
The South Bend – Elkhart Region in Indiana unveiled its new Regional Economic Development Strategy on Tuesday. This story originally…
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Reineke RV Acquires Two Ohio Businesses
Following a partnership with Coleman Sales & Service in Toledo, Ohio, Reineke RV acquired Fort Ball RV & Auto Sales…
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KPA Webinar Reviews New EEO Changes
The RV Learning Center/KPA will be hosting a webinar that reviews some of the changes to regulations and laws for…
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Great Outdoors RV Superstore to Sponsor Race
Watkins Glen International recently announced The Great Outdoors RV Superstore as title sponsor of its NASCAR K&N Pro Series East…
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Peer-to-Peer Platform Mighway Launches
Mighway, an Airbnb-style RV sharing platform, recently launched in California and is rolling out nationwide. “On other RV sharing platforms, we noticed…
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U.S. Committed to Three-Country NAFTA Deal, Despite Split Proposal
The U.S. is stressing its support for renegotiating a three-country NAFTA agreement after comments from an American lawmaker suggesting it was considering…
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Cummins Introduces Filtration Monitoring System
Cummins Filtration recently announced FleetguardFIT, a real-time filtration monitoring system that provides customers full visibility to filter and oil life…
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RVDA Expo Seeking Workshop Proposals
RVDA’s Convention/Expo Committee is soliciting workshop proposals for the 2018 RV Dealers Convention/Expo. This event will be held from Nov.…
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49th Annual RV Super Show Hits Oklahoma City
The 49th Annual RV Super Show will showcase multiple RV dealers from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Thursday through…
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Suspect of Fatal Stabbing Arrested
Police on Tuesday night arrested a suspect in the fatal stabbing that took place at Patrick Metals, a Mishawaka, Ind.,…
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