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Newmar Recognizes Top Suppliers
Newmar Corp. recently recognized several suppliers and individual contributors for their supply chain performance the previous 12 months. Newmar had…
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CURT Launches Online Media Center
CURT has launched an all-new Media Center at curtmfg.com, offering videos, photos, literature and logos for instant download. The marketing…
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Brown & Brown Announces Two Acquisitions
Daytona Beach, Fla., F&I provider Brown & Brown announces the acquisition of two companies to begin the new year, serving…
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RVIA Mourns the Passing of Ken Neal of Tiffin Motorhomes
Ken Neal worked at Tiffin Motorhomes but was a friend to many through his work with RVIA, and the Association…
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Ioneer USA and Dragonfly Energy Sign M.O.U.
Ioneer USA Corp., a lithium– boron supplier, and Dragonfly Energy, a lithium-ion battery technology company, today announced the completion of…
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Monomoy Capital Partners Acquires Astro Shapes
Monomoy Capital Partners, a private investment firm with $1.7 billion in committed capital that invests in the debt and equity…
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Founder and Co-CEO of Camco Dies at 81
Don Caine, the founder and co-CEO of Camco Manufacturing, passed away in Greensboro, N.C., recently at the age of 81,…
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Truma Restructures ‘for 2021 and Beyond’
A corporate restructure at Germany-based Truma has resulted in the creation of the Truma Group GmbH & Co. KG. The…
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Trader Interactive Acquires Statistical Surveys
What was originally described by one party as a “partnership” has evolved into an acquisition. Trader Interactive, a marketplace and…
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USTR Allows Many China Tariff Exclusions to Expire
On Dec. 29, 2020, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) published a Federal Register notice extending COVID-19 tariff exclusions.…
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Oklahoma Dealership Updates Plans for New Location
Plans are proceeding for Oklahoma’s Floyd’s RV this winter to break ground on nearly 40 acres of frontage land in…
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SuperSteer Introduces New TracBar Kit for Class C’s
RV suspension aftermarket supplier SuperSteer has announced its new SS451 Tracbar Kit, made to stabilize the handling of 2004-2021 Class…
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Class of ’21 RV/MH HOF Inductees Announced
The board of directors of the RV/MH Heritage Foundation has announced inductees for the RV/MH Hall of Fame Class of…
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Lippert Promotes Vince Doepker to CIO
Lippert Components Inc. has announced that Vince Doepker has been promoted to chief information officer, to lead and sustain the…
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nuCamp Announces Barefoot Model Update
nuCamp RV, a major manufacturer of campers and teardrop trailers, has announced that the Barefoot, a retro-styled camper modeled after…
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Protective Closes Transaction to Acquire Revolos
Protective Life Corp., a wholly owned U.S. subsidiary of Dai-ichi Life Holdings, has announced it has completed the transaction to…
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The Shyft Group Expands Board of Directors
The Shyft Group has announced that Terri Pizzuto and Mark Rourke have been appointed to the company’s board of directors,…
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Jayco, Thor Motor Coach Among NHTSA Recalls
The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration has issued its weekly list of recalls. Jayco announced the recall of its 2020-21…
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Blog: The Military Taught Me the Power of Positive, Singular Interactions
A few weeks ago, I was driving along a suburban street when a bicyclist turned onto the street, hit a…
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DSG Global Taps Industry Veteran William Rex as President of New Division
DSG Global has announced the appointment of industry stalwart William J. Rex as president of the EV bus and motor…
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Killeen, Texas, Council to Hear Revised Camping World Request
Nearly one month after being disapproved by the Killeen City Council, Jay Moore of Minnesota-based Oppidan Inc., will make a…
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Lazydays RV Opens Nashville Location
Lazydays has announced the opening of its new dealership in Murfreesboro, Tenn., located just south of Nashville on I-24. The…
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RV Industry in Elkhart Has Fourth-Best Year Ever
Even with the shutdowns caused by the coronavirus pandemic earlier this year, it appears 2020 will go down as the…
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SBA Extends Disaster Loan Applications Through End of 2021
The U.S. Small Business Administration has announced that the deadline to apply for the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program…
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Black Folks Camp Too Rolls Out ‘Unity Blaze’ Flag
Since launching his company, Black Folks Camp Too, almost 15 months ago, Earl B. Hunter Jr. has been on a…
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NTP-STAG Expo to Feature New Product and Marine Showcases
New products will be one of the featured showcases as NTP-STAG Expo 2021, sponsored by Airxcel, comes to the Marriott…
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THOR’s Bob Martin Joins RVing in New England for Final Show of 2020
The president and CEO of THOR Industries, Bob Martin, will be the guest on tonight’s RVing in New England, the…
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2021 Florida RV SuperShow Starts Two Weeks from Today
The 2021 Florida RV SuperShow is just two weeks away. Running Wednesday, Jan. 13 to Sunday, Jan. 17, the show…
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North Carolina RVDA Announces Show Dates
The North Carolina RV Dealers Association has just announced its 2021 schedule of RV shows. The organization’s Greensboro Show will…
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Yuma, Ariz., RV Sales Staying Steady into The New Year
The following report is from Victor Calderon of public radio station KAWC in Yuma, Ariz. While many locally owned businesses…
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Treasury Sec.: Stimulus Checks on The Way
Stimulus checks will begin arriving “as early as tonight” for eligible Americans, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin tweeted on Tuesday, pointing…
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2020’s Top News Story: The Shutdown Followed by the Boom
It’s rare that one single subject would factor into just about everybody’s year-end, biggest-stories-of-the-year list, regardless of the business or…
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More Top News From 2020
Aftermarket Supply Chain Severely Disrupted by COVID-19 Since RV travel became the preferred way for Americans to take any kind…
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THOR’s Bob Martin Joins RVing in New England for Final Show of 2020
The president and CEO of THOR Industries, Bob Martin, will be the guest on Wednesday’s RVing in New England, the…
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Outdoorsy Releases 2021 Travel Predictions
Last week, RV rental and outdoor travel marketplace Outdoorsy released its 2020 Travel Trends report, noting that 2020 has been…
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The Evolution of Manufacturing RVs in Germany
The following appeared on the website of Iowa-based Woodworking Network. Written by Martin Kohnle of North Carolina-based Lignum Consulting, the…
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Report: U.S. Home Prices Accelerating Rapidly
U.S. home price growth accelerated in October to its highest level in more than six years. Standard & Poor’s said…
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Winnebago Employees Brave the Cold for Charity
Employees who work for the Winnebago Towables division, based in Middlebury, Ind., were highlighted for their recent efforts to raise…
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Jayco Hires New Director of Corporate Marketing
Jayco has announced the appointment of Trey Miller as director of corporate marketing. With more than 20 years of experience…
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LCI Subsidiary Completes Acquisition of Veada Industries
LCI Industries said that its wholly owned subsidiary, Lippert Components Inc., has completed the acquisition of Veada Industries, a manufacturer…
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Level 5 Announces $10K Prize to Inspire Donations to Care Camps
Hoping to inspire every RV, marine and powersports dealer across the U.S. and Canada to make a year-end charitable gift…
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NHTSA’s Weekly Recall List Includes Keystone RV, Forest River
The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration has released its final weekly recall list of 2020, and it featured a couple…
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MARVAC Notes Death of Paul Kline
Paul Kline, former co-owner of Kline’s RV Center in Warren, Mich., died recently at a hospital in Madison Heights, Mich.…
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Camping World Donates More Than $500K as Part of Plating Change Initiative
Camping World Holdings has announced that it has raised more than $500,000 to provide relief to local restaurants and meals…
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Heartland RV Campaign Benefits Elkhart Boys & Girls Club
The Heartland RV group partnered with the Boys & Girls Club of Elkhart County, Ind., to host a Christmas drive…
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Exclusive: Winnebago Freshens Up its Enterprise Brand
In more than six decades of being in business, and a half-century of that being a publicly-traded company, Winnebago has…
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Statistical Surveys Partners with Trader Interactive
Statistical Surveys has announced that as part of its efforts to improve its offerings through faster, more accurate and more…
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Central Texans Comment on Camping World Rezoning Proposal
With renewed interest in bringing a national business to the Killeen, Texas, area, residents are letting their opinions known —…
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Meyer Distributing Partners with PRVN
Meyer Distributing has been selected by the Priority RV Network (PRVN) to be a preferred parts and accessory distributor to…
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Report: 73% of Millennials Interested in RVs
Millennials have been renting and purchasing more RVs than ever before as road trips continue to be a bright spot…
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Another 803,000 Americans Filed for Unemployment Last Week
U.S. states saw slightly fewer Americans file for new jobless claims last week as during the prior week, as spiking…
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LCI Staff Raises More Than $45,000 for ‘Adopt-a-Family’ Program
More than 100 Lippert Components families will benefit from the 2020 in-house Holiday Adopt-a-Family program, as more than $45,000 was…
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LOOK Trailers Donates to Food Banks in Five States
LOOK Trailers has announced it will donate $30,000 on behalf of their employees to Food Banks in the five states it has…
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Remembering the Titans: Art Decio
Editor’s note: In 12 months’ time, two legends in the RV/MH industries, Arthur J. Decio and Thomas H. Corson, passed…
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RVIA Survey: Best November for Unit Shipments Ever
The RV Industry Association’s November 2020 survey of manufacturers found that total RV shipments finished the month with 42,513 units,…
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Dometic Introduces Next-Generation RV Rooftop A/C Unit
Dometic has launched its next-generation RV rooftop air conditioner, the Dometic FreshJet FJX3000 series, which it said is quieter, more…
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Dutchmen Recognized as Top 10 Manufacturer in DSI Survey
Dutchmen has been recognized as a Top 10 Manufacturer to receive the Circle of Excellence award for earning the highest…
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NTP-STAG Extends Priority RV Network Partnership
NTP-STAG has announced the extension of a longstanding partnership with Priority RV Network into 2021. This announcement marks 23 years…
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Congress Passes $900 Billion Stimulus Deal
The House and Senate passed a $900 billion coronavirus stimulus package on Monday night after Democratic and Republican leaders reached…
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RV Technicians Can Update Certifications on RVTI Website
With the creation of the RV Technical Institute, the new RVTI certification has replaced the previous RVDA/RV Industry Association Technician…
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Toyota Getting into Campers?
Toyota has turned the cargo box of a Tacoma into an off-road travel trailer equipped with everything you need for…
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Suburban Employee Celebrates 50 Years at Company
Perry Massengill recently celebrated his 50-year anniversary with Suburban, an Airxcelbrand. Division President Art Klee noted the milestone with a…
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I-X Center Sued Over Trade Show Contracts
Cleveland’s I-X Center is being sued, according to Ohio public radio station WKSU. The station, quoting a story from Crain’s…
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Oklahoma RV Business Donates Christmas Party Fund
In lieu of hosting its annual Christmas party for store employees and their families, Floyd’s RV of Norman, Okla., donated…
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THOR Acquires Tiffin in $300 Million Deal
THOR Industries has announced the acquisition of Tiffin Motor Homes and related companies, including Vanleigh RV and other operating entities,…
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Remembering the Titans: Tom Corson
Editor’s note: In 12 months’ time, two legends in the RV/MH industries, Arthur J. Decio and Thomas H. Corson, passed…
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Video: Winnebago CEO Predicts Continued Strength in RV Sales
Winnebago CEO Michael Happe told CNBC on Friday he expects the coronavirus pandemic-inspired surge in recreational vehicle sales to last…
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Texas City Council Denies Camping World Request
The Killeen, Texas City Council may have missed an opportunity to bring around 50 jobs and possibly $40 million in…
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RV Companies NHTSA’s Weekly Recall List
This week’s recall list from the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration includes several RV listings of note. Daimler Vans USA…
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Jan Suwinski Retires from THOR’s Board of Directors
THOR Industries announced that Jan Suwinski is retiring and has resigned from the board of directors after 20 years of…
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Vasatech and US Coating will Become Schattdecor
The Schattdecor Group facilities, Vasatech and US Coating, will officially bear the company name Schattdecor starting Jan. 1, 2021. Until…
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Permatex Rolls Out New Packaging Design
Permatex, a maker of products for automotive maintenance and repair, has started the rollout of newly designed packaging for some…
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Progressive Insurance Chicago Boat Show Canceled
The largest boat show in the Midwest has been canceled due to COVID-19. Scheduled for Jan. 6-10, the Progressive Insurance…
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Winnebago Industries Reports 35 Percent Revenue Jump
Winnebago Industries has announced earnings for the first quarter of fiscal 2021, and the company reports a nearly 35 percent…
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Barletta Boats Founder Entrepreneur of the Year Award Finalist
Bill Fenech, president and founder of Barletta Pontoon Boats, has been named a national award finalist for the Ernst &…
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Airstream’s Globetrotter 30RB Wins Fast Company Design Award
Airstream has been recognized by Fast Company’s 2020 Innovation by Design Awards for its 2020 Airstream Globetrotter 30 RB (Rear…
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RVIA Supports Biden’s Interior Pick
The RV Industry Association said it congratulates New Mexico Congresswoman Deb Haaland (D-NM-1) on her nomination by President-Elect Biden to…
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Louisville Boat & RV Show Cancelled
The Progressive Insurance Louisville (KY.) Boat, RV & Sportshow, scheduled for Jan. 27-31, 2021, has been cancelled. Organizers posted an…
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Glomex Reignites with New North American Partner
Reinvesting in its business in the Americas, Glomex s.r.l. has partnered with distributor GA Communications. The Baltimore-based company is now…
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Huntkey USA Releases Nature’s Generator Elite
\Huntkey USA announces the release of the Nature’s Generator Elite, a solar generator which features a 3600-watt pure sine wave…
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Virginia Auto Dealers Group Endorses Better Vantage Point
Better Vantage Point has announced the endorsement of the Virginia Independent Automobile Dealers Association (VIADA). The company called it a…
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Namsung Earns Innovation Award for In-Vehicle Phone Sanitizer
Namsung America announced that it has been named a Consumer Electronics Show 2021 Innovation Awards Honoree for its Utilimedic UV8LED…
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Q3 Boat Registrations Spiked 32%
New-boat registrations in the main powerboat categories increased 32.2 percent over the same period last year, and were up 10…
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AAA Holiday Forecast: At Least Three-Fourths of Americans Staying Home
AAA’s annual year-end holiday forecast finds a dramatic shift in Americans’ travel plans, due in large part to the COVID-19…
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TAXA Announces New, Larger Headquarters
Marking a year of significant growth in the outdoor industry with an uptick in outdoor recreation and rising demand for…
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Letter from RVWA’s Susan Carpenter
The following is a letter from Susan Carpenter, president of the board of directors of the RV Women’s Alliance. What…
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RVIA’s Craig Kirby Chats with Aboutcamp BtoB
RV Industry Association President Craig Kirby recently sat down for an interview with Aboutcamp BtoB magazine, which covers the camping…
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Dometic North America Expands Team
Dometic North America has announced the hiring of its new Director of RVOE, Tom Montague. Montague brings a wealth of…
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Lippert Offers Friction Hinge Kit for Aftermarket
Lippert Components has announced that its Friction Hinge stay-put door technology is now available in an easy-to-install aftermarket kit. The…
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RVDA Con/Expo Content Available Through January
As many dealers enter their winter training season, the RV Dealers Convention/Expo remains on-demand for employees to access until Jan.…
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RV Technical Institute Hiring Director of Education
The RV Technical Institute is currently hiring a director of education to oversee the development and maintenance of the institute’s curriculum…
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Another 850K Filed for Unemployment Last Week
New jobless claims unexpectedly rose for a second straight week, underscoring the strain to the labor market as rising COVID-19…
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NTP-STAG Expo Announces 2021 RV University PRO Speaker Lineup
NTP-STAG has announced the RV University (RVU) Professional Retail Organization (PRO) Education Speaker Lineup for Expo 2021. The event will…
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Lordstown Motors, Camping World Announce Joint Venture
Lordstown Motors Corp. CEO Steve Burns and Camping World CEO Marcus Lemonis announced a joint venture between the two companies…
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RVDA Seeks Year-End Donations to Support Learning Center
A year-end donation to the Mike Molino RV Learning Center can be a tax-deductible investment in the professional development of…
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Texas RV Association Endorses National RV Training Academy
The Texas RV Association (TRVA) last week voted to formally endorse training services provided by the National RV Training Academy…
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Outdoorsy Releases 2020 Travel Trend Report
RV rental and outdoor travel marketplace Outdoorsy has released its 2020 Travel Trend report, recapping stats from its record year.…
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JR Products Hires New Regional Sales Manager
JR Products has announced the hiring of Jesse Bieksza as regional sales manager to the southeast territory. Bieksza has vast…
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ORR Showcases LWCF Projects from Across the Outdoor Industry
The Outdoor Recreation Roundtable has released the results of its industry-wide Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) collection survey and…
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ARVC Rolls Out Redesigned Camping App
The National Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds (ARVC) has introduced its new GoCampingAmerica.com app, available for free download for…
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