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Loki Basecamp Debuts New Coach Series
Motor1.com takes a look at the newest Loki Basecamp offering. Loki Basecamp is a company that builds truck campers, but…
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Camp Casual Unveils New Product Lines
Camp Casual, which produces vintage and retro-themed products for the outdoor industry, has recently launches new products to make RVers…
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Diesel Prices Reach New All-Time High
As of today, diesel prices have reached a new average all-time high of $5.16 per gallon, surpassing the previous record…
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A ‘Brite’ Past Leads to a Brighter Future
It’s been a busy 50 years for Star brite – which celebrates five decades in business next year – and…
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Patrick Industries’ Earnings Top $1B; 58% Increase
Patrick Industries reported net sales of $1.3 billion during the first quarter, an increase of 58 percent year-over-year from the…
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Open House Week Returning to Elkhart in September
Forest River and THOR Industries have agreed to hold this year’s Elkhart RV Dealer Open House the week of Sept.…
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LKQ Corp. Revenue Up Nearly 6%
LKQ Corp., parent company of NTP-STAG, reports revenue in the first quarter of $3.3 billion, a 5.6 percent increase over…
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Dometic Posts 55% Increase in Sales for Q1
Sweden-based Dometic, which releases its earnings in Krona, reported sales during the first quarter equivalent to $770 million, a 55…
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RVDA Seeks Nominations for the JBS Award
The RV Dealers Association is seeking nominees for the James B. Summers (JBS) Award, named in honor of the association’s…
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Garmin Posts 9% Revenue Increase
Garmin today announced results for the first quarter ended March 26. Highlights for first quarter 2022 include: Record consolidated revenue…
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RV Chassis Drive Sales Spike for The Shyft Group
The Shyft Group, which serves multiple transportation markets including RV chassis, reported sales of $207 million in the first quarter,…
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Dometic Hires New Talent to Support its RV Customers
Dometic has added 10 new employees to its roster to support the company’s wide array of RV customers. The company…
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Expion360 Begins Shipments of Hundreds of Lithium Batteries to AIM Wholesale
Expion360, producers of lithium batteries and accessories for RVs, outdoor, marine, residential and industrial, has begun shipping its e360 lithium-ion…
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46th Annual Puyallup RV Show Returns After COVID Hiatus
Puyallup, Wash., a small city about 35 miles south of Seattle, will be the host for the 46th annual Puyallup…
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U.S. GDP Unexpectedly Contracted at a 1.4% Rate in Q1
U.S. economic activity unexpectedly contracted for the first time since the second quarter of 2020 in the first three months…
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Newmar Event Features Top Dealer Awards
On Tuesday evening, Newmar’s 2022 dealer event at the Gaylord Hotel and Convention Center in Orlando, Fla., included dinner, a…
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J.D. Power Report Finds Prices Up Across the Board
J.D. Power has released its NADAguides Market Insights for the first quarter and the report found that prices were up…
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Wilkins RV Expands with New York Location
Wilkins Recreational Vehicles announced it has completed an agreement to purchase Jim’s RV Center and will soon acquire their operations…
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RVIA Study IDs Changing RVer Demographics
ELKHART, Ind. – The “typical” RV buyer is getting much younger. That was the assessment of a panel of RV…
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THOR Named to Newsweek’s ‘America’s Most Trusted Companies’
THOR Industries has been named to Newsweek’s list of America’s Most Trusted Companies 2022. The award is presented by Newsweek…
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Jayco Breaks Ground on Employee Health Clinic
Jayco has broken ground on a new health clinic to serve its employees and dependents utilizing the company’s health plan.…
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Cook Political Report’s Amy Walter to be a Speaker at RVs Move America Week
Attendees at this year’s RVs Move America Week, June 5-9 in Washington, D.C., will hear political analysis from Amy Walter,…
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Actor John Ratzenberger Partners with Xtreme Outdoors
Actor, producer and director John Ratzenberger will be traveling the backroads of America this year, towing a 2022 Little Guy…
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Ford F-150 Lightning Production Officially Launched
A crowd of hundreds that included Ford hourly workers and customers cheered throughout a 30-minute launch celebration of the 2022…
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Newmar Welcomes Dealers to Florida Gathering
ORLANDO, Fla. – Mike Happe, CEO of Winnebago Industries opened Newmar’s 2022 dealer event Tuesday at the Gaylord Hotel &…
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Fun Town RV Opens Second Texas Super Store
Fun Town RV announced the grand opening party of its new location in Corsicana, Texas, slated for April 30. The…
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KOA Reports a Record 57 Million Households Camped in ’21
Kampgrounds of America has released its annual North American Camping Report, and it reveals the explosive growth in camping in…
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Julie Markiewicz Promoted to VP at Lippert
Lippert announced that Julie Markiewicz has been promoted to vice president of internal audit and compliance. In her expanded role,…
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DENSO Announces Two Promotions
DENSO Products and Services Americas has promoted Reggie Cruz to director of corporate planning and Manny Rodriguez to senior manager…
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RVIA’s Former Standards VP to Receive Meritorious Service Award
The RV Industry Association‘s former Vice President of Standards, Bruce Hopkins, will be receiving the Meritorious Service Award at the…
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Brown & Brown’s Revenues Up 11%
F&I provider Brown & Brown reported first quarter revenues of $904.7 million, an increase of $89.4 million, or 11 percent,…
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Make-A-Wish Partnering with Winnebago Industries
Minnesota’s KARE covers Winnebago’s new partnership with the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Nothing says bonding like an old-fashioned family road trip. Being…
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Ep. 35 – Chad Lyon of Wells Fargo Talks Dollars and Sense
Chad Lyon is the commercial leader for Wells Fargo’s RV and marine division, and in the year-plus, he’s been in…
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Blog: Defining the Role of Lifestyle Marketing for RV Companies
Over the last several months, I’ve shared the differences between product marketing, brand marketing and lifestyle marketing, and we’ve also…
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March Shipments Set a New All-Time Record
Results for the RV Industry Association’s March 2022 survey of manufacturers determined that total RV shipments ended the month with…
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Newmar, Keystone, Forest River, Tiny Idahomes on Weekly Recall List
A handful of RV companies are featured on this week’s recall list from the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration. Newmar…
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Lance Camper Launches New Video Series
Lance Camper announced the release of its all-new video series, “Lance at a Glance.” This series of short, under-a-minute videos…
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Alliance RV Owners Group to Conduct First ‘Owner Empowerment Rally’
The Alliance RV Owners Group announced today it will conduct its first-ever owner empowerment rally, including an RV Fundamentals class…
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Coach-Net Hosts Industry Partners at New Headquarters
Every year, Coach-Net, a provider of RV technical and roadside assistance for 35 years, honors its hardworking employees with an…
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Airstream of Utah Announces New Location, Grand Opening
Airstream of Utah announced its new location’s Grand Opening Celebration from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 14,…
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Cavco Industries Acquires Manufacturing Facility in North Carolina
Cavco Industries announced its closing on the acquisition of a 184,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Hamlet, N.C. As previously announced, the…
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Protective Asset Partners with Powersports-Oriented Tech Company RumbleOn
F&I programs and services provider Protective Asset Protection announced it has signed a national agreement with RumbleOn, which Protective Asset…
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Tickets on Sale for RV/MH Hall of Fame Induction Dinner
Reservations are now open for the 2022 RV/MH Hall of Fame’s annual induction dinner. This year the event will be…
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New Podcast Episode this Tuesday
The next episode of the In Tow with RV PRO podcast will be going live this Tuesday with guest Chad…
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Exhibitor Info Now Available for RV Dealers Con/Expo
The RV Dealers Association released exhibitor information for companies interested in participating in the 2022 RV Dealers Convention/Expo live event…
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Mopeka Products Acquires Sonariot
Mopeka Products, makers of sonar tank monitoring solutions, announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Sonariot. Together, Mopeka…
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ASA Electronics Hires New Marketing Director
ASA Electronics has hired Rachel West as its new marketing director, following the retirement of Monica Pletchert. In this role,…
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FCCC Names Commercial Chassis Sales Manager for Western Region
Freightliner Custom Chassis Corp. (FCCC) has appointed company and industry veteran Brent McKinney to be its new Western region technical…
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Lance Camper Resumes Plant Tours in May
Lancaster, Calif.-based Lance Camper has announced it has begun announced it is restarting plant tours for the public next month.…
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Publication Names West Virginia Dealership 2021 ‘Business of the Year’
Mountaineer RV & Outdoor Center was named the Weston Democrat’s Business of the Year for 2021. The dealership came into…
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Nebraska Dealers Now Allowed to Sell Large Fifth Wheels
One of the missions of the RV Industry Association is to monitor state and federal legislation that might have some…
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Missouri’s Coachlight RV Goes All-In on RVTI Certification
The RV Industry Association highlights one dealership’s effort to eliminate what the store owner calls “a thorn in the side…
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Cummins’ Prepares for Filtration Business to be Separated
Power generation company Cummins announced that its filtration business has confidentially submitted a draft registration statement on Form S-1 with…
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A Satellite’s View of Supply Chain Issues
COVID-19 has again reared its ugly head in China, and parts of that country are undergoing the largest outbreak of…
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Dealership Merger Mania Continues
Brokers and advisors who put together mergers and acquisitions for RV dealerships say business is as brisk as ever and…
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Campers Inn Acquires Arizona’s Little Dealer Little Prices
Campers Inn RV recently announced that it was planning on expanding to the western United States, and this week took…
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Airstream Extends Program to Offset Carbon Emissions from ’22 Models
Airstream has extended its program to help neutralize the estimated carbon emissions created by the manufacturer and use of the…
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Hoefer Group Acquires North Dakota Factory to Build RVs
Hoefer Group, owned by RV industry veteran Charles Hoefer and directed by Hoefer’s wife Andrea Kine, has closed $3 million…
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Idaho’s Leisureland RV Recognized by Google
Leisureland RV Center of Boise, Idaho, was recently highlighted by Google in the 2021 Economic Impact Report to be the…
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New Truma Units Featured in Forest River No Boundaries
Forest River No Boundaries has chosen the brand-new Truma Aventa Eco for its new “Unplugged” package, specifically for its ability…
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NERVDA Salutes Dealer Bob Moore on His 97th Birthday
The New England RV Dealers Association (NERVDA) issued a statement Thursday congratulating Bob Moore, founder of Bradford’s RV, on his…
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Camping World Moving into Former Wisconsin Gander Store
A Camping World store will open soon in the former Gander Outdoors store at 1200 Crossing Meadows Drive in Onalaska,…
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Continental Cuts Earnings Forecast; Cites Ukraine War
Continental cut its annual earnings forecast and warned of “lasting consequences” for production and supply chains if the war in…
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Volkswagen, Jayco Launch Camper Van Down Under
Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has teamed up with Jayco to create a camper van based on the VW Crafter van. The…
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Lippert Names Head of Europe Marine Group
Lippert announced Matthew Johnston has been named managing director for Lippert Marine Group in Europe. In this role, he will…
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Jobless Claims Hold Near Lowest Levels Since 1960s
Weekly unemployment claims held near their lowest levels since the 1960s, with a strong labor market and improving levels of…
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Lippert Employees Step Up for National Volunteer Week
As part of National Volunteer Week, more than 1,200 Lippert employees from the company’s Michiana-area locations. Lippert Cares is an…
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Lazydays’ Preliminary Q1 Results Show Profits Up
Lazydays Holdings’ preliminary Q1 earnings results were released Monday, and the company said it had preliminary revenue for the first…
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Expion360 Achieves UL Compliance for Recreational Batteries
Lithium battery maker Expion360 announced it has completed UL 1973 compliance on its 60-120Ah batteries. Because of the growing demand…
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Camping Outlook Remains Healthy
The KOA Monthly Research Report – April Edition indicates that 38 percent of campers who have not traveled for a…
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Patrick Industries Partners with ‘Military Makeover with Montel’ Show
Highly decorated Army veteran Michael Stupar and his family will have their home fully updated through efforts of the team…
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LKQ Completes Sale of PGW Auto Glass Business
LKQ Corp., parent company of NTP-STAG, announced that it has completed its previously announced agreement to sell PGW Auto Glass,…
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KOA: Continued Growth in First Quarter of 2022
After finishing 2021 an astounding 33 percent above the previous record-grossing year, Kampgrounds of America reports a 16.5 percent increase…
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RVWA Announces Upcoming Events
The RV Women’s Alliance has a few things on the calendar it wants to let people know about. For those…
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History: A Look Back at ‘Frank’s Motor Home’
Transportation-oriented website Jalopnik takes us on a way-back Wednesday journey to an important time in RV history. When the subject…
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Allison Transmission Earns CARB Certification
Allison Transmission today announced it has received certification from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) for the model year 2022…
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Exclusive: ATC Breaks Ground on New HQ Facility
Aluminum Trailer Co. (ATC) today broke ground on a new 221,000-square-foot facility at its home in Nappanee, Ind., which will…
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Registration for RV Aftermarket Conference Begins Monday
Registration for the 51st RV Aftermarket Conference in August will open this coming Monday, April 25. The conference, which is…
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RVTI, NERVDA Form Partnership to Recruit New Techs
As the “Year of Recruitment” continues, the RV Technical Institute (RVTI) has been hard at work attending events across the…
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RVs Move America Week to Feature First Emerging Leaders Coalition Gathering
RVs Move America Week, scheduled for June 5-9 in Washington, D.C., is an annual event where volunteers from across the…
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RVIA Puts the Spotlight on the Rental Market
As consumers evolve and their expectations change, the RV rental market is evolving as well to keep up with them,…
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DEI Joins the Hot Rod Power Tour
Automotive heat and sound control products company Design Engineering said it will be doing its part to make sure the…
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ARVC Continues to Serve Park Owners in Florida and Alabama
The Florida/Alabama state RV park and campground association chose to de-affiliate with the National Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds…
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Oil Prices Fall 5% After IMF Cuts Growth Outlook
Oil prices were down about 5 percent in volatile trading on Tuesday on demand concerns after the International Monetary Fund…
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Crane Composites Supports Local Community Charities
Illinois-based Crane Composites, a subsidiary of Crane Co., recently presented 35 local charity organizations with donations from the Crane Fund…
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Blog: Increase Sales Opportunities by Texting Customers
In 2022, the online experience is invaluable. More customers than ever are visiting a dealership website, likely several times, before…
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IDS Launches Monthly Market Analysis
Integrated Dealer Systems, an RV, marine and trailer dealership software provider, has announced the launch of its “Dealership Industry Insights”…
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Dometic Hosts Mid-Year Strategy Meetings with Key Players
Dometic said a team of people from the company will meet this week with RV manufacturing, aftermarket and service leaders…
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Suburban Adds New Water Heater to Product Line
Suburban, an Airxcel brand, announced a key expansion to its water heater product line with the new IW42 – a…
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NRVTA Hires Video Production Manager to Bolster Training
The National RV Training Academy (NRVTA) today announced Garrett Syfrett joined the team as video production manager to enhance the…
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RVshare Partners with DigiSure to Offer RV Rental Insurance, Protection
RVshare, the first and largest RV rental marketplace, together with insurance technology platform DigiSure, announced a partnership enabling RVshare to…
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The Toyota Previa on Steroids
TheDrive.com often comes across various bizarre projects and one-offs that it graciously shares with its readers, and this has to…
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Chinese Lockdowns Curbing Supply Chain Improvements
What happens in China doesn’t stay in China. And for American supply chains, that is usually a good thing. American…
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Make-A-Wish, Winnebago and RV Retailer Team Up
Make-A-Wish, Winnebago Industries and RV Retailer have announced they will partner to provide outdoor adventures to wishers across the country.…
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Easter Weekend Message from RVIA’s Craig Kirby
Craig Kirby is President and CEO of the RV Industry Association. Good afternoon Members, As we enter the Easter holiday,…
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Dexter Acquires Premium Supply
DexKo Global, manufacturers of trailer running gear, chassis assemblies and related components, announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Dexter Axle, has…
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Derema Group Expanding, Adding Staff in Elkhart
Derema Group said it will be expanding in the Elkhart, Ind., area to meet the demands of its vendors and…
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Participants Sought for 2022 Go RVing Dealer Tie-in Program
Go RVing announced its 2022 Dealer Tie-In Program that is now available for RV dealers, state dealer associations and their…
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KPA Hosts Two-Part Webinar Series on Hazard Communication
RV Dealers Association partner and business training and compliance firm KPA are offering a two-part webinar series entitled: Hazard Communication.…
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