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Lippert Acquires Girard Systems and Girard Products LLC
LCI Industries has announced that its subsidiary, Lippert Components Manufacturing, Inc., has acquired substantially all of the business assets of…
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Pennsylvania’s Keystone RV Center Sold to Vermont Dealer
Keystone RV Center in Greencastle, Penn., has been sold to Pete’s RV Center of South Burlington, Vt. Pete’s RV currently…
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RVWA Touts All-Member Meeting with Go RVing’s Redfern
The RV Women’s Alliance (RVWA) is hosting its first all-member call of the year this Wednesday, March 30, at noon…
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Dispute Resolution Program for RVs in Second Year
The RV Industry Association last year collaborated with DeMars & Associates to develop an entirely voluntary and confidential mediation process,…
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Timberline Heating System Integrated into Jayco and Entegra RVs
Elwell Corp. announced the integration of the Timberline Heating System into the new Jayco Swift Li and Entegra Ethos Li…
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Cummins Shareholders to Vote on Splitting CEO, Board Chair Positions
A Cummins shareholder is proposing that the Indiana-based manufacturer separate its CEO and board chair roles into two different positions…
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Maxxsonics Employee Seeks Help Raising Funds for Ukraine
Mark Lieber, a project and quality manager from Maxxsonics, is leaving the company’s Illinois headquarters and heading to to Záhony,…
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Blog: Know the Customer: Part 1 of Know Their Type
Editor’s note: This is the third in a four-part blog series (and the first part of a two-part installment related…
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Truma Offers Cold Weather Certification for RVs
With the huge increase in new RVers, it’s becoming more difficult to find the ideal campsite – or sometimes, any…
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Webinar Targets Dealers Considering Selling
Dealers who are considering selling their dealerships are invited to take part in a webinar on Wednesday, April 6, put…
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Dometic Ending Elkhart Manufacturing to Cost 150 Jobs
Appliance and outdoor equipment manufacturer Dometic’s recent announcement that it is shutting down manufacturing at its Elkhart, Ind., plant will…
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Chino, Calif., City Council Approves RV Dealership
The following article was written by Briana Munoz in ChampionNewspapers.com, which covers the Chino, Calif., area. An RV dealership has…
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THOR Promotes Featherstone to Lead Global Innovation Efforts
THOR Industries has hired McKay Featherstone, currently Airstream’s vice president of product development and engineering, as the company’s senior vice…
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Troy Walvoord Joins Blue Ox Sales Team
Blue Ox Products announced the addition of Troy Walvoord to its U.S. sales team as regional manager of the Rocky…
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Plews & Edelmann Completes Cooler Line Acquisition
Plews & Edelmann, a manufacturer and marketer of power steering components, hoses, automotive fittings and turbo oil lines, has completed…
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RV PRO Promotes Rebecca Tittel to Media Consultant
RV PRO is proud to announce the promotion of Rebecca Tittel to media consultant for the eastern half of the…
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Indiana’s Stagecoach RV Relocates to Larger Facility
Stagecoach RV Sales and Services in Peru, Ind., is renovating and expanding into a former military facility near Grissom Air…
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GM Halting Pickup Production in Indiana Due to Chip Shortage
General Motors will halt pickup truck production at a factory in Indiana for two weeks next month due to an…
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Exclusive: Ohio-Based Trucking Company Tries to Stay Ahead of the Curve
As a younger man, 28-year-old Justin Miller was an over-the-road trucker that had already been through some ups and downs…
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Fun Town RV Acquires Lloyds RV of Orange, Texas
Fun Town RV announced further expansion into the state of Texas with an agreement to acquire Lloyds RV in Orange,…
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Airxcel Touts New GM for Latest Acquisition
Airxcel announced major new investments into Elkhart Composites, its latest acquisition, including the onboarding of Chris Workman as its new…
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Wilkins RV Pledges $25K to RV Learning Center
Wilkins RV, headquartered in Bath, N.Y., has made a $25,000 pledge to Mike Molino RV Learning Center. This generous pledge…
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THOR Offers Newly Acquired Facility to Polish Red Cross
THOR Industries, through its European subsidiary, Erwin Hymer Group (EHG), is offering the temporary use of EHG’s recently acquired facility…
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Winnebago’s Q2 Revenues Tie All-Time Company Record
Winnebago reported revenues for the second quarter of $1.2 billion, tying the record set in the first fiscal quarter of…
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Pinnacle’s Vir Named Dealerscope 2022 Hall of Fame Inductee
Atul Vir, founder and president of Houston-based Equator Advanced Appliances and Pinnacle Appliances serving the RV market, was recently named…
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REV Recreation Group Launches Sales Tool for Dealers
REV Recreation Group has launched a sales enablement tool for its dealer network. The tool provides dealers and sales representatives…
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BMPRO Expands RV Smart Tech Range
Following the recent release of ProSmart Premium in October 2021, BMPRO announced a latest addition to its range of RV…
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Grote Industries Touts New Executive Director of U.S. Engineering
Grote Industries announced that Chief Engineer Chuck O’Neal has been promoted to executive director to lead and manage the U.S.…
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Dometic Publishes 2021 Annual Sustainability Report
Sweden-based Dometic has released its 2021 Sustainability Report, and included in the highlights are: In 2021, Dometic achieved a new…
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Roamly Launches Pet Insurance Product
Roamly, the first embedded insurtech for travel enthusiasts with unique RV insurance offerings, announced today it is marking new territory…
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Cummins Pledges $3M for Multiyear Water Sustainability Program
In celebration of World Water Day this past Tuesday, March 22, power generation company Cummins announced a $3 million three-year…
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Cortes Campers Expands into Canada with a Nearly $3M Purchase Order
The US Lighting Group announced its wholly owned subsidiary, Cortes Campers, received a purchase order for $2.9 million from Pik-A-Dilly…
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Lazydays Opening New Dealerships in Arizona, Ohio
Lazydays said it will open new dealership locations in Surprise, Ariz., to serve the western Phoenix metropolitan area, and Wilmington,…
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Leisure Days RV Continues Canadian Expansion
Leisure Days RV Group, already Canada’s largest RV Dealership group, continued its expansion with the addition of Freedom RV in…
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Deadline Approaching to Submit Workshop Proposals for 2022 RVDA Con/Expo
The deadline to submit workshop proposals for the 2022 RVDA Convention/Expo is next Tuesday, March 29. The Convention/Expo takes place…
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Elkhart Event: Registered Apprenticeship Programs for RV Companies
The RV Technical Institute recently partnered with representatives of the Labs for Industry Transformation (LIFT) Network to host a small…
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Webasto Releases Latest Bluetooth Controllers
Webasto North America, a top-100 global Tier-one automotive, commercial vehicle and aftermarket equipment manufacturer, announced the introduction of its new…
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RV Industry Invited to Participate in Advocacy Day in D.C.
Advocacy Day, the longstanding cornerstone event taking place on Wednesday, June 8, during RVs Move America Week, is a unique…
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Global Nickel Shortage Could Disrupt EV Industry
As automakers around the world set bold targets for vehicle electrification, many in the industry are looking to nickel –…
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No Dirty Water, Keystone RV Celebrate World Water Day
Blu Technology’s No Dirty Water brand and Keystone RV are joining forces in celebration of World Water Day to benefit…
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Blog: Know Your Customer’s ‘What’
Editor’s note: This is the second in a four-part blog series taken from author and career coach Thomas Morin’s book,…
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Dometic to Cease Manufacturing at its Elkhart, Ind., Facility
Dometic announced today the final consolidation its remaining manufacturing activities at the Industrial Parkway, Elkhart facility to other sites in…
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Protective Life to Acquire F&I Provider AUL
Protective Life Corp., a wholly owned U.S. subsidiary of Dai-ichi Life Holdings Inc., said its principal subsidiary, Protective Life Insurance…
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Meyer Distributing Announces Northwest Megahub
Meyer Distributing Inc. has announced the addition of its Hermiston, Ore. “megahub.” The 170,000 square foot facility will be expandable…
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Continental Retools REDI-Sensor Website to Increase Training and Education
Continental, an innovator and supplier of OE and aftermarket Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems (TPMS) and replacement parts, launched a redesigned…
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RV Demand Keeps Climbing and So Does Demand for Dealership Employees
Road trips and weekend getaways in RVs boomed during the pandemic and one Metro Detroit-based dealership says demand for the…
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New Podcast Tuesday Features Way’s Wayne Kaylor
On Tuesday, the In Tow with RV PRO podcast returns with another new episode, this one featuring Wayne Kaylor of…
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Report: 2021 Retail Sales Hit Another High; Dealer Inventories Up
For the second consecutive year, North American RV retail registrations set a record high, according to a report from market…
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Sobel University Adds Management Breakout Session to April Training Course
Sobel University has added management break-out sessions to their upcoming Comprehensive Sales Training Course, scheduled for April 4 – 8,…
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RVDA’s VP of Administration Officially Retires
As expected, RVDA Vice President of Administration Ronnie Hepp is retiring this month after more than 27 years of service…
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Cummins Posts Update on its Business in Russia
On Thursday, March 17, the Cummins Board of Directors made the decision to suspend all commercial operations in Russia indefinitely,…
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General RV Co-Presenting ‘Heroes Appreciation Weekend’
General RV Center is partnering with USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program and USA Hockey Arena for the 2022 Heroes…
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A New Era of RVing?
THOR Industries and Winnebago separately debuted what the future of electric-powered RVs may look like at January’s 2022 Florida RV…
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ATC Hires Senior-Level Vice President of Sales
Aluminum Trailer Co., (ATC) a manufacturer of aluminum RVs and trailers, said it is strengthening its presence in North America…
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Lippert to Host Leadership Conference
Lippert will present the Purpose Summit 2022 on May 17-19, at the University of Notre Dame. The three-day leadership conference…
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Cooper Standard Again Recognized for Ethical Standards
Michigan-based Cooper Standard has once again been recognized by Ethisphere, a global leader in defining and advancing the standards of…
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Shop Pro RV & Marine Antifreeze Recalled
According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), antifreeze bottles labeled as Shop Pro RV & Marine Antifreeze have been…
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How the War in Ukraine Is Further Disrupting Global Supply Chains
Supply chain disruptions continue to cause headaches in many U.S. industries, with the RV world being no exception. The venerable…
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Lippert Cares Launches ‘Community Impact Grant’
Lippert announced the launch of the Lippert Cares Community Impact Grant. The purpose of the grant is to provide additional…
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Eclipse RV Celebrates 19 Years with Memory of Founder in Mind
Only six months after the untimely death of company founder Dallen Trealoff, Riverside, Calif.’s Eclipse RV recently celebrated its 19th…
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Dexter Acquires HiSpec Wheel & Tire
DexKo Global, parent company of Dexter Axle Co., has acquired HiSpec Wheel & Tire, located in Mishawaka, Ind. Established in…
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Forty-Plus Catalytic Converters Stolen from Michigan Dealership
More than 40 catalytic converters were stolen from an RV dealership in Holland, Mich., over the weekend. The city of…
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RVTI Announces Upcoming In-House Classes
The RV Technical Institute (RVTI) announced the upcoming in-person classes being offered in Elkhart, Ind., at the institute’s headquarters: Level…
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Winnebago Touts Latest Innovations at Bi-Annual Dealer Meeting
Winnebago announced multiple new technology and product innovations at its bi-annual dealer meeting this week, which ran March 14-16 in…
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Roadpass Rolls Out New Membership Bundle
Roadpass Digital, operator of a technology platform for road travel and outdoor experiences, announced its new membership bundle, Roadpass Pro.…
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Campground Buyer’s Workshop Planned for April
An upcoming workshop put on by KOA will help attendees learn the ins and outs of purchasing and operating a…
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Trade Only Today’s Q&A with NMMA’s Frank Hugelmeyer
Trade Only Today published an interview with Frank Hugelmeyer, currently president of the National Marine Manufacturers Association, who is an…
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Truma Announces Second Annual Spring Clean-up Event
Truma North America is hosting its second annual Spring Clean-up Event in celebration of Earth Day. Last year, Truma employees…
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Park Model Builder: ‘A Market to be Had’
Elkhart, Ind.’s newest RV manufacturer is run by a pair of industry veterans with one sole focus: park models. Brent…
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Winnebago Celebrates Production of 500,000th Motorhome
Winnebago announced it has produced its 500,000th motorhome, becoming the first industry brand to reach that milestone. The company marked…
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Grand Design Hires VP of Human Resources
Grand Design RV announced Mary Minix as its new vice president of human resources. Minix joins the team with an…
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Lippert Appoints Senior Director of Aftermarket Marine Sales
Lippert said it promoted Harcourt Schutz to senior director of aftermarket marine sales, which includes the premier brands of Lewmar,…
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Foretravel Motorcoach Earns Green Certification
Foretravel Motorcoach of Nacogdoches, Texas, just became certified green by TRA Certification. Foretravel has earned the Emerald off-grid level of…
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RVIA: Provisions in the 2022 Omnibus Bill Bolster Outdoor Rec
One of the RV Industry Association’s primary missions is to keep track of bills moving through state capitals and the…
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Blog: Know Your Customer – Know Their Day
Editor’s note: This four-part blog series is taken from author, consultant and career coach Thomas Morin’s book, “Know Your Customer:…
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Leisure Days RV Group Adds 30th Canadian Dealership
Leisure Days RV Group, Canada’s largest RV dealership group, continued its expansion with the addition of its 30th dealership in…
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LKQ Sells PGW Auto Glass Business
LKQ Corp., parent company of NTP-STAG, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell PGW Auto Glass,…
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RVshare Names New Board Members
RVshare, a peer-to-peer RV rental marketplace, welcomes Fritz Demopoulos, a co-founder of Qunar, one of China’s largest online travel platforms,…
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General RV Hosts Hiring Event for Metro Detroit Stores
General RV is hosting hiring events on Tuesday and Wednesday this week at its dealerships in Brownstown, Clarkston, Mt. Clemens…
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Carl Esposito Joins Shyft Group’s Board
The Shyft Group announced Carl Esposito as its newest addition to the company’s board of directors. Also, Ronald Harbour, 65,…
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VW will Launch ID. Buzz, Successor to the Combi, This Year in Europe
Volkswagen (VW) has shown the production model versions of its new all-electric ID. Buzz and ID. Buzz Cargo, which go…
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Maris Brennan Joins MARVAC as Membership Director
Maris Brennan will join the Michigan Manufactured Housing, RV, and Campground Association (MMHRVCA) and the Self-Storage Association of Michigan (SSAM)…
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Q&A with Carefree’s Eric Cannon
In the RV industry, those who hold leadership roles often come up from sales. However, Eric Cannon, the new president…
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RV PRO Survey: Dealers Largely Optimistic on 2022
RV dealers are largely optimistic in their outlook for this year, based upon RV PRO’s third annual dealer survey, conducted…
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Lazydays Posts Strong Results as it Continues to Add Properties
RV dealership group Lazydays reported fourth-quarter revenues of $322.5 million, up $126 million, or 64 percent, compared with the fourth…
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Horizon Global’s Earnings Held Back by ‘Extremely Challenging’ Conditions
Horizon Global, a manufacturer of branded towing and trailering equipment, reported net sales of $164.3 million in the fourth quarter…
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Cummins to Reopen Company Offices, Issues Statement on Ukraine
Power generation company Cummins announced an April 4 date when it will re-open its Columbus, Ind., headquarters for the first…
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Flow-Rite Fills New Marketing, Design Staff Positions
Flow-Rite, a manufacturer of injection-molded fluid control products for a wide range of industries, has fortified its marketing efforts by…
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Patrick Industries Completes Acquisition of Rockford Corp.
Patrick Industries announced today that it completed its previously announced acquisition of Arizona-based Rockford Corp. and the Rockford Fosgate brand.…
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RVIA Profile: Little Dealer Little Prices
The following is the latest dealer profile from the RV Industry Association, featuring Debbie Brunoforte, president and CEO of Arizona-based…
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Inflation Sets Fresh 40-Year High
U.S. consumers paid more for a variety of goods and services in February compared to the prior month and year,…
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Valterra Offers Support to RV Travel Nursing Group
Mission Hills, Calif.-based Valterra Products is offering free kits with RV necessities to travel nurses and healthcare workers who are…
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THOR Industries Reports 42% Increase in Q2 Sales
THOR Industries reports that net sales for the second quarter were $3.9 billion, an increase of 42.1 percent as compared…
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REV Group Reports Slight Q1 Net Loss; RV Sales Were Up
REV Group reported results for the first quarter, and though the company suffered a loss overall, its RV division continued…
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Tiffin Group Promotes Cullen Akin to Director of Marketing
Tiffin Group announced Cullen Akin’s promotion to director of marketing. Akin was previously the product marketing manager for Tiffin Motorhomes.…
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Shyft Rolls Out EV Solutions Brand
Blue Arc EV Solutions, a new go-to-market brand of The Shyft Group, makes its debut today alongside a trio of…
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Lippert Introduces Fully Biodegradable Mattress
Lippert announced what it said is the industry’s first sleeping solution with its next-generation, 100 percent recyclable, eco-friendly EnviroSpring mattress.…
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Repair Event Cycle Time is the Topic of Tonight’s ‘RVing in New England’
Tonight’s Facebook Live show “RVing in New England” will feature a panel discussion on getting RVs serviced and repaired. Special…
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Brown & Brown to Acquire Global Risk Partners
Brown & Brown, Searchlight and Global Risk Partners Limited today announced that the parties have entered into an agreement to…
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L Catterton Acquires TAXA Outdoors
TAXA Outdoors, manufacturer of lightweight, mobile habitats for outdoor experiences, has been acquired by the growth fund of L Catterton,…
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