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Lippert Announces $200M Stock Repurchase Plan
LCI Industries announced that its board has authorized a $200 million stock repurchase program over the next three years. The…
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Barron’s Report: RV Demand Slowing
THOR Industries and Winnebago Industries stocks took a beating on Thursday, after D.A. Davidson analyst Brandon Rolle said RV demand…
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Stella Vita Electric RV Aims to be the Solar-Powered Distance Leader
A team of Dutch university students said they have radically redesigned the RV with solar power and an aerodynamic shape.…
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RVDA Seeks Nominations for James B. Summers Award
The RV Dealer’s Association is asking dealer and associate members to submit nominations for the prestigious James B. Summers Award.…
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Q&A with RVWA’s Susan Carpenter and Denise Chariya
Even a global pandemic can’t hold back the RV Women’s Alliance. The nonprofit group’s number of members has swelled from…
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Campers Inn Acquires Ohio’s Arbogast RV
Florida-based Campers Inn RV, which calls itself the largest family-operated RV dealership group in the country, has acquired Arbogast RV…
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Commercial Driver’s License Exemption for RV Transporters Renewed
In 2015, the RV Industry Association successfully petitioned the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) for exemption from the Class…
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ITC Investigating Impact of Section 232 and 301 Tariffs
The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) is launching an investigation on the impact of Section 232 and 301 tariffs on U.S. industries.…
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Brown & Brown Contributes to RV Learning Center in Paul Skogebo’s Honor
F&I provider Brown & Brown Insurance has made its 2022 contribution of $26,667 in support of the Mike Molino RV…
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RVDA, Others Backing Catalytic Converter Anti-Theft Proposal
RVDA, NADA and 11 other industry partners sent a letter this week to U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman…
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Crain’s Detroit Business Honors Shyft Group CEO Daryl Adams
Crain’s Detroit Business announced today that The Shyft Group President and CEO Daryl Adams has been named a 2022 Notable…
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Elkhart County Eco-Devo Chief Keeping an Eye on Gas Prices
In the face of strong economic headwinds and supply chain issues, the RV industry is registering double digit sales gains…
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Bish’s RV Opens New Michigan Location
Bish’s RV has multiple locations across eight states. Bish’s RV is new to Coldwater, Mich. Sort of. Late last year,…
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Special Women in Business Episode of In Tow with RV PRO Going Live Tuesday
In conjunction with the May issue of RV PRO magazine, we celebrate women in the RV industry in a special…
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Green Car Reports on the Future of Electric RVs
Green Car Reports on where the future of electric RVing. The pending onslaught of electric trucks and SUVs – already…
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Daimler Truck North America, Cummins Collaborate on Hydrogen Technology
Cummins and Daimler Truck North America are collaborating to upfit and validate Freightliner Cascadia trucks with a Cummins hydrogen fuel…
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Detroit’s Big Three Automakers Reinstate Mask Mandate
General Motors, Ford and Chrysler parent Stellantis NV on Sunday they are reinstating a requirement that employees wear masks in…
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A Look into the Future of RV Marketing
With the RV industry continuing to undergo massive upheaval due to supply chain constraints, talent acquisition challenges, and an influx…
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RVIA Mourns Passing of David Humphreys
The RV Industry Association issued a statement Friday following the death of one of its founders, David J. Humphreys. The…
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RVDA Career Center a Valuable Resource
As Memorial Day, the traditional kick-off to summer, fast approaches, the RV Dealers Association wants to remind its members that…
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Mike Molino Center Offering Service Writer Advisor Online Courses
The Mike Molino RV Service Center reminds dealership owners that now is a great time to get ready for the…
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THOR Publishes North American Motorized EV Study Results
THOR Industries announced the release of the company’s North American Motorized Electric RV Study, which explores consumer expectations, key purchase motivators…
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Baird Survey Shows Negative 3-5 Year Outlook
The results of the latest survey from RVDA and Baird show dealers with a positive outlook when it comes to…
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RV PRO, THE SHOP Acquired by Cahaba Media Group
Birmingham, Ala.-based Cahaba Media Group announced today its acquisition of the assets of two B2B brands: RV PRO and THE…
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Committee Meetings a Key Part of RVs Move America Week
The RV Industry Association said that RVs Move America Week is a critical event on the RV industry calendar, as…
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Go RVing Connects with Memphis Consumers, Travel Writers
Earlier this month, the Go RVing PR team participated in TravelCon in Memphis, Tenn., where it said hundreds of travel…
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Early-Bird Tix for RVWA Education Symposium This Fall End Friday
Early-bird ticket sales for the RV Women’s Alliance Education Symposium end this Friday, May 13. The event takes place in October…
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Elkhart Chamber President Testifies Before Congress
Local action, more than outside help, fueled the community’s ongoing economic recovery, the president and CEO of the Greater Elkhart,…
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Michiana RV Industry Types Pitch in to Cleanup State Park
Potato Creek State Park in Northern Indiana is undergoing restoration projects to improve visitors’ experiences. The RV Industry Association is…
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Canada’s Pleasure-Way Leverages Live Commerce to Promote Luxury Vehicles
Customer experience platform Emplifi has announced it has partnered with Canadian RV manufacturer Pleasure-Way Industries to provide an immersive shopping…
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Blue Bird Unveils EV Chassis for Commercial Vehicles
School bus manufacturer Blue Bird unveiled a new electric platform for Class 5-6 vehicles at the 2022 Advanced Clean Transportation…
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RVIA Maintains ANSI Standards Accreditation
The RV Industry Association has recently been re-accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). The association has maintained this…
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Hotel Registration Closing Friday for RVs Move America Week
Less than four weeks remain until RVs Move America Week in Washington, D.C., where volunteers from across the RV industry collectively…
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Retro Classic: An Amazing Barn Find
RV Travel recently featured this story from Paul Lacitinola, who, with his wife, Caroline, publishes Vintage Camper Trailers Magazine. Found…
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Blog: A Deep Dive on GLBA Regulations
GLBA regulations, which have been in effect since 1999, require institutions that provide financial products to consumers, including loans, to…
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Canada’s Traveland RV Celebrating 45 Years in Business
Traveland RV Group sure has come a long way since it started as a double-wide trailer on a gravel lot…
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Coming Tuesday: Industry Veteran Garry Enyart on In Tow with RV PRO
This Tuesday, another episode of our podcast, In Tow with RV PRO, is going live and our guest this week…
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Grand Design Expansion Plans Include Hundreds of New Jobs
Despite talk of a worker shortage and a March unemployment rate under two percent, the economic growth just continues in…
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Obit: Keystone’s Robert Gaff, Jr.
Robert Edwin Gaff Jr. was born Jan. 28, 1938, in Elkhart, Ind., and died recently at age 84. He had…
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Go RV Rentals Unveils RV Rental Price Report
Go RV Rentals, an online source for RV rentals, has released its 2022 RV Rental Price Index Report. Since last…
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Harvest Hosts: ‘Near-cations’ and Camping are Hottest Travel Trends
Harvest Hosts’ survey is designed to show the current state of travel and how Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X and…
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Camping World Sets Another Record with $1.7B in Q1 Revenue
Camping World Holdings reports revenue of a record $1.7 billion, an increase of $104.6 million, or 6.7 percent, during the…
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Fox News Personality to Appear at RVs Move America Week
As part of the RVs Move America Week in Washington, D.C., in June, Fox News host Bret Baier will be…
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USTR Commences Statutory Review of Section 301 China Tariffs
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (“USTR”) announced the commencement of the statutory four-year review of the continuation…
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Wholesale RV Values Are Mixed, But Volume is Up
“The volatile performance of the stock market and less than ideal economic reports in recent weeks have many consumers saying…
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Cummins Reports Sales, Net Income Boost in Q1
Power generation company Cummins reported Q1 revenues of $6.4 billion, an increase of 5 percent year-over-year. Sales in North America…
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Industry to Celebrate National Go RVing Day June 11
National Go RVing Day, celebrated the second Saturday of June, calls on the RV industry and consumers alike to celebrate…
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EPA to Host Virtual Meetings on Heavy-Duty Vehicle Emission Rule Proposals
Recently, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed new, stronger standards to reduce pollution from heavy-duty vehicles and engines starting in model…
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LKQ Corp. to Host 2022 Investor Day
LKQ Corp., parent company of NTP-STAG, announced that the company will host an Investor Day at the headquarters of LKQ…
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GEN-Y Hitch Celebrates 10 Years of Business
GEN-Y Hitch said it is excited to announce its 10-year anniversary. Since establishing the business in 2012, the company has…
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Canadian Groups Seek Government Assistance
The Canadian Camping and RV Council (CCRVC) and RVDA of Canada were on Parliament Hill last week to shed light on industry issues that…
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Jayco Launches Massive Campus Solar Project
Jayco announced that it will soon be wrapping up a major energy reduction project, which will transition more than 10…
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CEO Offers Details Behind LKQ’s Recent Earning Report
During LKQ’s April 28 Q1 earnings call, President and CEO Nick Zarcone said supply chain transport issues continue to “provide…
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GE Appliances Announces New Citizenship Goals
GE Appliances marked Earth Day a week ago by releasing its 2021 Corporate Citizenship Report, highlighting the latest progress and…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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‘Second Chance Month’ Ties in Nicely with RVTI Recruitment Goals
In case you missed it, the federal government recently christened April as “Second Chance Month,” with the purpose of promoting…
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USTR Reinstates 352 Section 301 China Tariff Product Exclusions
The following update is provided by the RV Industry Association. In prior Federal Register notices, the U.S. Trade Representative modified…
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VW CFO Expects Chip Shortage to Persist Into 2024
Volkswagen Group expects the semiconductor shortage to continue longer than expected, the automaker’s finance chief, Arno Antlitz, said. Supplies of…
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Features
Product Innovation Leads the Way for this Elkhart-Based Supplier
Wayne Kaylor is a serial entrepreneur. And, with a successful history that dates all the way back to the mid-1980s,…
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New Survey to Identify RV Rental Market Trends, Outlook
The RV Rental Association (RVRA) is now conducting a survey of RV rental businesses to gauge the current state of…
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Event Schedule Released for ‘RVs Move America Week’
The annual RVs Move America Week gathering returns after a two-year hiatus June 5 – 9 in Washington, D.C. The…
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Lippert Rolls Out Mobile Care Unit for Employees
Lippert will soon begin offering free, on-site healthcare to more than 7,000 of its employees. On Tuesday, the company opened…
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Tickets for RVWA Educational Symposium Go On Sale This Friday
Early-bird member tickets go on sale this Friday, April 15, for the RV Women’s Alliance Education Symposium which takes place…
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PRVCA Hires Lubomski as Education Director
The Pennsylvania Recreation Vehicle and Camping Association (PRVCA) recently hired James Lubomski to serve as education director, effective April 4.…
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Dave Medford Retires After 50 Years with Dexstar
Longtime Dexstar Wheel employee Dave Medford has retired from the company after 50 years. Medford joined the company on April…
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Ep. 34: Jason Lippert on the Importance of Staying Nimble
Lippert Industries is a $4.5 billion company with locations all over the globe, but CEO Jason Lippert said it’s the…
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Blog: OFAC Alerts and Why They Matter
Dealers should all be aware of the Office of Foreign Asset Control, though it can be one of those things…
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