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NTP-STAG Expo Announces 2022 RV University PRO Speaker Lineup
NTP-STAG announced the RV University (RVU) Professional Retail Organization (PRO) Education Speaker Lineup for its Expo 2022, to be held…
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RVIA’s Craig Kirby Issues Holiday Message
RVIA President and CEO Craig Kirby penned this message for the organization’s membership and all those within the RV industry.…
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Performance Brokerage Services Offers New Dealership Valuation Guide
RV Dealers Association associate member Performance Brokerage Services is offering its new guide, “A Roadmap to Buying or Selling an…
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Fun N Sun Owner Looking Forward to Retirement
The Ludington, Mich., Daily News wrote the following about Dennis Grossenbacher, who has spent more than half a century as…
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NATDA Supports Injured Service Members with Wounded Warrior Project Partnership
The North American Trailer Dealers Association (NATDA) said it is committed to supporting the nation’s wounded veterans through Wounded Warrior…
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November Shipment Numbers Add to Highest-Ever Yearly Total
Results for the RV Industry Association’s November 2021 survey of manufacturers determined that total RV shipments ended the month with…
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U.S. EPA Finalizes Tougher New Vehicle Emissions Requirements
The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday finalized new vehicle emissions requirements through 2026 that reverse former President Donald Trump’s rollback…
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New Atlas Ranks Top 2021 Electric Camper Concepts
The website New Atlas has culled from multiple sources to rank this year’s top electric campers. With only a slow…
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California’s RV Generators Ban: A Closer Look
In October, California stunned landscapers and homeowners with proposed legislation to ban the sale of new small off-road engines. But the legislation…
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Camping World’s Lemonis Makes Surprise Visit to NYC Food Bank, Donates $1.5M
Marcus Lemonis, the entrepreneur, TV personality, CEO and chairman of the board of Camping World, made a surprise in-person visit…
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New Survey Shows RV Owners’ Changing Age Average
RV sales have boomed throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, especially from first-time buyers interested in investing in life on the road.…
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Two Indiana Bus Assembly Plants to Close, Costing 190 Jobs
A British bus maker plans to close two bus assembly plants in northern Indiana early next year, costing nearly 200…
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AutoEvolution Reviews Tiffin’s Land Yacht, the Zephyr
(AutoEvolution decided to turn one of its editors loose on a top-of-the-line Class A from Tiffin, the Zephyr.) You’ve managed…
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Global M&A Activity Smashes All-Time Records in 2021
Global merger and acquisition (M&A) activity shattered all-time records in 2021, comfortably erasing the high-water mark that was set nearly…
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Kentucky Tornado Victims to Receive RVs from Florida Nonprofit
Planet RV founder and CEO Gigi Stetler and her nonprofit organization, RVACA, announced efforts to provide RVs and relief supplies to Kentucky area…
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Performance Brokerage Services Advises on Sale of Washington’s U-Neek RV
Performance Brokerage Services, which specializes in dealership buy-sell activity, announced the sale of Kelso, Wash.’s U-Neek RV Center to RV…
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Tracy Anglemeyer Named RVTI Director of Recruitment
The RV Technical Institute (RVTI) said that to keep up with demand for its RV technician training, it has named…
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Association for RV Technicians Goes Online, Hires Administrator
The RV Technician Association of America (RVTAA) announced today that it wrapped up work on its website and officially launched…
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Dealers Felt Manufacturers Improved Across the Board
According to the latest issue of RV Executive Today, a publication of the RV Dealers Association, U.S. and Canadian dealers…
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RV Industry Keeps Rolling Through Larger Economy’s Setbacks
The RV industry has done what many U.S. businesses did in the face of this year’s epic shortages and surging…
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Exclusive: Jayco Visits Colorado for Ambassadors’ RV ‘Hand Off’
Representatives from RV manufacturer Jayco visited Morrison, Colo., on Tuesday to meet with two members of the company’s ‘Ascend Ambassador’…
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RVIA Highlights Legislative Successes in ’21
One of the missions of the RV Industry Association is to advocate on behalf of the industry, both in the…
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Forbes: Permanent Shift in Travel Could Keep RV Market Booming
As the Omicron variant throws another proverbial wrench into the travel industry, Outdoorsy, a global peer-to-peer RV rental platform based…
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The Physical and Mental Benefits of RVing
RV Industry Association staff produced the following white paper about the physical and mental well-being benefits of RVing. The entire…
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Podcast Preview: Jeff Rutherford
Jeff Rutherford, CEO of Airxcel, will be our next guest on In Tow with RV PRO; his episode goes live…
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RV/MH Hall of Fame Class of ’22 Announced
The board of directors of the RV/MH Heritage Foundation has announced the inductees into the RV/MH Hall of Fame’s Class…
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LOOK Trailers Has Become a Top Cargo Trailer Manufacturer
Demand for cargo trailers, like RVs, has been insatiable as of late, and an Indiana company meeting that need has…
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Updated Indiana COVID Map Shows Extent of Infection
When Indiana updated it COVID metrics map Wednesday, the northern part of the state was close to solid red, indicating…
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Supply Chain: An Improving Forecast?
Early last month, the Biden-Harris administration announced that the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal passed into law this fall will help to…
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Care Camps Approaches Important Milestone
A record number of RV, camping, outdoors and marine industry businesses have learned in 2021 about Care Camps, the non-profit…
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THOR Industries Reports Record Q1 Net Earnings
The world’s largest RV manufacturer, THOR Industries, has reported first quarter net earnings of $3.96 billion, an all-time record for…
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RVIA Issues Call to Action to Members
The RV Industry Association has issued a rare call to action to its membership regarding a meeting of the California…
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Baird Survey: Dealer Sentiment Very Optimistic for Short-Term
A new survey finds dealer optimism on current market conditions more positive than a month ago, although the positive outlook…
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Obit: Former RV, Auto Dealer Billy Gene Foster has Died
Billy Gene Foster, 92, of Mountain View, Ark., passed away in his sleep on Dec.1, joining his beloved bride of…
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Performance Brokerage Presents Exclusive Dealer Webinar
Performance Brokerage Services is presenting a webinar this week geared toward dealership owners with the topic, “Buy, Sell, or Hold?”…
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RVIA Looks Back on the ‘Year of the RV’
RV Industry Association staff put together this year-end reflection on what was an historic year in 2021, and why all…
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RVIA Chief: Industry Unity at Heart of RV Sales Success
The RV industry has experienced unprecedented growth over the past two years, an accomplishment made possible in large part due…
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Cummins Moves into California Research Facility to Accelerate Hydrogen Innovation
Cummins has opened its Hydrogen Fuel Cell Powertrain Integration Center in West Sacramento, Calif., signaling its commitment to scaling the…
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Newsweek Honors Brunswick Corp.
For the second consecutive year, Newsweek named Brunswick Corp. to its list of America’s Most Responsible Companies. The award recognizes companies for…
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U.S. Jobless Rate Sinks as More People Find Jobs
America’s unemployment rate tumbled last month to its lowest point since the pandemic struck, even as employers appeared to slow…
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N.M. State AG Urges Energy Efficiency Standards for Manufactured Housing
New Mexico’s Attorney General Hector Balderas has joined several states in urging the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to adopt…
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Study Reveals COVID Concerns Not the Reason for Empty Offices
As many companies wonder why their workplaces remain ghost towns, a new survey reveals that COVID concerns are not what’s…
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Trico Joins Partnership with ‘Leader Dogs for the Blind’
Windshield wiper blade company Trico, under the First Brands Group family, announced the launch of a multi-faceted collaboration as a…
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RVDA Titan Award Given to Forest River Founder Pete Liegl
Forest River CEO and founder Pete Liegl received the national RV Dealers Association’s (RVDA) Titan Award on Dec. 2. The…
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RVshare Report Predicts Blockbuster Year for Travel
Peer-to-peer rental company RVshare revealed findings from its 2022 Travel Trend Report, predicting that next year will be a blockbuster…
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Dealer Survey Spotlights Customers, Importance of Relationships
Manufacturing marketing leader Huebner Integrated Marketing released new research on the relationship between dealers of big-ticket outdoor items such as…
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Allison Transmission Partners with Rally Winner to Develop Fully Electric Truck
Allison Transmission said it has formed a three-year partnership agreement with Team de Rooy, a multiple-race winner of the world-famous…
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Report: RV Shipments to Top 600K This Year and Next
RV wholesale shipments are projected to exceed 600,000 units in both 2021 and 2022, according to the Winter 2021 issue…
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Grand Design Solitude Model Hits Sales Milestone
Grand Design RV said it has reached the 25,000-units-sold mark for its Solitude fifth wheel. Statistical Surveys recently reported the…
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Canadian Manufacturers Dealing with Labor Shortage
A new survey of Canadian manufacturers has found 82 percent of respondents are facing labor shortages and 75 percent feel…
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Black Book: Wholesale RV Values Increase Across the Board
“In a normal year, RV values would begin to decline as we head into winter, but as I’m sure you…
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RVIA to Host Winter RoadSigns Forecast Webinar
On Monday, Dec. 6, the RV Industry Association will host a members-only webinar to review the upcoming Winter RV RoadSigns…
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New Survey Identifies RV Owners’ Internet Needs
In a recently conducted survey from Outdoor Miles, RV owners across the country identified the importance of access to reliable…
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U.S. Jobless Claims Plunge to Lowest in 52 Years
The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits plummeted last week to the lowest level in more than half a…
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RVIA: October Shipments Set All-Time Record
The RV Industry Association (RVIA)’s October survey of manufacturers has set the stage with the all-time highest production total of…
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Elkhart County Unemployment Dips Below 2 Percent
The unemployment rate in Elkhart County, Ind., fell to 1.8 percent in October, the Indiana Department of Workforce Development reported…
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Infrastructure, Tech Investments to Increase National Park Access and Experience
The RV Industry Association (RVIA) released details surrounding new initiatives from Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and Secretary of…
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U.S. Automakers Detail Mask, Vaccination Requirements
The Detriot 3 automakers said Tuesday they will extend requirements for workers to wear masks at work sites, but are…
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America to Release 50 Million Barrels of Oil, Fighting Gas Prices
President Joe Biden on Tuesday ordered 50 million barrels of oil released from America’s strategic reserve to help bring down…
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Indiana Mayor to Control Billions in Transportation Spending
In 2017, then-Mayor Pete Buttigieg was filling potholes in South Bend, Ind. Now, he will oversee the largest cash infusion…
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Senate Confirms National Park Service Director
The Senate late Thursday confirmed Charles Sams III to lead the National Park Service (NPS), making him the first Senate-confirmed…
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RVIA Releases Videos of 2021 Annual Meeting Reports
On Friday, Nov. 19, the RV Industry Association (RVIA) held its 2021 Annual Meeting. The event is the primary membership-wide…
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Andy Thomson Wins 2021 Canadian RV Dealer of the Year
Andy Thomson Jr., of Can-Am RV Centre in Canada’s London, Ontario, was presented with the prestigious 2021 Canadian RV Dealer…
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Elkhart County COVID-19 Advisory Level Moves Back to ‘Red’
Indiana’s Elkhart County this week moved back into the “red” advisory level that indicates the counties in the state with…
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Coalition Calls on Congress to Pass First-Ever Outdoor Recreation Package
Led by the Outdoor Recreation Roundtable (ORR), outdoor recreation businesses and associations are calling on Congress to enact legacy legislation…
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RVshare Touts Upcoming Travel Trend Webinar
RVshare, a peer-to-peer RV rental marketplace, is gearing up to release its 2022 Travel Trend Report, which will reveal the…
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Wade’s RV was Founded on Service with a Smile
Wade’s RV is a rapidly expanding four-location Oklahoma dealership with stores in Glenpool, Goldsby and Sand Springs, and is one…
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KOA to Offer EV Charging at Campgrounds
Kampgrounds of America (KOA) has announced a program to make Level 2 EV chargers made available at select campground locations…
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Momentum in Goshen Builds for New Industrial Development
Plans for the construction of a major multi-facility industrial development on Goshen, Ind.’s southeast side continued their march forward Tuesday…
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Exclusive: Colorado Inventor Out to Save Shops Time (Meaning Money)
Dustin Forsling had never invented anything before. His years as an RV service technician led him to the occasional idea…
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Indianapolis KOA Holiday Named Kampgrounds of America’s 2022 Campground of the Year
The Indianapolis KOA Holiday, owned and operated by David and Lori Vaughan, was named the Kampgrounds of America Campground of…
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2020 Government Data Shows RV Industry’s Increased Economic Impact
Last week, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released statistics measuring the outdoor recreation economy for the United States. While the…
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ORR Joins President Biden, Industry Leaders for Infrastructure Bill Signing
Outdoor Recreation Roundtable (ORR) President Jessica Turner attended the signing of the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act yesterday, at…
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RVIA Membership Renewals Underway
Membership renewals for all members of the RV Industry Association (RVIA) are currently underway. Thanks to the support of more…
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Cummins CEO Sees Chip Shortage Well Into 2022
Tom Linebarger, Cummins chairman and CEO, told investor analysts he expects the semiconductor shortage to continue into next year, while…
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RVIA Issues Guidance on Presidential Vaccine Mandate
The following has been issued by the RV Industry Association regarding the vaccine mandates that are scheduled to take effect…
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New Chairman Installed, Awards Presented at RVDA Annual Meeting
A new RVDA chairman, prestigious awards and an honorable recognition of a retiring association leader were just a few major…
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Jeff Rutherford Reelected RV Industry Association Chair of the Board
The RV Industry Association board of directors reelected Jeff Rutherford, president and CEO of Airxcel, as chair of the board…
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Report: Outdoor Rec Industry Worth $688B in Economic Output in 2020
The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis on Tuesday released its annual report on the outdoor recreation’s impact on the U.S.…
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Snowbirds Lined Up This Past Weekend to Enter U.S.
Residents near the Canadian/U.S. border said the snowbirds started lining up as early as Saturday night. Snowbirds in their RVs…
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CBS News Features Black Folks Camp Too
Earl B. Hunter Jr. and his company, Black Folks Camp Too, were featured this past week in a profile on…
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RV PRO Celebrates ‘40 Under 40’ Award Winners in Vegas
RV PRO took the stage Monday night at the 2021 RVDA Convention/Expo to host its inaugural ‘40 Under 40’ awards…
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Ep. 26 – Mark Meyer: Walking the Independent Path
President Mark Meyer of Meyer’s RV Superstores grew up in the business and then left it for a time after…
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Video Blog: Solutions for Negative Billboards
Negative reviews on social media are one thing, but dealing with the visual of having someone with a gripe against…
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Baird Survey: Dealer Sentiment Brightens for Near-Term Outlook
A new survey finds dealer optimism on current market conditions slightly less positive compared with a month ago, with an…
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RVIA Applauds Passage of Historic Infrastructure Bill
The RV Industry Association is celebrating the passage of the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill over the weekend, saying its will…
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RV/MH Hall of Fame Seeks Donors for New Addition
Fresh off creating the new manufactured housing wing at the RV/MH Hall of Fame and Museum, its management has announced…
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New Podcast Tuesday: Mark Meyer
Mark Meyer of Meyer’s RV Superstores will be the next guest on In Tow with RV PRO podcast, going live…
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RVIA Team Meets with State Policymakers
The RV Industry Association‘s state government affairs team spent this past week at the National Conference of State Legislatures’ 2021…
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Q&A with Northern Wholesale’s Chad Smith
Chad Smith is a relative newcomer to the RV industry, having spent the most recent part of his career at…
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Exclusive: Encore RV Seeks its Niche in a ‘Niche’ Market
After sitting on the sidelines honoring the non-compete agreement he signed with his last employer, industry veteran Rich Schnippel is…
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ORR Announces New Executive Committee
Outdoor Recreation Roundtable (ORR) announced its new eight-member executive committee. The executive committee is charged with guiding ORR’s strategic direction…
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RVIA: Maximizing Your Membership, Part Two
The following is the second of a two-part series published by the RV Industry Association. In part one of the two-part…
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Go RVing RV Owner Demographic Profile: Class B Motorhomes
The Go RVing RV Owner Demographic Profile is the most comprehensive study of RV ownership ever conducted, according to the…
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Maximizing Your RVIA Membership – Part One
The following is the first of a two-part series published by the RV Industry Association. Membership in the RV Industry…
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James Gilboy: Remembering the ‘Discoverer’
Larry Shinoda penned some of the most iconic cars in American history, from the C2 and C3 Chevrolet Corvettes to…
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JD Power Report: RV Prices Increased Across the Board in Q3
Costa Mesa, Calif.-based J.D. Power, a data analytics and consumer intelligence firm, published a third quarter overview of RV price…
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Wholesale RV Values Mixed Heading into Late Fall
“For the second time in as many months, one of the major RV market segments has declined in value, but…
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Live Show: RVing and Camping are American Made
The Facebook Live show “RVing in New England,” hosted by Bob Zagami and John DePietro and airing every Wednesday night,…
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Society of Certified Professionals to Host Award Ceremony at RVDA Con/Expo
The Society of Certified RV Professionals will host a special awards ceremony, followed by an educational presentation and then a…
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