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Camping World Opens Another Manufacturer-Exclusive Dealership
Camping World Holdings today announced the opening of another manufacturer-exclusive location, Jayco Oklahoma City. The company first announced the concept…
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Thor Motor Coach Unveils Camper Van Upgrades
Thor Motor Coach reveals the latest upgrades for its 2024 Class B motorhomes, including the Rize, Scope, Dazzle, Twist, Sequence,…
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The Shyft Group Names Specialty Vehicles Division Chief
The Shyft Group has named Jacob Farmer as president, Specialty Vehicles. In his new role, Farmer will be responsible for all aspects…
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Tom Kline: Mind Your Analog in This Digital Age
With all of the back-office technology used in dealerships today, both in running the day-to-day operations as well as with…
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Camping World to Acquire Wyoming’s Sonny’s RVs
Camping World Holdings said it is set to acquire Sonny’s RVs in Casper, Wyoming. The transaction is anticipated to close…
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Truma, OEM Partnership to Showcase All-Electric RV Features
Truma is hitting the road this month with Coast, an all-electric travel trailer that features the Truma Aventa air conditioning…
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NRVTA Lobbies to Add RV Techs to Texas High-Demand Career List
The National RV Training Academy (NRVTA) said it successfully lobbied for RV technicians to be added to a list of…
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Furrion Announces Partnership With Phoenix Marketing Group
Lippert subsidiary Furrion announced it is partnering with Phoenix Marketing Group, a luxury technology representative for manufacturers serving custom installers…
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RVDA, RV Trader Present Webinar on Consumer Behaviors
RV dealers can now register for a special webinar at 2 p.m. ET, 11 a.m. PT, on Thursday, July 20, to learn…
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Ultra-Fab Enacts Price Control Measures to Protect Partner Profit Margins
In an effort to help its dealers and distributors protect their margins in the marketplace, Ultra-Fab is implementing a new…
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U.S. Job Market Shows Fresh Strength
The U.S. labor market showed fresh signs of resilience on Thursday, as private hiring surged, layoffs slowed and filings for…
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THOR Industries Reaffirms Commitment to National Forest Foundation
THOR Industries said it has reaffirmed its commitment to preserving national forests and grasslands as outdoor recreation in public lands…
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RVshare Celebrates 10th Anniversary
RVshare, which connects RV renters to RV owners, has turned 10 years old. The company started in the founder’s basement,…
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Catalytic Converter Theft Ring in Philly Broken Up
A multimillion-dollar organized crime enterprise that specialized in catalytic converters thefts in the Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania, has been dismantled, the…
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RVTI Hires Authorized Learning Partner Manager
To keep up with the growing demand for service technicians, the RV Technical Institute has recently added an authorized learning…
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Genesis Products Partners With Italian Interiors Producer
Genesis Products announced the launch of a high-end line of RV hardware and amenities made in Italy called Baldacci Hardware…
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Crane Composites Awards $5K Grant to Goshen Charity
Crane Composites awarded First Light Mission its Crane Charitable Funds grant of $5,000. Shelly Scheetz, human resources manager at the company’s…
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Car Prices Easing as Supply-Chain Issues Fade
The US new-car market is returning to pre-pandemic norms as supply-chain issues resolve, forcing carmakers to ramp up deals to…
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Blue Compass RV Celebrates 5th Anniversary
Blue Compass RV is celebrating its fifth anniversary today. Blue Compass – then known as RV Retailer – entered the…
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Xtreme Bringing New Teardrop to Market
Xtreme Outdoors is set to unveil its latest teardrop trailer, the Little Guy Shadow. “We are going back to our…
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ATC Offering Dragonfly Batteries as Standard on Select Models
Dragonfly Energy Holdings Corp., which makes lithium ion batteries under the Battle Born name, announced that its batteries will be…
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Research Firm Shines Spotlight on RV Industry
Global market research firm Marketdata has released a new 87-page report entitled: “The U.S. Recreational Vehicles Industry: Manufacturers, Dealers and…
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Canadian Regulation Changes May Affect U.S. Manufacturers
Amendments have been proposed concerning the Canadian government’s regulations on formaldehyde emissions from composite wood products. The regulations, which were originally published in…
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Last Quarter’s Economic Growth Rate Revised Upward
Showing surprising resilience in the face of higher interest rates, the U.S. economy grew at a 2% annual pace from…
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Shoe Company Partners With Kampgrounds of America
HOLO Footwear has formed a collaboration with Kampgrounds of America (KOA) in a three-year deal that begins this July and…
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AAA Forecast: Record-Breaking Travel Volumes This Holiday Weekend
AAA projects 50.7 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more from home this Independence Day weekend, setting a new…
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RVs Move America Week Hits Five Industry Goals
The RV Industry Association’s recent RVs Move America Week 2023 was a resounding success, with several legislative impacts resulting from…
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Thor Motor Coach Unveils More 2024 Class A RV Changes
Thor Motor Coach announced updates to its model year 2024 Class A motorhome lineup. Prepare for the latest updates to…
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Camping World Adds to Field Operations Leadership Team
Camping World Holdings has made several key hires for its field operations leadership team. “As we continue to capitalize on…
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NRVTA Participates in Alliance Owner Rally
The National RV Training Academy (NRVTA) staff participated in the fourth annual rally of Alliance RV owners earlier this month…
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Nearly Two Dozen Vendor Training +Plus Sessions Slated for RVDA Con/Expo
The Vendor Training +Plus schedule is taking shape for the 2023 RV Dealers Convention/Expo. More than 20 of the sessions…
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Ep. 62 – Don Reed: Focusing on a Dealership’s Heart
Many different elements go into establishing and maintaining a successful dealership, but at the core is the parts and service…
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Survey: Towables Lead Drop in RV Shipments
A survey of RV manufacturers by the RV Industry Association found that in May, total RV shipments for the month…
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Camping World to Acquire Arkansas’ Crain RV Locations
Camping World Holdings is acquiring multi-location RV dealer Crain RV in Arkansas. Crain operates locations in Benton, Springdale and Little…
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RVDA Launches Dealer Satisfaction Index Survey
The RV Dealers Association has launched its annual Dealer Satisfaction Index (DSI) survey and U.S. and Canadian dealers will have…
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Deadline Today for Aftermarket Product of the Year Nominations
The deadline is end-of-business today, June 23, to submit nominations for the annual Aftermarket Product of the Year Award. The…
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NRVTA Introduces Home Study Tech Course for Owners
The National RV Training Academy announced the rollout of a complimentary trial program for consumers to evaluate content included in…
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Lippert Sponsors Van-Lifers in YouTube Series
Lippert is sponsoring van-lifers Grayson & Harrison on Harvest Hosts’ Adventure Series. The series is a video campaign aimed at…
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Features
How to Prep Customers for Boondocking
We hear it everywhere we go: more and more campers are looking to camp off the grid to get away…
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Grand Design Launches New Online Shopping Site
Grand Design is offering its clients and dealers a new, enhanced e-commerce shopping experience. Developed on Adobe Commerce (Magento), customers…
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RVTI Has Busy Summer of Recruitment Lined Up
The RV Technical Institute is once again hoping to recruit 1,000 or more new RV technicians this year, and part…
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Spot2Nite to Power Booking Sites for Camping World and Good Sam
Spot2Nite, a cloud-based booking software designed specifically for campground and RV park accommodations, announced a new partnership with Camping World…
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Oklahoma City Camping World Hit by Thieves
The Camping World off I-40 in Oklahoma City was recently hit by vandals, costing both the business and customers thousands…
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Kampgrounds of America Holds First ‘Get Out There’ Event
Kampgrounds of America (KOA) held its first “Get Out There” event on Wednesday, in conjunction with the Yellowstone Boys and…
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Market Conditions Dent Winnebago’s Revenue, Income
Winnebago Industries marks the recent close in its third quarter of fiscal 2023 with a drop in both revenue and…
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Half-Day Leadership Course Set for RVDA Con/Expo
At this year’s RV Dealers Association (RVDA) Convention/Expo in Las Vegas in November, leadership development consultant David Spader will present…
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Dragonfly Launches Certified Dealer Program
Dragonfly Energy has launched a new Certified Dealer Program for its Battle Born Batteries brand, designed to provide consumers with…
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Four Points RV Resorts Acquires Indiana Jellystone Park
Four Points RV Resorts has completed its acquisition of Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park Camp-Resort in Bloomington, Indiana. Four Points, launched…
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Submissions Sought for Aftermarket Product of the Year
The annual Aftermarket Product of the Year Award coincides with the RV Aftermarket Conference, which is Aug. 7-10 in San…
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New Dometic Display to Hit General RV Stores
General RV is collaborating with Dometic to create new point-of-purchase retail displays. The companies say the redesign will create a…
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TMC Details Class A, Toy Hauler Upgrades
Thor Motor Coach (TMC) has unveiled the latest upgrades for its 2024 Class A motorhomes and toy haulers, including the…
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NIRVC Dealership Making a Splash
The National Indoor RV Centers (NIRVC) Lifestyle Center in Lebanon, Tennessee, just outside Nashville, is having a big impact in…
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FMCA Will Return to Oregon in 2024
The Family Motor Coach Association (FMCA), an international organization for RV owners, will be making a return visit to the…
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Chinook RV and Oregon’s RV Corral Strike a Partnership
Chinook RV announced a new partnership with the RV Corral in Eugene, Oregon. As part of the partnership, Chinook RV…
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Jayco Hosts Boys & Girls Club RV Day
The Jayco family of companies held its fourth annual Boys & Girls Club RV Day event on Wednesday, June 14,…
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Alliance RV Appoints Vice President of Sales
Alliance RV has promoted Jeremiah Dumka from general manager to vice president of sales. In his new role, Dumka will…
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Meyer Distributing Announces New Washington Location
Meyer Distributing has added a Bellingham, Washington cross-dock. The cross-dock will have a direct feed from Meyer’s Hermiston, Oregon, distribution…
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Skyline Champion Opening Plant in North Carolina
Skyline Champion Corp., makers of manufactured and modular housing and the largest producer of park model RVs in the U.S.,…
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Indiana Officials Not Concerned About Filling 1,600 Battery Plant Jobs
Following news earlier this week about General Motors and Samsung investing $3.8 billion in building an EV battery plant in…
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Fleetwood Expanding Into Class B and C Models
The Fleetwood family of brands, made up of Fleetwood RV, Holiday Rambler and American Coach, is planning to celebrate a…
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Brianza Expands U.S. Workforce, Names New President
Brianza U.S.A. Corp., soon celebrating 10 years in operation in the U.S., has announced further investments into this country with…
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RV Assistance Corp. Donates to Mike Molino Learning Center
The RV Assistance Corp., the for-profit subsidiary of the RV Dealers Association that develops member benefits and services for the…
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Wyoming Site of Airstream Rally Expects Economic Boon
Airstream’s 2023 International Rally is coming up June 24 to July 1 at the Sweetwater Events Complex in Rock Springs,…
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Features
Lippert’s Lessons in Leadership
For Jason Lippert, president and CEO of Lippert, having a guiding light as the leader of a multibillion-dollar company is…
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Obit: Industry Veteran John Mickey Mourned
John Mickey died June 12 in Florida, reported his son Steven Mickey, who lives in Satellite Beach, Florida. John Mickey…
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Cummins RV Generators Ready for New California Emission Standard
Cummins said that its new line of Onan RV and Commercial Mobile generators are compliant with California Air Resource Board…
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NATDA Trailer Show Named to Prestigious List
The North American Trailer Dealers Association (NATDA) announced that the NATDA Trailer Show has been named to Trade Show Executive’s…
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Camping World Scooping Up Green Bay Dealership
Acquisition mode continues for Camping World Holdings, with its latest target being Van Boxtel RV in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The…
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Thor Motor Coach Unveils 2024 Motorhome Changes
With Open House Week still more than three months away, Thor Motor Coach is getting a jump on things by…
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QAV, EcoFlow Forge Distribution Agreement
QAV, a national electronics distributor to the RV and marine industries, among others, has forged a new distribution agreement with…
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Storyteller Overland Names Senior VP of National Sales
Storyteller Overland has promoted Tim “Captain” Morgan to senior vice president of national sales. “What this means for us is…
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RVIA Spokesperson Joins RVing in New England
Monika Geraci, director of public relations and communications for the RV Industry Association (RVIA), is the guest this week on…
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KOA’s June Report Finds Campers Embracing AI for Trip Planning
Kampgrounds of America’s June Research Report examines how campers are using artificial intelligence tools and boosting all forms of travel…
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Former Microsoft Exec Debuts AI-Based Travel Planning Tool
AdventureGenie is a new RV and camping travel planning tool powered by Artificial Intelligence. Founded by a former Microsoft senior technology…
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Camping World Launches New Manufacturer Exclusive Locations
Continuing what has become a very active 2023 for the company, Camping World Holdings said it is launching what it…
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Indiana County Touts Incoming $3.5B From GM, Samsung Battery Plant
After more than 1½ years of work, St. Joseph County has landed the largest economic development in its history and…
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Tech Company to Unveil World’s First Colored Solar Awning
Eco-dynamic, a U.S.-based tech-driven company aiming to harness the power of the sun and redefine renewable energy, introduces “Artpiece for…
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Private Investment Firm Targets Outdoor Lifestyle Investments
Investment firm Monarch Alternative Capital has formed Go Outdoors, a platform to acquire, develop, and operate marinas and RV resorts…
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USA Today Report: More Women Buying RVs
Though certainly not at its peak madness period of a couple years ago, the RV industry has drawn lasting attention…
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MB Quart Debuts New Apple CarPlay Source Unit
Maxxsonics announced the all-new MB Quart GMR7V1 seven-inch waterproof touchscreen Apple CarPlay source unit. What MB Quart is calling its…
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Inflation: May’s Consumer Price Jump Mildest in Two Years
Consumer prices rose at the slowest pace since April 2021 as inflation showed further signs of cooling in May, according…
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Ep. 61 – Jack Kay: Capitalizing on Human Capital
Jack Kay is president and CEO of Torklift, a company specializing in hitch- and tow-related products that was founded by…
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Keystone RV Program Seeks to Help Neurodiverse Employees
Keystone RV has developed a new program that it said will aid its neurodiverse employees. Responding to increasing rates of…
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Camping World to Acquire Funtime RV’s Three Oregon Stores
Camping World Holdings is acquiring Funtime RV, which has three locations in Oregon. Funtime RV, with locations in Tualatin, Sandy…
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Winnebago’s Happe Earns Region Entrepreneur of the Year Honors
Winnebago Industries announced that its president and CEO, Michael Happe, has been named a winner of the Ernst & Young…
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Torklift President is Tuesday’s Podcast Guest
Jack Kay, president and son of the founder of hitch and tow-based company Torklift, is this week’s guest on the…
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Lance Camper Promotes Jim Waters to Marketing Manager
Jim Waters has been promoted to marketing manager for Lance Camper Mfg. Corp., a REV Group company. Waters has served…
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Annual Alliance Gathering Raises Funds for Local Boys & Girls Club
Alliance RV has partnered with the Boys & Girls Club of Elkhart County, Indiana, at the fourth annual Alliance Owners…
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Cummins, Oak Ridge National Lab Create New Steel Alloy
Global power generation company Cummins announced the development of a new high-temperature steel alloy in collaboration with Oak Ridge National…
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Meet the New Regency Xalta Ranger
European magazine Motor1 is always on the lookout for the new and unusual, and while there’s nothing new about Class…
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Camping World to Acquire Seattle Dealership
For the third time this week, Camping World Holdings has announced an acquisition. The latest store it’s picking up is…
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APS Builds Secondary Alternators for Mercedes Benz Sprinter Models
American Power Systems has developed what it said are high output secondary alternators designed to fit with specific secondary brackets…
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RV Today Magazine Acquires RV Camping Magazine
RV Today magazine, a publication put together by RVers for RVs, has bought RV Camping magazine, which was owned by…
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Camping World Acquiring Hitch RV’s Three Locations
Camping World Holdings announced its acquisition of Hitch RV, with locations in Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. It is anticipated…
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Liegl, Grymonprez and MARVAC Receive Industry Honors
Day two of RVs Move America Week in the nation’s capital, and once again the lunch break was used for…
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Go RVing Releases Annual Report
Go RVing, the consumer-facing voice of the RV industry with a mission to inspire potential RVers, has released its 2022…
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Motility Returns as RVDA Con/Expo Silver Sponsor
Motility Software Solutions will return as a silver partner for the 2023 RV Dealers Convention/Expo, which is Nov. 6-10 at…
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NATDA, Hilb Group Announce Telehealth Access Program for NATDA Members
The North American Trailer Dealers Association (NATDA) and its benefit partner, Hilb Group – a national insurance broker – announce…
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Caravan Salon ’23 Announced Planning Well Underway
The Caravan Salon trade fair is the European RV industry’s largest annual gathering, and this year’s dates are Aug. 25…
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RV Industry Reps Make a House Call on Congress
The RV industry in the U.S. injects $140 billion per year to the economy and employs more than 678,000 people,…
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