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Volkswagen Confirms Prices, Specs for Caddy California RV
An English website called Out & About Live focuses on vehicles that serve the outdoor recreation market. Volkswagen said that…
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Toy Haulers Taking the RV Trade into Cavernous New Territory
Forbes looks into an RV style that has been growing rapidly in popularity in recent years: the toy hauler. ATC…
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NHTSA Finalizes Stricter Fuel Standards for Light Vehicles
U.S. auto safety regulators have finalized fuel economy standards for light-duty cars and trucks that are more stringent than a…
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March Job Gains Drive Unemployment Rate Down
The U.S. economy notched another sizable payroll gain in March as the labor market extended a strong and speedy recovery…
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RV Retailer is On The Move
Four years ago, RV Retailer was just an idea. Today, it’s the second-largest dealership group in the country, with 94…
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RV Retailer Adds Two Dealerships in Q1
RV Retailer made two acquisitions in the first quarter of this year. That’s after acquiring 52 stores – an average…
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RVIA Releases 2021 Annual Report
The RV Industry Association has released its annual report for 2021, which turned out to be a record-breaking year for…
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Survey: Sixty Percent of RV Campers Will Shift Plans Due to Gas Prices
The Dyrt, a camping app that claims to have the most active online camping community, has found that record-high gas…
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Jobless Claims Up for First Time in Three Weeks
Initial unemployment claims rose modestly after reaching a 50-year low as employers continue to show reluctance in reducing their workforces…
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Genesis Products Breaks Ground on New Plant
Genesis Products has broken ground on a new 78,000-square-foot plant that will expand its production facilities, creating more than 60…
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Stromberg Carlson Brings Bunk Ladder Production to U.S.A.
Stromberg Carlson said it has begun shipping its newly designed and domestically made Bunk Ladder for RVs. While Stromberg Carlson…
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Sanford Auto Brokers Becomes Exclusive North Carolina Dealer for Cortes Campers
Cortes Campers has announced Sanford Auto Brokers in Sanford, N.C., has been granted exclusive rights to sell Cortes Campers RV…
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Forest River and Lightning eMotors to Offer Factory-Certified Repower Program for EV Buses
Lightning eMotors, a provider of medium-duty and specialty commercial electric vehicles for fleets, has expanded its partnership with Forest River…
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Tennessee News Investigation Reveals Fraudulent Online Auction Site
Shoppers can buy just about anything these days online. And online auctions can seem like a great way to get…
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KOA Building New World HQ at its Original Yellowstone Valley Home
Kampgrounds of America (KOA) is building a new corporate headquarters in Billings, Mont. That announcement coincides with the organization’s celebrating…
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Biden to Invoke Cold War Powers to Boost EV Battery Materials, Report Says
President Joe Biden is poised to invoke as soon as this week Cold War powers to encourage domestic production of…
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U.S. to Unveil Revised Stricter Fuel Economy Regs Friday
President Joe Biden’s administration on Friday plans to unveil tougher fuel economy standards for vehicles that would reverse his predecessor…
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Black Book: Spring’s Arrival Finds Wholesale RV Prices Mixed
Spring has arrived in many parts of the country, and eager customers are beginning to flock to dealers’ showrooms. Motorhome…
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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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RVIA Analysis Finds More Campsites with Amenities are Needed
The following is reproduced courtesy of the RV Industry Association. Working with the wider RV industry to improve the RVing…
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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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Continental Launches New Camera Line Platform
Continental, a leading global supplier of systems, components and tires to automobile, truck and agriculture/construction equipment manufacturers, has expanded its…
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KOA Report: Majority of Campers Plan to Camp in 2022
The new Kampgrounds of America (KOA) Monthly Research Report indicates that nearly two-thirds (64 percent) of campers expect to take…
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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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Review: The Jayco Terrain Is a New Luxury Adventure Van
The following was written by Everett Potter, a travel writer and contributor to Forbes. There’s a new luxury van on…
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RELiON Battery Launches New Lithium 12-Volt Battery for RV and Marine
RELiON Battery Launches New Lithium 12-Volt Battery for RV and Marine RELiON Battery, a global leader in lithium batteries, announced…
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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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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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Annual Boat, Sport, and RV Show Returns to Northern Michigan
This weekend, one of northern Michigan’s most well-known sports shows is returning to Marquette. Starting Friday, anyone is welcome to…
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New Jobless Claims Lowest in a Half-Century
U.S. jobless claims set a more than 50-year low last week as the red-hot labor market shows few signs of…
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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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FMCA’s 104th Convention Begins Today in Tucson
“Sunsets and Saguaros” is the theme of FMCA’s 104th International Convention & RV Expo, starting today and running through Saturday…
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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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RMS Releases 2022 ‘State of the Industry’ Report
RMS, a cloud-based property management company focused on the outdoor hospitality industry, has released its 2022 State of the Industry…
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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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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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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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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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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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Media Report: Indy Company Launches Off-Grid Solar Division
Indianapolis-based Jefferson Electric is launching a new division focused on providing more options for people to go solar, according to…
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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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Colonial Airstream & RV Signs As Latest WhereSafe GPS Dealer
New Jersey’s Colonial Airstream and RV, and Solutions Into Motion, the parent company of WhereSafe GPS, have a new dealer…
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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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Xantrex to Host Q&A for Solar Power Month
Mission Critical Electronics, parent company of solar product maker Xantrex, announced an upcoming Q&A that it will host in honor…
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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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RVIA Infographic Reveals New Buyer Info
The RV Industry Association revealed an infographic that provides a comprehensive look at various aspects of the multitude of new…
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Supply Chain Issues Vex 2022 Augusta RV Show
The 2022 Augusta RV Show takes place this Friday, March 18, through Sunday, March 20, at the Augusta Civic Center…
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Report: Lowest Week of 2022 for Initial Jobless Claims
New unemployment claims improved more than expected last week, further reflecting a tight labor market and relatively low levels of…
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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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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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Report: Elkhart County’s Unemployment Rate Rises
Unemployment in Elkhart County, Ind., rose to 1.6 percent in January, the Indiana Department of Workforce Development said Tuesday, higher…
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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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Flint RV & Camping Show Returns for 45th Year
The 45th annual Flint, Mich., RV & Camping Show begins this Thursday, March 17, and runs through Sunday, March 20.…
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Ford to Ship ‘Incomplete’ Explorers Due to Chip Shortage
Ford Motor Co. is working to get dealers and customers their Ford Explorers sooner by shipping some units without rear…
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Supply Chains: ‘Complete Chaos for the Shipping Industry’
Fragile supply chains are facing a new headwind amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and a new COVID-19 lockdown in one…
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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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Lazydays Rejects Firm’s Offer to Buy Company
Lazydays’ board of directors has unanimously rejected the B. Riley non-binding, unsolicited proposal to acquire the company for $25 per…
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Coach-Net Launches Dealer-Exclusive Roadside Assistance Program
Coach-Net, provider of RV technical and roadside assistance for 35 years, announced today a that it has launched its brand-new…
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Outdoorsy, Go RVing to Co-Present at South By Southwest Conference
The annual South by Southwest Conference, forced to take a hiatus because of COVID-19, returns this year with its usual…
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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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How Will High Fuel Prices Impact RV Travel Plans in 2022?
OutdoorMiles.com is a consumer-oriented, RV-focused website. High gas prices will impact travel for 75 percent of RV owners this coming…
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Winnebago Promotes Whitehouse to VP of Sales, Service for Motorhomes
Winnebago announced that Niles Whitehouse has been promoted to vice president of sales and service for the Winnebago Motorhome business.…
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Next ITR RoadSigns Webinar Scheduled
ITR Economics, which tracks and analyzes industry data for the RV Industry Association, announced the next members-only RoadSigns market analysis…
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‘Black Folks Camp Too’ Founder to Host Educational Series
Earl Hunter, founder of “Black Folks Camp Too,” an organization devoted to opening up more of America’s Black population to…
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Canada Police Arrest One in RV Theft, Seek Other Suspect
One man is in custody and Durham, Ontario, Canada, police are searching for a second suspect after an RV was…
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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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ORR Heralds Two Provisions in the New 2022 Omnibus Bill
Outdoor Recreation Roundtable (ORR) said it celebrated two provisions key to bolstering the outdoor recreation industry in the recently passed…
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AAA Survey: $4 Gas the ‘Tipping Point’ for Most Americans
New survey data from AAA finds that two-thirds of Americans felt gas prices were too expensive just a few weeks…
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Cummins’ Technology Part of New Florida Hydrogen Plant
Global power leader Cummins will supply a 25-megawatt (MW) electrolyzer system for Florida’s first of its kind “green” hydrogen plant,…
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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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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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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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