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Alpin Haus Acquires New Jersey’s Garick RV
Alpin Haus, one of the Northeast’s largest outdoor and family-owned recreation retailers, today announced the acquisition of recreational vehicle sales…
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Garmin Launches Large Screen GPS for RVs
Writing for automotivenews.com, Bogdan Popa published a review of Garmin’s new GPS system. We live during awkward times, and since…
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SBA and Treasury Announce PPP Re-Opening
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), in consultation with the Treasury Department, has announced that the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) will…
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Survey: Inventory Challenges Face Marine Industry
Trade Only Today stated that some 76 percent of dealers reported retail growth in the December Pulse Report survey, and…
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Indiana Sees Record Jobs Despite Pandemic
Indiana Gov. Eric J. Holcomb on Thursday announced the end of a fourth consecutive, record-breaking year for economic development in…
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Jobs Decline for First Time Since April
U.S. job growth turned negative for the first time since April in the final month of 2020, as the pandemic…
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The Shyft Group Completes Million-Dollar Community Wellness Donation
The Shyft Group has donated $125,000 to the Eaton Community Health Collaborative in support of the greater Charlotte, Mich., community,…
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RVIA Statement on Change in Administration
The following report was put together by members of RVIA’s Government Affairs team and posted to its website Wednesday. What…
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Keystone RV Launching New Product Line
On Wednesday, Jan. 13, Keystone RV Co. will launch an all-new product line at the Florida RV Super Show. Conceived…
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Organizers: Excitement Builds for 2021 NTP-STAG Expo
NTP-STAG has announced that the 2021 Expo Mobile App for its show this month, sponsored by Southwire, is now available…
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ARVC Announces 2021 Educational Opportunities
The National Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds (ARVC) announces its upcoming Prospective Owners Workshop series, designed for those looking to purchase…
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New Jobless Claims Slightly Lower Than Expected
New jobless claims unexpectedly steadied below 800,000 at the turn of the new year but still held at a historically…
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Wholesale RV Values Hit Another All Time High
“The values of used RVs sold at wholesale auctions have once again reached all-time highs. This is the fourth consecutive…
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Two Florida Men Accused of Stealing Campers
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Northern District of West Virginia has indicted two Florida men on charges involving the…
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Camping World Nixes Central Texas Deal
Camping World has announced it is no longer interested in setting up an RV dealership in Killeen, Texas’s former Gander…
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RVWA Friday Meeting Highlights Care Camps
This Friday, the RV Women’s Alliance’s Coffee, Lunch, and Learn program will highlight Care Camps, an organization that has raised…
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Boat Sales Season ‘Ending on a High Note’
Boat registrations continued their momentum in November, a typically quiet month for sales, rising 8 percent year-to-date overall and more…
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SBA Rolls Out Expansion of Women’s Business Centers
The U.S. Small Business Administration today announced grant funding and the historic launch of 20 new Women’s Business Centers (WBC) across America to serve…
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Report: Private Payrolls Unexpectedly Drop in December
The U.S. private sector unexpectedly shed jobs in December as employment trends weakened sharply across the country before Congress passed…
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CURT Launches Online Media Center
CURT has launched an all-new Media Center at curtmfg.com, offering videos, photos, literature and logos for instant download. The marketing…
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Brown & Brown Announces Two Acquisitions
Daytona Beach, Fla., F&I provider Brown & Brown announces the acquisition of two companies to begin the new year, serving…
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RVIA Mourns the Passing of Ken Neal of Tiffin Motorhomes
Ken Neal worked at Tiffin Motorhomes but was a friend to many through his work with RVIA, and the Association…
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Ioneer USA and Dragonfly Energy Sign M.O.U.
Ioneer USA Corp., a lithium– boron supplier, and Dragonfly Energy, a lithium-ion battery technology company, today announced the completion of…
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Monomoy Capital Partners Acquires Astro Shapes
Monomoy Capital Partners, a private investment firm with $1.7 billion in committed capital that invests in the debt and equity…
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Truma Restructures ‘for 2021 and Beyond’
A corporate restructure at Germany-based Truma has resulted in the creation of the Truma Group GmbH & Co. KG. The…
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Trader Interactive Acquires Statistical Surveys
What was originally described by one party as a “partnership” has evolved into an acquisition. Trader Interactive, a marketplace and…
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USTR Allows Many China Tariff Exclusions to Expire
On Dec. 29, 2020, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) published a Federal Register notice extending COVID-19 tariff exclusions.…
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Oklahoma Dealership Updates Plans for New Location
Plans are proceeding for Oklahoma’s Floyd’s RV this winter to break ground on nearly 40 acres of frontage land in…
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Protective Closes Transaction to Acquire Revolos
Protective Life Corp., a wholly owned U.S. subsidiary of Dai-ichi Life Holdings, has announced it has completed the transaction to…
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DSG Global Taps Industry Veteran William Rex as President of New Division
DSG Global has announced the appointment of industry stalwart William J. Rex as president of the EV bus and motor…
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Killeen, Texas, Council to Hear Revised Camping World Request
Nearly one month after being disapproved by the Killeen City Council, Jay Moore of Minnesota-based Oppidan Inc., will make a…
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Lazydays RV Opens Nashville Location
Lazydays has announced the opening of its new dealership in Murfreesboro, Tenn., located just south of Nashville on I-24. The…
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RV Industry in Elkhart Has Fourth-Best Year Ever
Even with the shutdowns caused by the coronavirus pandemic earlier this year, it appears 2020 will go down as the…
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SBA Extends Disaster Loan Applications Through End of 2021
The U.S. Small Business Administration has announced that the deadline to apply for the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program…
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NTP-STAG Expo to Feature New Product and Marine Showcases
New products will be one of the featured showcases as NTP-STAG Expo 2021, sponsored by Airxcel, comes to the Marriott…
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THOR’s Bob Martin Joins RVing in New England for Final Show of 2020
The president and CEO of THOR Industries, Bob Martin, will be the guest on tonight’s RVing in New England, the…
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Yuma, Ariz., RV Sales Staying Steady into The New Year
The following report is from Victor Calderon of public radio station KAWC in Yuma, Ariz. While many locally owned businesses…
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Treasury Sec.: Stimulus Checks on The Way
Stimulus checks will begin arriving “as early as tonight” for eligible Americans, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin tweeted on Tuesday, pointing…
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2020’s Top News Story: The Shutdown Followed by the Boom
It’s rare that one single subject would factor into just about everybody’s year-end, biggest-stories-of-the-year list, regardless of the business or…
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More Top News From 2020
Aftermarket Supply Chain Severely Disrupted by COVID-19 Since RV travel became the preferred way for Americans to take any kind…
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THOR’s Bob Martin Joins RVing in New England for Final Show of 2020
The president and CEO of THOR Industries, Bob Martin, will be the guest on Wednesday’s RVing in New England, the…
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Outdoorsy Releases 2021 Travel Predictions
Last week, RV rental and outdoor travel marketplace Outdoorsy released its 2020 Travel Trends report, noting that 2020 has been…
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The Evolution of Manufacturing RVs in Germany
The following appeared on the website of Iowa-based Woodworking Network. Written by Martin Kohnle of North Carolina-based Lignum Consulting, the…
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Report: U.S. Home Prices Accelerating Rapidly
U.S. home price growth accelerated in October to its highest level in more than six years. Standard & Poor’s said…
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Winnebago Employees Brave the Cold for Charity
Employees who work for the Winnebago Towables division, based in Middlebury, Ind., were highlighted for their recent efforts to raise…
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2020’s Top 10 Features of the Year
Each year at this time RV PRO looks back at some of the biggest news and trend stories of the…
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LCI Subsidiary Completes Acquisition of Veada Industries
LCI Industries said that its wholly owned subsidiary, Lippert Components Inc., has completed the acquisition of Veada Industries, a manufacturer…
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Level 5 Announces $10K Prize to Inspire Donations to Care Camps
Hoping to inspire every RV, marine and powersports dealer across the U.S. and Canada to make a year-end charitable gift…
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MARVAC Notes Death of Paul Kline
Paul Kline, former co-owner of Kline’s RV Center in Warren, Mich., died recently at a hospital in Madison Heights, Mich.…
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Camping World Donates More Than $500K as Part of Plating Change Initiative
Camping World Holdings has announced that it has raised more than $500,000 to provide relief to local restaurants and meals…
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Exclusive: Winnebago Freshens Up its Enterprise Brand
In more than six decades of being in business, and a half-century of that being a publicly-traded company, Winnebago has…
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Statistical Surveys Partners with Trader Interactive
Statistical Surveys has announced that as part of its efforts to improve its offerings through faster, more accurate and more…
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Central Texans Comment on Camping World Rezoning Proposal
With renewed interest in bringing a national business to the Killeen, Texas, area, residents are letting their opinions known —…
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Meyer Distributing Partners with PRVN
Meyer Distributing has been selected by the Priority RV Network (PRVN) to be a preferred parts and accessory distributor to…
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Report: 73% of Millennials Interested in RVs
Millennials have been renting and purchasing more RVs than ever before as road trips continue to be a bright spot…
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Another 803,000 Americans Filed for Unemployment Last Week
U.S. states saw slightly fewer Americans file for new jobless claims last week as during the prior week, as spiking…
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RVIA Survey: Best November for Unit Shipments Ever
The RV Industry Association’s November 2020 survey of manufacturers found that total RV shipments finished the month with 42,513 units,…
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RV Technicians Can Update Certifications on RVTI Website
With the creation of the RV Technical Institute, the new RVTI certification has replaced the previous RVDA/RV Industry Association Technician…
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Toyota Getting into Campers?
Toyota has turned the cargo box of a Tacoma into an off-road travel trailer equipped with everything you need for…
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I-X Center Sued Over Trade Show Contracts
Cleveland’s I-X Center is being sued, according to Ohio public radio station WKSU. The station, quoting a story from Crain’s…
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Oklahoma RV Business Donates Christmas Party Fund
In lieu of hosting its annual Christmas party for store employees and their families, Floyd’s RV of Norman, Okla., donated…
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THOR Acquires Tiffin in $300 Million Deal
THOR Industries has announced the acquisition of Tiffin Motor Homes and related companies, including Vanleigh RV and other operating entities,…
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Remembering the Titans: Tom Corson
Editor’s note: In 12 months’ time, two legends in the RV/MH industries, Arthur J. Decio and Thomas H. Corson, passed…
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Video: Winnebago CEO Predicts Continued Strength in RV Sales
Winnebago CEO Michael Happe told CNBC on Friday he expects the coronavirus pandemic-inspired surge in recreational vehicle sales to last…
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Texas City Council Denies Camping World Request
The Killeen, Texas City Council may have missed an opportunity to bring around 50 jobs and possibly $40 million in…
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Jan Suwinski Retires from THOR’s Board of Directors
THOR Industries announced that Jan Suwinski is retiring and has resigned from the board of directors after 20 years of…
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Progressive Insurance Chicago Boat Show Canceled
The largest boat show in the Midwest has been canceled due to COVID-19. Scheduled for Jan. 6-10, the Progressive Insurance…
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Factory Direct Successfully Navigates By Land and By Sea
Selling boats and RVs has proven to be a winning combination for multi-store dealership Factory Direct Marine & RV, with…
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Louisville Boat & RV Show Cancelled
The Progressive Insurance Louisville (KY.) Boat, RV & Sportshow, scheduled for Jan. 27-31, 2021, has been cancelled. Organizers posted an…
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Glomex Reignites with New North American Partner
Reinvesting in its business in the Americas, Glomex s.r.l. has partnered with distributor GA Communications. The Baltimore-based company is now…
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Huntkey USA Releases Nature’s Generator Elite
\Huntkey USA announces the release of the Nature’s Generator Elite, a solar generator which features a 3600-watt pure sine wave…
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Virginia Auto Dealers Group Endorses Better Vantage Point
Better Vantage Point has announced the endorsement of the Virginia Independent Automobile Dealers Association (VIADA). The company called it a…
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Namsung Earns Innovation Award for In-Vehicle Phone Sanitizer
Namsung America announced that it has been named a Consumer Electronics Show 2021 Innovation Awards Honoree for its Utilimedic UV8LED…
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Q3 Boat Registrations Spiked 32%
New-boat registrations in the main powerboat categories increased 32.2 percent over the same period last year, and were up 10…
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AAA Holiday Forecast: At Least Three-Fourths of Americans Staying Home
AAA’s annual year-end holiday forecast finds a dramatic shift in Americans’ travel plans, due in large part to the COVID-19…
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TAXA Announces New, Larger Headquarters
Marking a year of significant growth in the outdoor industry with an uptick in outdoor recreation and rising demand for…
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Letter from RVWA’s Susan Carpenter
The following is a letter from Susan Carpenter, president of the board of directors of the RV Women’s Alliance. What…
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RVIA’s Craig Kirby Chats with Aboutcamp BtoB
RV Industry Association President Craig Kirby recently sat down for an interview with Aboutcamp BtoB magazine, which covers the camping…
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Dometic North America Expands Team
Dometic North America has announced the hiring of its new Director of RVOE, Tom Montague. Montague brings a wealth of…
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RVDA Con/Expo Content Available Through January
As many dealers enter their winter training season, the RV Dealers Convention/Expo remains on-demand for employees to access until Jan.…
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RV Technical Institute Hiring Director of Education
The RV Technical Institute is currently hiring a director of education to oversee the development and maintenance of the institute’s curriculum…
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Another 850K Filed for Unemployment Last Week
New jobless claims unexpectedly rose for a second straight week, underscoring the strain to the labor market as rising COVID-19…
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Lordstown Motors, Camping World Announce Joint Venture
Lordstown Motors Corp. CEO Steve Burns and Camping World CEO Marcus Lemonis announced a joint venture between the two companies…
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RVDA Seeks Year-End Donations to Support Learning Center
A year-end donation to the Mike Molino RV Learning Center can be a tax-deductible investment in the professional development of…
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Texas RV Association Endorses National RV Training Academy
The Texas RV Association (TRVA) last week voted to formally endorse training services provided by the National RV Training Academy…
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Outdoorsy Releases 2020 Travel Trend Report
RV rental and outdoor travel marketplace Outdoorsy has released its 2020 Travel Trend report, recapping stats from its record year.…
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ORR Showcases LWCF Projects from Across the Outdoor Industry
The Outdoor Recreation Roundtable has released the results of its industry-wide Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) collection survey and…
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ARVC Rolls Out Redesigned Camping App
The National Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds (ARVC) has introduced its new GoCampingAmerica.com app, available for free download for…
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NMLA Announces New Board and 2021 Officers
The National Marine Lenders Association (NMLA) has announced the results of the association’s recent election for three board seats and…
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Canadian Snowbirds Find Loophole Around Border Closures
Last week, Canadian border officials announced that the land border with the United States, which has been shuttered since March,…
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RVnGO Recognized by Arizona Innovative Challenge
Arizona-based RVnGO, the free, peer-to-peer online RV rental marketplace, has been recognized by the Arizona Commerce Authority in the Arizona…
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CDK Global Names Eric Guerin CFO
CDK Global said Eric Guerin will join the company as executive vice president and chief financial officer on Jan. 18,…
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RKS Off-Road Unveils Purpose Trailer
California-based RKS Off-Road has announced it will start customer deliveries of its Purpose Trailer in Q1 2021. RKS Off-Road said…
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Kenda Americana Tire and Wheel Supports RVWA’s ‘Drab to Fab’ Project
Americana Tire and Wheel (ATW), Kenda’s distribution arm serving the North American towable trailer, utility, RV, marine and agricultural industries,…
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Permatex Launches Online Parts and Service Training Portal
Permatex, an innovator in chemical technology for automotive maintenance and repair, has recently launched a new online training portal (www.permatextraining.com)…
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Elkhart Passes Ordinance Fining Businesses Non-Compliant with Mask Order
Elkhart, Ind., Common Council passed an ordinance to fine businesses that don’t comply with the county’s mask mandate. The measure…
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FRVTA Donates Funds to Harry Chapin Food Bank
With the economy “breaking down” for many Southwest Florida residents, Region 1 of the statewide Florida RV Trade Association (FRVTA)…
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Camping World Wraps up Noble RV Acquisition for $2.69 Million
Camping World has finalized its purchase of Noble RV, with the nearby Oronoco, Minn., dealership property selling for $2.69 million.…
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Blue Dog RV Plans January Opening for Newest California Location
Blue Dog RV has announced the targeted opening for their newest site, located in Bakersfield, Calif. “The Blue Dog RV…
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KPA COVID Webinar Tuesday
KPA, the RV Dealers Association’s compliance partner, is offering a free COVID-19-related webinar this week. “COVID-19 Winter Safety” will discuss…
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