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TMC Unveils New Floorplans at 2023 Hershey Show
Thor Motor Coach will showcase a fleet of more than 70 units in Hershey, including toy haulers, Class As, Class…
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Blue Compass Completes Brand Rollout in South Carolina, Georgia
Blue Compass RV announced its completion of the brand rollout for five stores in South Carolina and three stores in…
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RVIA Webinars: EV Charging Station Access and the Dangers of ‘Greenwashing’
As the federal government begins to invest unprecedented amounts of funding into EV charging infrastructure, the RV Industry Association’s Government…
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FCCC Unveils Purpose-Built V-Series Suspension System
Freightliner Custom Chassis Corp. (FCCC) has unveiled its V-Series Suspension System, announcing the product at the Hershey Show. The only…
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Inflation Rises as Oil Prices Surge
onsumer prices edged higher in August as a surge in oil prices contributed to an uptick in headline inflation, according…
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Dragonfly Energy Exhibiting at Clean Energy Convention in Vegas
Dragonfly Energy will be a featured industry exhibitor at the largest clean energy event in North America – the RE+…
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Owners of Keystone Montana Coaches Hold Annual Rally
The Montana Owner’s Club kicked off its 19th annual rally this weekend at the Elkhart County Fairgrounds in Elkhart, Indiana,…
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Phoenix USA RV Picks Volta Power Systems
Volta Power Systems, a leading supplier of mobile li-ion – as it refers to “lithium-ion” – power systems, has partnered…
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Podcast
Ep. 67 – Toby O’Rourke and the Business of Happy Campers
The RV and camping industries have always been married at the hip. Not everyone wants to go off-grid, and when…
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The 54th ‘America’s Largest RV Show’ Begins Wednesday
America’s Largest RV Show, the annual gathering in Hershey, Pennsylvania which will feature more than 1,500 new RVs and related…
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Keystone RV Launches Classics Collection
For the new model year, Keystone RV Co. has decided to turn its attention to a growing part of the…
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Features
Reusable Propane Cylinders: A Sustainable Approach to Portable Fuel
“There have to be better solutions available.” This was Graeme Esarey’s initial thought, but the passing consideration would turn out…
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Blue Compass RV Completes Brand Rollout in North Carolina
Blue Compass RV has completed the rollout of the Blue Compass brand for its seven stores in North Carolina. This…
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Roadtrek to Relaunch ‘Westfalia’ Brand in North America
Westfalia, the iconic German brand that was a favorite among the free spirits of the 1960s and 70s, is making…
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From Incarceration to Certification as an RV Tech
A Texas TV station reports on a program the RV Technical Institute has used successfully for a couple years now:…
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John Spader Brings Workshop to RVDA Con/Expo
RV business expert John Spader will deliver a continuation/follow-up workshop to one he offered a year ago at this year’s…
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Forecast: RV Shipments To Rebound in 2024
After a significant drop in the number of RVs shipped in 2023 compared with last year – which had the…
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Bank of America Hosts Virtual EV Show
Bank of America will host its third annual virtual electric vehicle show, “EVolution,” a one-of-a-kind virtual event where bank and…
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Report: U.S. Economy Adds 187K Jobs in August
The U.S. economy added 187,000 jobs in August, while unemployment unexpectedly increased as the labor market continued to show signs…
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RV PRO Taking Holiday Off
RV PRO’s offices will be closed on Monday, Sept. 4, in honor of Labor Day, so there’ll be no eNewsletter…
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Fed’s Preferred Inflation Measure Edges Higher in July
The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation measure edged higher in July, reversing some of the prior month’s sharp drop as the…
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RVIA Standards Training Offered to Manufacturer Members
The RV Industry Association (RVIA)’s Standards department has held 13 inspector training modules at seven facilities through August 2023, with…
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Caravan Salon Organizers Say Attendance Up ‘Significantly’
Organizers of this year’s Caravan Salon show in Düsseldorf, Germany, say they are extremely pleased with the turnout to the…
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Forecaster: Risk of Recession Remains
The economy is beating expectations both domestically and locally, but there are still reasons to be cautious, the chief market…
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Hipcamp Partners With Campflare to Flag Last-Minute Campsite Cancellations
Campsite booking platform Hipcamp introduced Hipcamp Alerts, a new service that continuously scans America’s most popular sold-out national and state…
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Kampgrounds of America and Montana Brewer Collaborate on Brew
Billings, Montana-based Kampgrounds of America and Meadowlark Brewing in Sydney, Nebraska, have launched a handcrafted collaborative microbrew, the Happy Camper…
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GM Partners With EarthCruiser on Hummer EV
A global magazine focused on the clean technology industry recently turned its spotlight on an unusual partnership: an RV manufacturer…
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Skyline Champion Acquires Regional Homes
Champion Home Builders and Champion Retail Housing, subsidiaries of Skyline Champion Corp., announced a definitive agreement to acquire Regional Enterprises…
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RV Shipments Down 47% YTD from ’22
Results for the RV Industry Association’s July 2023 survey of manufacturers found that total RV shipments ended the month with…
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Grand Design Celebrates A Quarter-Million RVs Made
Grand Design RV said it has rolled its 250,000th RV off the manufacturing line. The company plans to mark the…
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inTech Debuts Newest Sol Model
inTech has unveiled the new Sol Dusk, the newest edition to the company’s Sol lineup. At 20 feet, 8 inches,…
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Caravan Salon 2024 Roars to Life This Weekend
The eyes of the RVing world are on Düsseldorf the next couple of weeks for Caravan Salon, the largest annual…
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Features
Midway Auto & RV Sells Under the Big Sky
Midway Auto & RV launched its Billings, Montana, store in mid-July with an open house of pre-owned vehicles and a…
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Infographic: 16M to Go RVing Labor Day Weekend
(The RV Industry Association, along with its consulted, surveyed leisure travelers about their travel plans this Labor Day weekend. Infographic…
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RVMP Names Manufacturer’s Rep Group as Partner
RV Mobile Power (RVMP) announced it will be working with Manufacturer’s Rep Group (under Venture Co-op Group) to create a…
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Maui Firefighters Receive RV Donation From LA
More than 20 firefighters lost their homes while fighting wildfires in Maui. Now firefighters in Los Angeles are reaching out…
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Mortgage Rates Hit 22-Year High
Mortgage rates climbed higher above 7% this week, marking a 22-year high and shattering the American Dream for many. The…
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Hipcamp Marks Decade of Campsite Bookings
Campsite booking platform Hipcamp is celebrating its 10th year in business this year. Hipcamp was founded in the summer of…
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Update on Luxury RV Resort Coming to Southern Elkhart County
As noted in Tuesday’s RV PRO eNewsletter, a new RV resort may be in the works near New Paris, Indiana.…
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Area Jobless Rate Ticks Above 5%
Unemployment in the Elkhart-Goshen area climbed to 5.2% in July, according to the most recent report from the Indiana Department…
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Podcast
Ep. 66 – Alexis and NeVelle Skaggs Keep Their Dealership All in the Family
NeVelle Skaggs’ exposure to RVs dates back to camping with his family when he was a kid, and then in…
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Outdoor Recreation Industry Nears Trillion Dollar Mark
Independent News spotlights how many Americans are turning to the outdoors, and in turn funding an almost-trillion-dollar industry. People are…
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High-End RV Campground Slated in Syracuse, Indiana
Plans are taking shape for a higher-end RV campground north of Syracuse, the Elkhart Truth reports. The Elkhart County Board…
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Veteran Tech to Analyze RECT Strategy at RVDA Expo
Veteran technician and shop foreman Ken Barnes will help direct service shops to the “promised land of efficiency” during a…
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Airstream Names Blue Compass World’s No. 1 Retailer
Blue Compass RV was recognized as the No. 1 Airstream retailer in the world. Multiple Blue Compass RV Airstream stores…
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Go RVing Details Young Entrepreneur Trends, Social Commerce
Go RVing released its August Monthly Trends Report with findings on more younger people aspiring to start businesses and “side…
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Luxury RV Parks Becoming ‘Booming Sector of Real Estate’
A private Dallas-based real estate development firm has Texas-sized plans for RV parks that could produce “a new product type”…
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AAA: Incoming Weather May Influence Gas Prices
The national average for a gallon of gas staggered 5 cents higher since last week, despite lower demand and the…
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Interest Rates, Economic Uncertainties Create RV Industry Headwinds
RV shipments have been spiraling downward over the past year, but no one is pushing the panic button. Most believe…
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RVDA Expo Speakers Spotlight RV Rental Litigation, Survey Results
Two industry veterans will help dealers understand the possibilities and challenges of running an RV rental business at the 2023…
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Webinars
Webinar: Maximizing Your Online Marketing ROI
For RV dealers to succeed in an environment where rising consumer expectations clash with their limited resources, they need to…
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Winnebago Approves 15% Hike to Quarterly Cash Dividend
Winnebago Industries’ board of directors have approved a quarterly cash dividend of $0.31 per share, payable on Sept. 27, to common stockholders of…
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Country Music, Outdoor Channel Stars Showcase Modern Buggy RVs
Modern Buggy RV, an OEM based in Edwardsburg, Michigan, is expanding its model offering and promoting new rigs through big-name…
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Camping Interest Strong for Labor Day, Fall Season
Kampgrounds of America (KOA) released its August Monthly Research Report, which shows that more campers intend to camp over Labor…
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Video: Lippert Rings NYSE Closing Bell
The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) welcomed LCI Industries, parent company of Lippert, in celebration of its 20th anniversary of…
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Midland Radio Unveils New Speakers Ideal for RVing
Midland Radio, maker of two-way radio communication technology, has released two heavy-duty speakers that are “meticulously engineered to ensure impeccable…
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Mike Molino Learning Center Names College Scholarship Recipient
Mason Upperman has been chosen to receive the Mike Molino RV Learning Center scholarship for the academic year 2023-2024. Endowed through…
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$2K Ikea-like Kit Turns SUVs Into ‘Micro RV’
New Atlas covers a new “camper in a box” kit launched by Van Lab this summer that makes rigs out…
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Blue Compass Partners With Harvest Hosts
Blue Compass RV announced a partnership with Harvest Hosts, a membership program providing RVers access to unique overnight camping options. This…
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Lippert to Ring New York Stock Exchange Closing Bell
Lippert, a supplier of engineered components for OEMs in the recreation and transportation product markets, will ring the closing bell…
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Auto Auction Platform Partners With Vintage Camper Trailers
Automotive auction platform and enthusiast community Bring a Trailer (BaT) and Vintage Camper Trailers, a leading destination for vintage camper enthusiasts, announced a…
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Outdoorsy Makes Top Travel & Hospitality Companies on Inc. 5000
Outdoorsy, a leading outdoor travel marketplace, was named today as one of the top Travel & Hospitality companies in the…
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Dragonfly Energy Expands Midwest, Partners With New Distributor
Dragonfly Energy Holdings Corp., maker of Battle Born Batteries and an industry leader in energy storage, is expanding to the…
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Blue Compass RV Named to Annual Inc. 5000 List
Inc. Magazine revealed today that Blue Compass RV is No. 3 in the automotive category on the 2023 Inc. 5000,…
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RVIA Details Level 3 Technician Path
The RV Industry Association (RVIA) released a Q&A covering the RV Technical Institute (RVTI)’s technician training program that has become…
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Alliance RV Buys Land to Support Growth
Alliance RV said it has bought an additional 37 contiguous acres to its existing Elkhart campus in preparation for future…
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Timbren Unveils Two New Spacer Kits
Timbren has released two new spacer kits for lifted pickups, one for the Ram 1500 and the other for the…
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Australian OEM Offers Customized Conversions
NewAtlas.com is a technology focused website that focuses on “what’s next” in the fields of technology, science, transportation, architecture, design, automotive…
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Outdoorsy Sets Aside Funds for Glamping Tent Purchases
Outdoor travel marketplace Outdoorsy has launched the Oasis Fund – a $30 million dollar initiative dedicated exclusively to providing funding…
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Cummins, Chevron Advance Collaboration
Global power generation company Cummins Inc. and Chevron U.S.A. Inc., a subsidiary of Chevron Corp., have signed a memorandum of…
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Blue Compass Celebrates 150,000th RV Sale Milestone
Blue Compass RV celebrated the sale of its 150,000th RV in July by giving away a 2023 Jay Flight 264BH…
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KZ RV Donates Needed Supplies to Local School
KZ RV, an RV manufacturer based in Shipshewana, Indiana, continued its tradition this year of supporting its community and the…
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July Inflation Data Takes Some Heat Off Fed to Raise Rates
Inflation reaccelerated in July for the first time in 13 months. But beneath the surface of the 3.2% headline number…
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Dragonfly Energy Hosts Educational Workshop for FRVTA Members
Dragonfly Energy partnered with the Florida RV Trade Association this past week for an in-depth training seminar on safety and…
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LKQ Supports TechForce Foundation’s Mission With Donation
LKQ Corp., parent company of NTP-STAG, has entered into a partnership with Phoenix-based TechForce Foundation, which supports students pursuing a…
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Report: Inventory Management Spurs Uptick in Towable Auction Prices
Dealers moving inventory has influenced the prices that towables are bringing at auction, according to Black Book’s Eric Lawrence. “Motorhomes…
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Lazydays Completes Acquisition of Century RV
Lazydays has completed its acquisition of Century RV in Longmont, Colorado. The company said the acquisition strengthens its presence in…
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RV Manufacturing Dings LCI Industries’ Earnings
LCI Industries, parent company of Lippert, reported Q2 sales of $1 billion, a 34% drop over Q2 of last year.…
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Cruiser’s New Plan Designed to Protect Buyers
Cruiser RV introduced a new five-point Cruiser Care plan to offer campers increased support and service before, during and after…
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Results Are Available for 2022 Survey of Lenders’ Experiences
The Survey of Lenders’ Experiences details the results of the RV Industry Association’s nationwide survey of financial institutions concerning their…
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RVIA Inspection Program Designed to Maintain the Highest Quality
The RV Industry Association offers many benefits to its members, including its hands-on monitoring of the manufacturing practices employed by…
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KOA Names ‘Campground of the Future’ Grant Winners
Kampgrounds of America has named the latest recipients of the company’s KOA Campground of the Future grant. Open to any…
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Podcast
Ep. 65 – Jesse Stopnitzky: Helping the Dealers Make Deals
The past few years have been record breaking for Performance Brokerage Services, a family-owned company specializing in brokering the buying…
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General RV to Host Groundbreaking on First Tarheel State Store
Next Tuesday, Aug. 15, General RV, the nation’s largest family-owned RV dealer will break ground on its first store in…
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NRVTA Releases PRO Version of Home-Study Class
The National RV Training Academy (NRVTA) announced the release of a PRO version of its RVTechCourse home-study RV maintenance and…
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Blue Compass CEO Featured on Fox Business
Like many of his fellow top executives, Jon Ferrando came to the RV world from AutoNation, which that team had…
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Features
Smaller, Lighter, More Mobile – The Next Step in Motorhomes
There’s going to be a new player among Forest River’s Sunseeker and Forester Class Cs – the PM Series. Built…
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Report: Fewer Jobs Than Expected Added in July
The U.S. labor market continues to cool. The U.S. economy created 187,000 new jobs in July while the unemployment rate…
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APCO Holdings Acquires Relentless Dealer Services
APCO Holdings, home to the EasyCare, National Auto Care, GWC Warranty and MemberCare brands, has announced that it recently acquired…
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Report: US Labor Market Growth to Slow Further in July
The U.S. economy continues to impress. But the labor market is expected to continue slowing down in July, leaving economists…
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Holiday Rambler, Michigan Dealership Celebrate 60-Year Partnership
Veurink’s RV Center celebrates its 60th anniversary as a Holiday Rambler dealer, making it the oldest and longest-standing continuous dealer…
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Airstream, REI Co-op Expand Basecamp Line Collaboration
Airstream and REI Co-op are introducing the REI Co-op Special Edition Basecamp 20X. The new 20-foot model complements the 16-foot…
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LKQ Corporation Completes Acquisition of Uni-Select
LKQ Corp. has completed its previously announced acquisition of Uni-Select by Québec Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of LKQ. Under…
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NRVTA Sets 2023 Expo Dates
The National RV Training Academy (NRVTA) today announced dates have been set for the 2023 Expo, a series of virtual…
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Some Hospitals Welcome RVs for Patients, Families and Workers
Jim Weaver has had two major surgeries in the past decade: one to remove cancerous tumors from his bladder and…
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Lazydays’ Revenues, Earnings Drop
Lazydays said its second quarter revenue decreases to $308.4 million, down from the $373.6 million in the second quarter of…
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Sunset Park RV Names National Sales Manager
Sunset Park RV has named Damon DeJesus its national sales manager. The company said DeJesus brings a valuable combination of…
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Insider Perks Brings AI to Dealerships
Insider Perks, makers of products and technology geared toward outdoor recreation, has unveiled “Roadie,” an AI chatbot made for RV…
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The Shyft Group Reports Drop in Q2 Sales, Revenue
The Shyft Group, which builds Spartan chassis for the RV market and others to fit other types of specialty vehicles,…
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Features
Eclipse RV’s Not Playing Games With its Toy Hauler
Staying on top of function, durability and design trends has served toy hauler specialist Eclipse RV well since its founding…
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