Month: November 2013

(Nov. 5, 2013) -- Preliminary consolidated sales from continuing operations in the first quarter were $802.6 million, up 5.4 percent. Towable RV sales for the first quarter were $625.7 million, down 2.1 percent. Motorized RV sales in the first quarter increased 44.8 percent to $176.9 million.

Adventurer LP (ALP) has introduced its new 9-foot 10-inch truck camper with an industry-leading California king bed master bedroom suite and a dry bath. “We wanted to fill customer requests of a 9-foot dry bath truck camper with additional seating and sleeping capacity, so we designed from the ground up the all new Adventurer 910DB,” [...]

Aspen Campers, Wood Dale, Ill., announced the introduction of its 2014 Classic lightweight camper that houses a king size bed and a large independent cargo bay under the mattress. According to a press release, the camper targets the big bike, trike and compact car markets, and can be set up in one minute. Aspen said [...]

Airstream Inc., a subsidiary of Thor Industries Inc., reported continued strong growth for 2013. According to a press release, increasing demand for Airstream’s design-driven products has led to a 21-week backlog at the factory for travel trailers and the popular Interstate Class B motorhome. Through August 2013, Airstream’s Class B Motorhome retail registrations were up [...]

This week’s “RV Capital Talk” segment features a Veteran’s Day presentation at Heartland RV LLC’s headquarters in Elkhart, Ind. to honor the company’s personnel that have served in the military. To view the video click here or scroll to the right side of the RVBUSINESS.com home page.

La Mesa RV Center, one of the nation’s largest multilocation RV dealerships, is marking the grand opening of its newest sales and service center in Port Saint Lucie, Fla. According to a press release, the 117,000-square-foot facility located at 8650 NW LTC Parkway is possibly the largest indoor air conditioned RV facility of its kind [...]

Elkhart, Ind.-based Thor Industries Inc. today (Nov. 4) announced preliminary sales, as well as continued growth in the company’s backlog, for its fiscal 2014 first quarter, ended Oct. 31. Preliminary consolidated sales from continuing operations in the first quarter were $802.6 million, up 5.4% from $761.4 million in the first quarter last year. Towable RV [...]

(Oct. 4, 2013) -- "Over the years I’ve been lucky enough to visit a number of state parks in Florida. While my visits have been of the tent camping variety, the activities at each park are just as great if you’re waking up in your 40-foot home away from home," said Esparza

Elkhart, Ind.-based supplier Atwood Mobile Products LLC has announced a bimonthly webinar series named S.W.A.T. (Success with Atwood Training) to provide technical and product training to OEMs, distributors, dealerships and service centers throughout North America. According to a press release, the technical portion of the webinars will address installation, troubleshooting and sequence of operations for [...]

(Nov. 4, 2013) -- Last week, the Full Federal Court handed down a judgment that will have significant implications on the way brand owners think about protecting their brands in Australia, writes the Association of Corporate Council.