Industry Responds to Dicor’s Product Innovation

The RV industry is anxious for significant innovation says Gregg Fore, president of Elkhart, Ind.-based Dicor Corp. According to a press release, the response to a number of new products from Dicor companies at the recent National RV Show in Louisville, Ky., including a revolutionary new system for sealing windows, drove the point home. Fore [...]

Nothing is ‘too small’ for the feds to regulate

(Dec. 16, 2013) --If there is a familiar refrain when federal compliance issues are being discussed, it usually goes something like this, "We’re too small for the regulators to pay any attention to us.” Sometimes business owners will also say, like a very well-known Ohio retailer said in a private meeting, “I’m doing the right thing and I have all the local judges in my pocket, so I don’t have to worry about all this compliance stuff." If there ever was a story to give anyone operating illegally a reason to reconsider, it was in The Wall Street Journal Oct. 29. According to the story written by Kimberley A. Strassel. The FTC has decided to make the world safe from greedy piano teachers.

GE Capital Poll: Industry Expects Growth in 2014

The popularity of recreational vehicles grew significantly in 2013, leading RV dealers to look hopefully toward the new year, according to survey results released by GE Capital’s Commercial Distribution Finance (CDF) business. According to a press releas, one-third of survey respondents said they expect sales to rise 10% to 15% next year, and an additional [...]