Month: June 2015

Year-over-year towable RV retail registrations grew 17.5% in April and 17.7% for the first four months of 2015, according to the latest report from Statistical Surveys Inc. (SSI). Results by category showed: Sales for the travel-trailer segment jumped 21% for the month and 19.9% year-to-date. Fifth-wheel registrations were up a more modest 6.8% for April and 11.2% for the first […]

(June 19, 2015) -- The target audience for the video series is a retail salesperson, but customers in the shopping phase of the purchase cycle should find them useful as well. Each video is relatively short, 2 to 4 minutes, and highlights one feature of a given unit.

(June 19, 2015) -- The Mount Rushmore KOA Resort and 1000 Islands/Ivy Lea KOA will both host country music shows June 26 and 27, respectively, which will air throughout the summer on Great American Country and Country Music Television.

Lance Camper Mfg. Corp. announced that it released a new short video series called “Discovering The Lance Difference.” Bob Rogers, director of marketing, said, “When I started at Lance I attended the sales training class taught by our National Sales Manager, Gary Conley. I quickly realized that the majority of what sets us apart and […]

(June 19, 2015) -- Nominal retail sales in Canada unexpectedly fell by 0.1 percent in April, while arket expectations had been for a much stronger 0.7 percent gain, RBC Economics reported today. The Canadian unadjusted all-items consumer price index jumped by 0.6 percent in May, thereby beating expectations for a 0.5 percent pop.

CURT Manufacturing LLC., a manufacturer and marketer of U.S.A.-made towing products, announced that it hired Robert Krouse, an industry-leading authority on towing safety and standards. Krouse has joined the engineering team in CURT’s Wixom, Mich., facility and will be heading up research and development (R&D) to advance CURT’s hitch ratings and standards. Krouse is an expert […]

Police in Jackson, Miss., are searching for the thieves who stole dozens of TVs from high-end businesses along Interstate 55, television station WAPT reported. “We will have to estimate somewhere around 65 flat-screen TVs have been stolen up and down here from Elton Road to Terry Road in five or six weeks,” Caney Creek RV […]

After years of speculation, Pa. Gov. Tom Wolf confirmed Thursday (June 18) that Great Dane will be establishing a semitrailer manufacturing facility at the former Fleetwood RV complex in Ralpho Township, the News Item reported. “I am thrilled to recognize 150 new manufacturing jobs coming to Northumberland County. Through Great Dane’s expansion, a long-vacant manufacturing […]

The Vietnamese government has added motorhomes to the list of vehicles foreign tourists are allowed to bring into the country for travel, Thanh Nien Daily reported today (June 19). Amendments to the decree on foreign vehicles say that passenger vans with nine seats or less, motorhomes and motorcycle are allowed to enter Vietnam. The changes […]

From Wall Street’s perspective, an interest rate hike this year from the Federal Reserve is pretty much a done deal. Many investors expect a coming hike, perhaps as early as September, USA Today reported. The coming rate hike is getting a lot of attention, due to the fact rates now are pegged at a historic low […]