Mount Comfort RV Indy Grants Wish For 9-Year-Old

Mount Comfort RV recently partnered with the Indiana Children’s Wish Fund to provide 9-year-old Avery Leck’s family with a 19-foot travel trailer.  According to a press release, Avery, who is challenged with a life threatening illness, applied for a wish and had it granted through the generosity of LH and Dianne Bayley and Mount Comfort RV […]

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Years of Wildfires in California Impact Future Tourism

After several years of unprecedented wildfires, many of them raging through national forests and the celebrated Napa/Sonoma wine region, California’s tourism industry is up against what former Governor Jerry Brown calls “the new abnormal.” While visitor numbers remain strong, California tourism marketers are grappling with other challenges, some of them exacerbated by the fires. These […]

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RVIA Lobbies to Include Trailers in Floorplan Tax Bill

Editors Note: The following report generated by RVIA News & Insights details the push for legislation ensuring that towable RVs have access to the floorplan interest financing deduction. Under current law, an exemption for interest paid on dealer inventory applies only to RV motorhomes to the detriment of the RV travel trailer segment of the […]

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DLL Financial Set to Expand into Recreation Market

DLL, a global financial solutions provider, will expand its offerings into the recreation and leisure lifestyle market in North America, including motorsport, marine, recreational vehicles and manufactured homes. According to a press release, the company will provide floor planning lines of credit for eligible/qualified dealers to finance inventory purchases from their manufacturing partners, including new, […]

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Togo Group Initiates Key Hires to Management Team

Togo Group has expanded its team with a recent series of executive hires, filling key roles in developing strategy, product development, partnerships and marketing for Togo Group and two of its consumer brands. “Every year, more travelers are discovering the joys of road-based and outdoor travel, and we want to make their adventures easier, more […]

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Report: Outdoor Industry Tariffs Hit an All-Time High

Outdoor businesses are running out of wiggle room for tariffs on all types of products, as duty after duty gets added to the cost of doing business with China. Some brands are turning to their last resort — raising prices. “The China tariffs are looking more and more like a giant avalanche that’s trying to […]

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‘Team RV Express’ Partnering With March of Dimes

Middlebury, Ind.-based transporter Team RV Express has united with March of Dimes Canada (MODC) in an effort to raise $75,000 for the MODC’s Campers Helping Campers (CHC) program, the company announced in a press release. “March of Dimes Canada is very excited to be working with Team RV Express,” said Dennis R. Ullman, MODC associate […]

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Fed’s Powell Upbeat on Economy, Inflation Still Low

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Monday (Nov. 25) sketched an optimistic view of the economy but signaled that continued low inflation means higher interest rates won’t likely be necessary anytime soon. The Associated Press reported Powell said that even with unemployment near a 50-year low of 3.6%, there’s still “plenty of room” for wages […]

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Cummins Laying off 2,000 Salaried Workers Globally

Columbus, Ind.-based Cummins Inc. said Monday (Nov. 25) that it will lay off 2,000 salaried employees as the global enginemaker copes with a downturn in business. The Indianapolis Star reported that spokesman Jon Mills confirmed the company’s workforce reduction plans via email late Monday. He did not say how many workers in Indiana would be […]

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