Month: March 2020

ICON Technologies, a manufacturer and marketer of plastic components for RVs, is managing to maintain their operations through the global COVID-19 epidemic. Centrally located in Manitoba, Canada, ICON is in a jurisdiction that to this point has been spared the brunt of the pandemic, according to a press release ICON Business Development Manager Harv Giesbrecht […]

Lazydays has been ranked as the No. 1 RV dealer in Florida across multiple categories. The annual rankings are compiled and published by Statistical Surveys Inc. According to a press release, Lazydays of Tampa was the top-ranked RV dealer in the following categories: • No. 1 dealer in Florida. • No. 1 towable dealer in […]

LCI Industries, parent to Lippert Components Inc. (LCI) today (March 25) provided a business update regarding COVID-19. In an effort to protect the health and safety of its team members, align production with current demand levels, and adhere to federal and state mandates, LCI Industries will temporarily suspend production at select manufacturing facilities across the […]

A Fort Worth, Texas, area RV dealership is providing trailers to the city of Fort Worth in to help in its fight against COVID-19 (novel Coronavirus.) “We’re providing them to the city. I believe they’re using them for the homeless,” said Kevin White, vice president of United RV, a family-owned dealership in Fort Worth. “They’re […]

One of the consequences of the COVID-19 (novel Coronavirus) outbreak has been a shortage of masks used by medical workers and Elkhart, Ind.-based RV suppliers are stepping up to help meet the demand. “We have switched over to making masks,” said Reid Mellot, partner at Northwest Interiors. “You started seeing this last week when (the […]

Editor’s Note: The following pronouncement from the leading Canadian organizations representing the RV and campground industries outlines strategies for lobbying government officials to classify the sectors as essential services. The Canadian RV and camping industries announced measures for advocating to government officials and policy makers that RV manufacturers suppliers, dealers, service centers and private RV […]

The White House and Senate leaders struck a major deal early Wednesday (March 24) morning over a $2-trillion package to provide a jolt to an economy struggling amid the coronavirus pandemic, capping days of marathon negotiations that produced one of the most expensive and far-reaching measures in the history of Congress. “Ladies and gentleman, we are done,” White House legislative […]

Winnebago Industries Inc. reported that year-over-year revenue increased 44.9% in the company’s fiscal second quarter, ended Feb. 29, boosted by sales from its Newmar Corp. subsidiary which the company acquired during its fiscal first quarter. Second Quarter Fiscal 2020 Results Revenues for the second quarter totaled $626.8 million compared to $432.7 million for the fiscal […]

The Mike Molino RV Learning Center will host a webinar with dealership consultants from Bob Clements International titled “The Coronavirus and the Potential Impact on RV Dealerships” on Wednesday (March 25) at 1 p.m. (EDT) via the Zoom remote platform. To register click here. According to a press release, Bob Clements, Sara Hey, and Jeff Blackton […]

Based on information RV Industry Association (RVIA) has received from Indiana state officials, RV manufacturing qualifies as an essential business in the state of Indiana under Governor Eric Holcomb’s March 23 Executive Order, RVIA announced this afternoon (March 23). Although RV manufacturing qualifies as an essential business, the intent of the Executive Order is to reduce the spread […]