A heating unit apparently caused a small fire at Adorn, a Patrick Industries division, Sunday morning (May 31) in Elkhart, according to a report by The Goshen News. Adorn is a manufacturer and supplier of custom-built hardwood doors, laminated panels, mouldings and pressed countertops to the RV and manufactured housing markets and specializes in handling […]
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Citing concerns regarding the coronavirus, Marcus Lemonis, chairman and CEO of Camping World, announced this morning (June 2) via a video message posted to Facebook and emailed to media outlets that the national retailer will not be participating in “America’s Largest RV Show,” which is set for Sept. 16-20 at the Giant Center in […]
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Find out what RV dealers are doing throughout the COVID-19 landscape to work with consumers and owners alike at the dealership, service center and more in this video from Go RVing Canada.
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EDITOR’S NOTE: The following op-ed was published Monday (June 1) by The Salt Lake Tribune and co-authored by Craig Kirby, executive director of the RV Industry Association (RVIA), and Mary Ellen Sprenkel, president and CEO of The Corps Network and a member of the Executive Committee of the Outdoor Recreation Roundtable (ORR). In March, the […]
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An RV store in Minot, N.D., has seen a pretty big jump in first-time buyers, making up roughly 35 percent of sales for May, according to a story by KXMC-TV reporter Taylor Rizzari. With summer vacation plans being altered due to the ongoing pandemic, people may be looking into new ways to getaway. Although the […]
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WCM Fireside Chats, the weekly livestream show produced by Woodall’s Campground Management, a sister publication to RVBusiness, welcomed Dyana Kelley, CEO and president of CampCalNOW RV Park and Campground Alliance (CampCalNOW), to the show June 1 to discuss the campground restrictions in California. She mentioned that the COVID-19 crisis has forced a majority of parks […]
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Keystone RV Co. President & CEO Jeff Runels was interviewed by Cheddar.com, an online news, media and entertainment company, on May 29 about the recent rise in RV sales. Runels told Cheddar’s Brad Smith that “everything we’re seeing from dealers and everything we’re seeing from the front lines that people are ready to get out […]
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Shares of Camping World Holdings (NYSE:CWH) were soaring last month as the company turned in a strong first-quarter earnings report, and interest in RVs surged amid concerns about social distancing and other pandemic-related issues, according to a Monday (June 1) report by Motley Fool. The trend lifted shares of Winnebago and Thor Industries as well, […]
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Peer-to-peer RV rental marketplace RVshare announced Monday (June 1) that TaskRabbit is the company’s official cleaning partner. TaskRabbit will help match RV owners with local cleaning pros – individual contractors called Taskers – to effectively clean their RVs pre- and post-rental, according to a release. The partnership comes at a time when disinfecting vehicles in […]
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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer lifted the state’s stay-at-home order on Monday (June 1) and officials with the Michigan Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds (ARVC Michigan) told WOODALLSCM.com that campgrounds and RV parks are now allowed to open. Similarly, the Michigan Association of Recreation Vehicles and Campgrounds (MARVAC) told its membership that the governor’s latest […]
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