Greg Gerber

(Feb. 1, 2012) -- In most cases, net purchase prices with the ARVC member discount will be 15 to 20 percent below the manufacturers suggested retail price and applies to nearly every car, truck, or van in the Ford product line for 2011-12, said Bambei.

(Feb. 1, 2012) -- More than 240 dealers from 42 states and Canada have already submitted registration for the 2012 North American Trailer Dealers Association conference scheduled to take place Sept. 6 to 8 in St. Louis. A total of 75 percent of manufacturer display space and 50 percent of supplier display space has already been sold.

(Feb. 1, 2012) -- Stephane Cordeille has a long history with Thetford and is already known by many of Thetford's customers.  He joined Thetford in 1988 as sales manager of its French subsidiary.  He has served as director of sales and marketing, and director of European operations before being named managing director of Thetford's RV Europe operations in 2004.

(Feb. 1, 2012) -- "Over the past couple of years, I've noticed more and more people traveling from outside of Vermont to get to our dealership shows," said marketing manager Phil LeClar. "The Cabin Fever sale brought in folks from New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Quebec, and across Lake Champlain in neighboring New York."

(Feb. 1, 2012) -- "While central Florida offers an assortment of activities, spring training is atop visitors’ must-see lists this time of year," said Greg Duncan, company spokesperson. "Whether attending games or team practices, fans experience an atmosphere with fewer barriers between spectators and players with daily games scheduled at 14 different stadiums across the area."

(Feb. 1, 2012) --  “Everyone I spoke with at the show was very pleased with the buying interest the public had,” said FRVTA Region 1 President Nelda Iacono. “In fact, we had several dealers who achieved double digit sales. All dealers came away with lots of sales leads they can now follow up over the coming weeks.”

(Feb. 1, 2012) -- Along the Texas coast and in the watersheds of the Rio Grand Valley, migratory birds make stopovers on their way to destinations farther south or find winter homes until mid-spring. With such a high concentration of different species in south Texas, RV birders can set up in one spot and still check plenty of birds off their must-see lists.

(Feb. 1, 2012) -- Two long-time Thetford Corporation employees, Kevin Phillips and Doug Tharp, have been promoted.  Phillips was elevated to the position of executive vice president of North America. Tharp was promoted to senior director of finance for North America.

(Feb. 1, 2012) -- “We ran out of our entire promotional giveaway product and sold 18 units.  It proved to be a great sale,” said Andro.  “The Hartford RV Show wasn’t as successful as we had hoped the prior weekend due to snowy conditions, but this past weekend we had a fantastic showing and it made up for it.” 

(Feb. 1, 2012) -- The RBC Canadian Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for January indicated that, although conditions in the manufacturing sector continued to improve, the rate of improvement slowed sharply. Also, the U.S. manufacturing sector expanded for the 30th consecutive month in January 2012, and the pace of growth accelerated as indicated by the ISM manufacturing index rising to 54.1 from 53.1 in December 2011.