RV Business

The California Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds (CalARVC) announced it has renewed its partnership for 2015 with Southeast Publications, a provider of Guest Guides for RV properties in the United States and Canada. According to a press release, Southeast Publications will again bring its marketing and sales expertise to augment CalARVC’s efforts with its [...]

Montevideo, Minn.-based American Surplus offers an eclectic array of wares: cheap sunglasses, popcorn, refrigerator magnets. But you’d never know it from the selection in the aisles, but this is the epicenter of a revolution in ice fishing houses. According to a Lincoln Journal Star report, in the back of the warehouselike building, about 80 workers [...]

In Arizona, Bill Ferguson used aluminum foil on the windows of his RV to keep out the heat and sun during hunting trips. Now in his first North Dakota winter living in that RV, the foil is just one layer of insulation keeping out the cold. “This trailer is not made for the north,” Ferguson [...]

RV dealership owners interested in learning more about how to increase visibility, branding and lead generation may register now for RV Camping Connect’s free webinar, “3 Keys To Successful Online Advertising For Local RV Dealerships.” According to a press release, the webinar will run Wednesday (Jan. 8) from 1-2 p.m Eastern. Dealers will learn how [...]

McKinney, Texas-based RV shade supplier MCD Innovations announced the appointment of Matthew A. Taylor as president. According to a press release, Taylor will be responsible for directing and controlling the company and all day-to-day operations. “I am very enthused with the potential I see at MCD,” Taylor said. “Facilitating and directing the explosive growth I [...]

Residents in Odessa, Texas, are scrambling to find a place to park their RV’s after a new ordinance went into effect. However, according to a report by NewsWest9 TV, some companies are coming to the rescue. The new ordinance prohibits anyone in the city from parking their vehicles on unpaved ground and for storing large [...]

A Springfield, Ohio, auto and recreational vehicle dealership has closed — temporarily at least — because of a residential zoning fight. According to a report in the Springfield News-Sun, Tom’s Toys, Boats, RVs and Trucks cannot sell vehicles on the property unless it is rezoned from a residential district to a business district. The dealership [...]

Marathon Coach, a high-end Prevost bus converter based in Coburg, Ore., plans to hire at least 20 people in the next few months as operations expand in 2014. KVAL TV reported that the company hired five people in December 2013. Marathon General Manager Steve Schoellhorn said it marks the beginning of a comeback for an [...]

The biggest automakers in the U.S. market reported December U.S. sales that fell short of analysts’ estimates, as cold weather may have kept buyers from dealer lots at the end of the industry’s best year since 2007. Bloomberg reported that General Motors Co. sales fell 6.3% last month, compared with an average estimate for a [...]

The North American Trailer Dealers Association (NATDA) announced that dealer registrations to attend the 2014 NATDA Trade Show & Convention is officially open to all industry-related dealers. According to a press release, all Dealers who choose to join or renew their membership with NATDA by Jan. 15 will be eligible to obtain free hotel accommodations [...]