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With the Memorial Day weekend just days away, it is clear that the gasoline price increase that often accompanies summer driving will not do so this year. The drop in gas prices is accelerating nationwide, and is dropping even more rapidly in some of the most expensive markets. According to 24/7 Wall Street, the AAA Fuel Gauge […]

RV dealerships interested in using video to boost visibility and increase sales may register now for RV Camping Connect’s free training, “Top Ten Ways to Use Video to Market Your RV Camping Business.” To register, click here. During the free webinar, set for May 21 at 3:30-4:30 p.m. PT, RV dealerships can find out why video stands a […]

The Good Sam RV Travel Guide and Campground Directory announced its list of Top Waterfront RV Parks for 2014. These RV parks are located on or near the banks of some of North America’s most popular lakes, rivers and ocean shores. For water loving RVers, these parks provide easy access to fabulous recreation. In many […]

Marcus Lemonis, chairman and CEO of Camping World Inc. and Good Sam Enterprises Inc., announced plans to open additional AutoMatch USA SuperCenters in Salt Lake City, Utah, and Fort Myers, Fla., in late this summer. According to a press release, AutoMatch USA, a pre-owned auto dealership, specializes in foreign and domestic pre-owned cars of all […]

The Lazydays Employee Foundation raised $107,000 during its fourth annual Charity Golf Tournament. The funds will benefit the Lazydays Homeless Youth Program which assists homeless young people ages 18-24 in the Tampa, Fla., area. The Lazydays Employee Foundation is supported 100% by employee contributions and has contributed more than $1 million to children’s causes. Shown are (L-R) Joe Snyder, […]

Recreational boat sales growth in March amounted to just a trickle, but the solid single-digit increases the industry saw in April suggest that builders and dealers could enjoy sustainable gains in the warmer months ahead. Soundings Trade Only reported that sales in the industry’s main powerboat segments rose 5% to 10,973 and industrywide sales climbed […]

A Fridley, Minn.-based manufacturer is betting that cleaner-and-greener is the route to global growth and profitability. The Minneapolis Star Tribune reported that from Kenya to Wilmington, Del., Cummins Power Generation provides generators that can run on diesel fuel, natural gas and even gas from agricultural waste or sewage treatment plants. Tony Satterthwaite, a veteran Cummins […]

Today’s slideshow offers a look at Airstream Inc.’s 2014 Dealer Meeting, held last week (May 14-16) at the Embassy Suites North Charleston Airport/Hotel & Convention Center in Charleston, S.C., a warm weather destination that drew an appreciable number of dealers. The agenda included a relaxing opening night reception and dinner at the historic William Aiken House […]

The jobless rate in Indiana’s Elkhart County keeps falling as the recreational vehicle and boat industries keep booming. The county’s April unemployment rate was 5%, down sharply from 5.8% in March, and more people were working in April than at any point in the past 13 years, according to state figures released Friday, May 16. […]

Coach-Net announced that its Protect Suite of products has been fully integrated into its RV Dealer Management Software (DMS). Through an agreement with Sys2K, Coach-Net’s Protect Suite products are now easily available to dealers and their customers through Sys2K’s Infinity Finance and Insurance (F&I) DMS module. According to a press release, the integration means that the F&I […]