Sherman Goldenberg

Although Winnebago Industries Inc. has already unveiled the bulk of its 2016 lineup, the Iowa-based motorhome builder appears to have kept its best for last with plans to debut a 24-foot Winnebago Fuse Class C built on a new-to-the-U.S. Ford Transit chassis at the Dec. 1-3 Recreation Vehicle Industry Association’s (RVIA) 52nd Annual National RV Trade […]

Lippert Components Inc. CEO Jason Lippert is spearheading a special fund drive on behalf of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Elkhart and Goshen, Ind., in the hope that the RV industry will answer — to the tune of $2.5 million — the “RV Challenge” portion of a $9 million capital campaign to fund urgently-needed […]

EDITOR’S NOTE: As Phase 2 of the RV industry’s annual show season approaches, RVB Publisher Sherm Goldenberg highlights some timely insights related to the RVBusiness Top 50 Dealer Awards program. Coming out of the Hershey Show, the Elkhart RV Open House and other stops along the way, it’s often tough each fall to catch your […]

Representatives of New Paris, Ind.-based commercial vehicle builder Turtle Top and management personnel from Freightliner Custom Chassis Corp. (FCCC), Gaffney, S.C., did some serious tailgating prior to last Saturday’s (Oct. 3) Notre Dame-Clemson NCAA football game – a game that, unfortunately, resulted in a 24-22 loss for northern Indiana’s revered Fighting Irish.“We’re standing in this […]

U.S. and Canadian recreational vehicle retailers named in late September as recipients of 2015 RVBusiness Top 50 Dealer Awards tend to share some consistent traits, according to the panel of industry experts who annually select the winners — including a penchant for cutting-edge digital marketing, selfless charitable giving and a more open-minded approach to servicing […]

Editor’s Note: To see an accompanying slideshow from America’s Largest RV Show scroll to the right side of the RVBUSINESS.com home page. The Pennsylvania RV & Camping Association (PRVCA) has been looking to break attendance records at this year’s Hershey Show – a trade and consumer venue officially known as “America’s Largest RV Show” now […]

Some 300 people gathered Saturday (Aug. 29) in the Community Building at the Elkhart County 4-H Fairgrounds in Goshen, Ind., for a relatively unusual event in the business world – a first-ever luncheon reunion for former employees of iconic towable builder Carriage Inc. that collapsed in the wake of the Great Recession. Once a stable […]

Editor’s Note: To view a slideshow of the Boring-Smith open house scroll to the right side of the RVBUSINESS.com home page. Industrial distributor Boring-Smith drew some 500 attendees to its Wednesday (Aug. 19) open house at the RV/MH Hall of Fame in Elkhart, Ind. for a chicken dinner, a ride in a NASCAR simulator, a […]

As the industry looks toward the fall and winter trade show season, RV manufacturers and association-based show promoters are decidedly upbeat regarding the prospects for the industry’s trade-related events – thanks in large part to a resilient marketplace in which retail inventories still seem to be in order and new buyers are apparently still finding […]

Almost exactly two years after selling light-weight aluminum trailer manufacturer Livin’ Lite Recreational Vehicles LLC to Thor Industries Inc., Livin’ Lite President Scott Tuttle has announced his departure from Thor’s Topeka, Ind.-based CrossRoads RV division under which the company had been operating since its acquisition by the publicly held market leader. However, Tuttle says he’ll […]