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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 […]

When The Source Co. hosts a crowd of RV industry clients tonight (July 23) at the South Bend Cubs-Great Lakes Loons minor league baseball game at Four Winds Field, the center of attention — at least for a moment — will be a familiar face to many in the recreational vehicle business: Mike Peterson, sales/product […]

In a move that’s sure to make waves in the RV industry, Elkhart, Ind.-based Lippert Components Inc. has reached a six-year exclusive distribution agreement with fellow supplier Furrion LLC — a Hong Kong-based technology component vendor with U.S. headquarters and a service center on the north side of Elkhart from which it markets power systems, audio-visual […]

RVBusiness is rolling out the 2015 RVBusiness Top 50 Dealer Awards through which well-run U.S. and Canadian retailers nominated by North American RV manufacturers will be recognized at a Nov. 4 reception held during the 2015 RV Dealers International Convention/Expo at Bally’s on the Las Vegas Strip. The convention is sponsored by the U.S.-based Recreation […]

Veteran sales manager Brian Clemens has been named general manager of Forest River Inc.’s Elkhart, Ind.-based Dynamax division following the departure of Jim Jacobs, who recently assumed the presidency of ASV’s Allied Recreation Group in Decatur, Ind. Clemens, who spent the past two years as national sales manager for Forest River’s Class C division, began […]

While the big news from the Recreational Vehicle Industry Association’s (RVIA) annual Committee Week dealt with the selection of former Outdoor Industry Foundation (OIA) President Frank Hugelmeyer to succeed the retiring Richard Coon as president of Reston, Va.-based RVIA, there was plenty of activity in the park model RV arena which, at least in part, […]

The Recreation Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA) and the Recreation Vehicle Dealers Association (RVDA) have resumed informal talks regarding the possibility of the industry’s key trade groups eventually merging RVIA’s National RV Trade Show in Louisville, Ky., and RVDA and RVDA of Canada’s RV Dealers International Convention/Expo in Las Vegas. Those conversations, we’re told, have restarted […]

The Recreation Vehicle Dealers Association’s (RVDA) board approved a revised Dealer Satisfaction Index (DSI) survey during its June 2 board meeting in Arlington, Va. The annual DSI survey, the results of which are monitored closely by manufacturers, measures dealers’ satisfaction with overall product quality. The streamlined survey, concentrating on vehicle reliability/quality as well as parts, […]