Sherman Goldenberg

It’s no secret that RV manufacturers in a strong growth market have been scrambling lately to acquire real estate and facilities in an effort to add production capacity at a pretty impressive rate – a prime example of which is the new 185,000-square-foot, Jayco Motorhome Group plant currently nearing completion on the southwest side of […]

It’s no secret that RV manufacturers in a strong growth market have been scrambling lately to acquire real estate and facilities in an effort to add production capacity at a pretty impressive rate – a prime example of which is the new 185,000-square-foot, Jayco Motorhome Group plant currently nearing completion on the southwest side of […]

When Pete Liegl talks, people listen – not only the 10,000 employees of Forest River Inc. for which he serves as president and CEO, but also the rest of the industry and those outside it in northern Indiana and elsewhere whose livelihoods are often affected by the ebbs and flows of the nation’s RV arena. […]

When Pete Liegl talks, people listen – not only the 10,000 employees of Forest River Inc. for which he serves as president and CEO, but also the rest of the industry and those outside it in northern Indiana and elsewhere whose livelihoods are often affected by the ebbs and flows of the nation’s RV arena. […]

Every year about this time, the national media start looking for something relevant to say over the holidays and they often revert to a handy “Top 10” listing of news stories from the previous year as a cogent means of filling their pages and looking in the rearview mirror. So, we’re joining the crowd by […]

Every year about this time, the national media start looking for something relevant to say over the holidays and they often revert to a handy “Top Ten” listing of news stories from the previous year as a cogent means of filling their pages and looking in the rearview mirror. So, we’re joining the crowd by […]

The main attraction at Winnebago Industries Inc.’s exhibit during the Recreation Vehicle Industry Association’s (RVIA) 52nd Annual National RV Trade Show in early December was the Forest City, Iowa-based RV builder’s new retro-style, Brave/Tribute Class A motorhome, one of the more innovative — yet nostalgic — new RVs in the North American marketplace. Like a few […]

Camping World Inc.’s 100-store-plus network of rolling stock RV dealerships has taken an appreciable step forward with the acquisitions of two high profile U.S. dealerships, Tom Johnson Camping Centers (TJCC) in Marion and Concord, N.C., and Dandy RV Superstore in Oxford, Ala., confirms Camping World Chairman and CEO Marcus Lemonis. This, of course, is big […]

Camping World Inc.’s 100-store-plus network of rolling stock RV dealerships has taken an appreciable step forward with the acquisitions of two high profile U.S. dealerships, Tom Johnson Camping Centers (TJCC) in Marion and Concord, N.C., and Dandy RV Superstore in Oxford, Ala., confirms Camping World Chairman and CEO Marcus Lemonis. This, of course, is big […]

Editor’s Note: RVB Associate Editor Rick Kessler contributed to this article. Now that the industry has returned from the Recreation Vehicle Industry Association’s (RVIA) 52nd Annual National RV Trade Show, Dec. 2-4 at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, the debate over the viability of the industry’s trade shows – and whether there’s just too many […]