Sherman Goldenberg The RV/MH Hall of Fame has become somewhat of a convenient hotspot along the Indiana Toll Road lately for big name political and business-related personalities – the latest and one of the most significant being first-term U.S. Sen. Mike Braun who stopped by with staff members on Wednesday afternoon (Aug. 26) to meet with industry […]
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The Embassy RV Class B motorhome has joined a growing wave of North American B-van entries under the leadership of Mike Schoeffler, a veteran industry executive with experience in both RV’s and cargo trailers, and partner Terry Minix, who brings to the table a depth of more technical expertise in B-vans, commercial vehicles and van […]
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U.S. Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt stopped by Elkhart’s RV/MH Hall of Fame late Tuesday (Aug. 18) afternoon for a tour of the industry’s unique attraction near the Indiana Toll Road and a remarkably casual RVBusiness interview facilitated by the Reston, Va.-based RV Industry Association (RVIA). Bernhardt’s Hall of Fame visit couldn’t have […]
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No one could have predicted back in early May, coming off a national commercial shutdown triggered by a global health crisis, that a surprising recovery like the industry is experiencing right now would occur like it has and that 64% of those responding to an RVB/Wells Fargo Survey in July would be ahead year-to-date. But […]
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New Indiana House of Representatives Speaker Todd Huston (R-Fishers) chaired a busy meet-and-greet meeting Wednesday (July 22) afternoon at the RV/MH Hall of Fame (HOF), a free-wheeling session organized by the Indiana Manufactured Housing Association/Recreation Vehicle Industry Council (IMHA/RVIC) attended by Rep. Doug Miller (R-Elkhart) and an array of industry spokesmen. Huston was first elected […]
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Like so many events planned for 2020, both the RV Industry Power Breakfast and the RV/MH Hall of Fame Induction Dinner were bumped from their original dates – May 14 and Aug. 3, respectively – to late-year time frames when both events’ organizers hope to find amenable shelter from the rampant storms generated by a […]
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There’s no question that Mike Regan, president of Crestview RV, a three-store dealership based in Buda, Texas, has been coping with the same pandemic obstacles that hundreds of other U.S. and Canadian RV retailers are facing right now during one of the most unpredictable – and least manageable — times in the recreational vehicle industry’s […]
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How is it that the U.S. Senate on Wednesday (June 17) managed to pass a landmark piece of legislation like the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA) – funding maintenance backlogs in national parks, among other things – amid all the distractions that Congressional lawmakers have faced lately? “Yes, it is interesting,” said U.S. Sen. Todd […]
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Companies involved in the North American RV rental market, like much of the U.S. economy, were initially anticipating a watershed year in 2020 before the global pandemic emerged in mid-March. For a matter of weeks, with employees furloughed and the phones silent, business came to a screeching halt. But little did rental operators know during […]
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Thor Industries Inc. by and large, exceeded expectations in yesterday’s (June 8) 3Q financial report by turning a profit and otherwise generating positive net cash from operations during a stanza (ended April 30) that President and CEO Bob Martin described as “one of the most unusual quarters I have ever experienced.” Speaking on the headwinds […]
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