Sherman Goldenberg

It’s no secret by now that once-retired RV industry executive Brian Brady and his two sons, Coley and Ryan Brady, are currently setting up an elaborate new towable RV manufacturing firm at a 110-acre industrial site on the east side of Elkhart, Ind. Now they’ve decided to go public with their $12 million initial plans […]

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The estimated 4,000 North American dealer personnel expected to attend the 2019 Elkhart RV Open House, slated for Sept. 23-26 in northern Indiana’s RV-building hub of Elkhart County, will likely see more than a few new twists at the continent’s largest wholesale RV-buying show. Along with a host of new supplier exhibitors, upgraded facilities, relocated […]

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After Monday’s annual kick-off Aftermarket Golf Tournament held at Colorado National, the annual RV Aftermarket Executive Conference got down to business at the Embassy Suites Downtown Convention Center in Denver for a three-day (Aug. 13-15) event at which some 240 attendees including RV industry suppliers and distributors traditionally meet to develop their strategies for expanding […]

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A stream of well wishers — employees, friends and family — gathered Friday afternoon (Dec. 14) at the corporate offices of Jayco Inc. in Middlebury, Ind., to congratulate Chairman Wilbur Bontrager upon his recently announced year-end retirement. “This has been an awesome event with a lot of friends and just a lot of fun,” said […]

News of the initial authorization on Friday (Nov. 30) of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), a new trade pact championed by U.S. President Donald Trump to replace the 24-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), was welcomed by the Canadian RV industry’s leadership. Lawmakers in all three countries still have to ratify the trade deal before […]

Among the busy displays at last week’s 2018 KOA Convention & Expo, Nov. 12-15 at the Fort Worth Convention Center in Texas, was a precedent-setting exhibit in which Skyline Champion Corp. – a new company formed June 4 by the combination of former competitors Skyline Corp. and Champion Home Builders Inc. — showcased the firm’s […]

Florida-based RV Retailer LLC continues to emerge as one of the North American RV industry’s most aggressive new retail players, having announced this morning (Oct. 22) that it has signed an agreement to acquire RV One Superstores, a high-profile dealer headquartered in New York State, from RV One CEO Don Strollo. RV Retailer stated in […]

The 2018 ROUTE 66 RV Network Rally, which drew about 275 attendees to the Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort and Spa north of Albuquerque, N.M., was scheduled for a midday finale today (Oct. 11) during a closing general session. The dealer group’s 15th annual rally — the biggest yet for the Overland Park, Kan.-based group that now coordinates […]

Goshen, Ind.-based Keystone RV Co. will be showcasing complete upgrades of its affordable Hideout and more upscale Outback travel trailers at this week’s (Sept. 24-28) annual Elkhart RV Open House. “We spent some time over the last year asking dealers and retail customers what is Outback to them,” reported Eric Landis, product manager for Outback, […]

A crowd of dealers, vendors and business associates gathered last night (Sept. 23) near the Northern Indiana lakeside home of Travel Lite RV President Dustin Johns for a catered prime rib dinner and a sneak preview of the company’s new Evoke travel trailer line. The 33-foot, metal-sided Evoke unveiled at the private “kick off party” […]