Sherman Goldenberg

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” […]

A host of RV industry manufacturers and suppliers played a key role Thursday evening (Sept. 6) in helping to raise an impressive sum of $440,000 — up from $310,000 last year — for the 3rd Annual “Running with Spoons” celebrity chef competition benefiting Bashor Children’s Home in Goshen, Ind. As in past years, the fundraiser was held […]

The 2018 Elkhart RV Open House, a trade show first conceived 10 years ago by Forest River Inc. for dealers at its Elkhart, Ind., headquarters, should take an appreciable step forward this year as the recreational vehicle industry’s preeminent selling show. That seems to be the general consensus among manufacturers consulted by RVBUSINESS.com, assuming the […]

The RV Industry Association (RVIA) hosted its second “RVX Exhibitor Academy” yesterday morning (August 8) at the RV/MH Hall of Fame in Elkhart, Ind., during which the Reston, Va.-based trade association’s staff addressed the merits of RVIA’s new spring show — “RVX: The RV Experience” – to a crowd of about 50 potential manufacturer and […]