Sherman Goldenberg

RV Retailer LLC (RVR), the recent buyer of high volume Texas RV dealer Motor Home Specialist, is an acquisitive new player in the highly competitive U.S. RV dealer arena. Established in January by several former AutoNation Inc. executives, RVR’s management team is intent on rolling up an appreciable percentage of U.S. RV retail market share. […]

Matt Wald, vice president of strategic initiatives for the RV Industry Association (RVIA), has led the charge from a staff perspective in developing the industry’s new “RV Technical Institute.”      As such, he’s had a bird’s eye view of the proposed new Elkhart, Ind.-based educational program that was formally approved June 7 by RVIA’s board of […]

Airstream Inc.’s 2018 National Dealer Meeting, held Tuesday through Thursday (May 22-24) at the Tropicana Las Vegas Casino Hotel Resort, was in many ways a traditional event in both substance and style as the Thor Industries Inc. division’s management and dealers gathered for an array of presentations plus private meetings, receptions, product displays, a golf outing and tours of […]

Approximately 650 members of the Tiffin Allegro Club have gathered this week at the Elkhart County 4-H Fairgrounds in Goshen, Ind., as the event, one of the motorized owners club’s three annual regional rallies, drew around 310 gas and diesel Class A and C motorhomes. (To view a slideshow scroll to the right side of […]

In a move that should greatly diversify and expand Camping World Holdings Inc.’s (CWHI) brand within the outdoor recreation and marine markets, Chicago-based CWHI will be integrating many of its newest Camping World stores with the Gander Outdoors and Overton’s marine retail outlets it acquired in 2017, according to CWHI Chairman Marcus Lemonis. While he […]

Priority RV Network’s Annual Meeting marked its 20th year as an independent RV dealer collective last week (April 3-5) at the M Resort, Spa & Casino in Las Vegas with nearly 300 dealer and supplier personnel. The organization has more than doubled in size over the past six years and currently represents 80 dealer-members operating a total of 119 […]

Ever since President Trump announced in early March that the U.S. would impose stiff tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum — bolstering prices and future prospects for domestic steel and aluminum producers — the U.S. RV industry’s suppliers and OEM’s have been mulling over the impact Trump’s bold announcement might have for a business […]

The buzz is back. That, by and large, was the initial impression among opening day attendees at FMCA’s 97th International Convention and RV Expo as a sea of more than 2,700 motorhomes and 6,000 attendees descended on the Georgia National Fairgrounds & Agricenter in Perry, Ga. (To view a slideshow scroll to the right side of the […]

The North American RV arena may be shedding its image as a cyclical industry for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is the gradual arrival of the Millennials as avid outdoor enthusiasts and bonafide RV buyers, Thor Industries Inc. President and CEO Bob Martin said Monday (March 12) in an address to the Elkhart […]

Things are looking good for the Family Motor Coach Association’s (FMCA) 97th International Convention and RV Expo, slated for Thursday through Sunday (March 15-18) at the Georgia National Fairgrounds & Agricenter in Perry, marking the first time ever that the Cincinnati-based owners club will welcome towable RV owners into its rally ranks. “We’re going to have our biggest rally, attendance-wise, since 2011,” […]