Understanding true demand prevents lost sales

(Feb. 1, 2013) -- Why wouldn’t you record lost sales inside your dealer management software? Why do you turn your back on the best market research you could possibly get -- your customers actual requests? You think that your people will log bogus lost sales to create artificial demand for parts they want in stock for their personal needs? I don’t buy that one. Here is just one example of what you are missing.

NPS retirees: Sequestration would turn parks into "ghost towns"

(Feb. 1, 2013) -- A National Park Service (NPS) memo and related budget documents independently acquired by the Coalition of National Park Service Retirees show that planning is underway for sequestration-related budget cuts that would sharply reduce the ranks of park rangers and also result in deep cuts in park hours and a host of other key services that park visitors expect to receive.

PEER: Experiencing national parks shouldn’t require smartphones

(Feb. 1, 2013) -- Commenting on national park connectivity plans, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility says: “This would be a giant step toward ‘Disney-fying’ park interpretation, replacing rangers with corporate icons as your guides,” Ruch added. “Solitude values of parks will go by the board, as lodges, tents, trailheads and other park locations become just another place to fiddle with electronic devices.”

Truman Hartshorn re-elected to ARVC Board of Directors

(Feb. 1, 2013) -- Campground Owners of New York reports that Truman Hartshorn, Ph.D., owner of Lebanon Reservoir Campground in Hamilton, New York, has been re-elected to a second term as a member of the National Association of ARV Parks and Camprounds (ARVC) Board of Directors, representing the states of New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, New Jersey, and Maryland.