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October 26, 2022
Garmin Raises 2022 EPS Guidance On Improved Margin Outlook
Garmin, Ltd. reported sales declined 4 percent in the third quarter ending September 24, dragged down by an 18 percent slide in the fitness segment. Second-quarter earnings topped Wall Street estimates and Garmin lifted its full-year EPS outlook on an improving margin outlook. SGB Media
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October 26, 2022
Netflix’s ‘Aftershock: Everest and the Nepal Earthquake’ Is About So Much More Than the Mountain
Aftershock documents the horror and devastation caused by the April 2015 earthquake in Nepal that left nearly 9,000 people dead and an estimated 2.5 million homeless. It tackles the question of what happens when millions of people are instantaneously placed in survival situations—do they look out for one another or...
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October 25, 2022
September RV Shipments Top 28,000 Units
Results for the RV Industry Association’s September 2022 survey of manufacturers determined that total RV shipments ended the month with 28,333 units, a decrease of (-48.5%) compared to the 55,014 units shipped in September 2021. Through September, RV shipments are down (-8.2%) compared to the same point last year with...
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October 25, 2022
This Van Life Brand Tried the 4-Day Work Week and Isn’t Going Back
Vansmith cut employees’ work week from 40 hours to 32 without cutting anyone’s pay — and it’s still cranking out some of the coolest custom vans, faster than anyone else. Gear Junkie
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October 25, 2022
Study Forecasts Strong Increase in Winter Camping
October’s KOA Monthly Research Report projects that 8.2 million households are planning to camp this winter. This is a sizeable increase over the 6.9 million households that winter camped in 2021, a growth of 19% in just one year. The increase in winter camping builds on the overall popularity of...
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October 24, 2022
Ohio Campground is Sold to Tenn. Outfit for $1.65M
Records show that Empire Properties 10 LLC, based in Winchester, Tenn., purchased the 69-acre site from Chris Pater LLC on Oct. 20. The park markets itself as a “family-owned campground offering fun activities for all ages” according to its Facebook page, and provides outdoor recreation such as swimming, camping, fishing,...
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October 24, 2022
The North Face To Open 70-Plus Stores In North America
The North Face plans to open more than 70 stores in North America and up to 300 additional retail and partner locations globally over the next five years. The North Face also said it plans to continue transforming existing sites to ensure consistent store formats for consumers who shop brick-and-mortar....
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October 22, 2022
RoverPass announces ‘Flag a Camper’ feature to correct bad camper behavior
RoverPass, an online campsite-booking platform, has just launched the “Flag a Camper” feature. This feature allows RV park owners to flag campers that have broken the rules, created issues, and been generally unruly. RV Travel
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October 22, 2022
Love RV travel but hate driving one? RV delivery is growing
One of the biggest RV delivery operators is RVshare, a company that operates like Airbnb for RVs. And although not all RVs offered there are deliverable, RVshare said that almost 40% of its RV rentals have been delivered in 2022, up from 27% in 2021 and 16% in 2020. LA...
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October 21, 2022
Lippert Announces Opening of New Plant
Lippert announced the grand opening of what it calls Plant 156 in Mansfield, Texas. The company said this is the first facility Lippert has opened in more than 20 years that is solely dedicated to supplying chassis to the manufactured housing (MH) industry. RV Pro
