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February 1, 2023
nuCamp’s Barefoot Officially Rolls Out to North American Market
In 2019, nuCamp announced a partnership with the British-based Barefoot Caravans. This agreement granted nuCamp exclusive rights to manufacture and sell the Barefoot in North America. At the beginning of 2020 the company began the work to “Americanize” the UK version, a process that took two years due to COVID...
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February 1, 2023
REI Trims 8% of Headquarters Staff
REI Co-op laid off about 8% of its headquarters staff in a move President and CEO Eric Artz said addresses “increasing uncertainty.” The cuts total 167 employees, which make up less than 1% of the overall company headcount. The Daily Outdoor Retailer
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February 1, 2023
Bish’s RV Acquires Stewart’s RV in American Fork, Utah
Bish’s RV has acquired Stewart’s RV in American Fork, Utah, according to an announcement by Performance Brokerage Services, which advised on the transaction. RV Business
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January 31, 2023
Venture RV Partners with Xtreme Outdoors
Venture Recreational Vehicles, a division of KZ RVs, has a new partnership with Xtreme Outdoors Boat & RV. Venture RV models will now be available at Xtreme Outdoors Boat & RV’s location in Checotah, Oklahoma. RV-Pro
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January 31, 2023
How Much Do Professional Mountain Bikers Get Paid? – Pinkbike’s State of the Sport Survey
In some major sports such as soccer, Formula One, or even road cycling, athletes' salaries are common knowledge and published annually. In mountain biking, athletes’ salaries are often shrouded in mystery. How much a rider gets paid can be an elusive number that is hard to decipher as a ‘salary’...
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January 31, 2023
RV Makers Enjoyed Pandemic Boom, But Would Settle For Pre-2020 Sales
Recreational-vehicle makers enjoyed a record decade of sales after the Great Recession, with the industry’s unprecedented boom times coinciding with an expansion of Americans in upscale demographics, a period of relatively inexpensive gasoline, and one that saw massive retirements by the leading edge of the baby boom, as well as...
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January 31, 2023
How Do Full-Time RVers Get Mail or Pay Taxes? ‘You Can’t Just Fly by the Seat of Your Pants.’
After Covid-19 decimated the hotel industry and caused closures throughout the nation, Wendy Heineke, 55, found herself at a crossroads. With 35 years of experience, she resigned from her position as a senior vice president at a hotel real-estate investment trust, sold her house in Maryland and hit the road...
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January 31, 2023
Ugandan activist’s family awarded $10.5M for Arches National Park death
The United States will pay family members of a Ugandan human rights activist killed in an accident at Arches National Park more than $10 million in damages, a federal judge ruled Monday. Colorado Sun
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January 30, 2023
Polar Starts to License Their Sports & Fitness Algorithms
Polar has launched a website aimed at selling their sports/fitness/physiological algorithms to other companies. With this new venture, they aim to make it possible for other sport/fitness/etc. companies to leverage Polar’s algorithms. This could be used in areas such as sleep, activity tracking, training load, recovery, and more. In other words,...
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January 30, 2023
2023 RV Women’s Alliance Partnerships Available
The RV Women’s Alliance said it will continue to deliver impactful programs and events that further its mission to make the RV industry a place where women thrive by elevating, educating and promoting women in the RV industry. And it reminds supporters that everything it accomplishes is thanks to the...
