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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
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October 21, 2022
Camplify to acquire German company PaulCamper
Australian RV rental company Camplify has reportedly entered an agreement to acquire Germany’s leading peer to peer RV rental marketplace PaulCamper. The deal will help Camplify continue its global expansion – it is already a rental market operator in countries including Australia, New Zealand, Spain, the UK, Netherlands, and Austria....
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October 20, 2022
Al’s Sporting Goods aquires all Bob Ward & Sons locations
Al’s Sporting Goods announced the acquisition of Bob Ward & Sons and will take over operations of all five of its locations in Missoula, Bozeman, Butte, Helena, and Hamilton. There are currently no plans to change the company name of Bob Ward & Sons, but they will integrate successful operations and...
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October 20, 2022
KOA: 2.1% Q3 Revenue Growth, Advance Bookings Up 4.5%
Kampgrounds of America Inc.’s (KOA) shares continued revenue growth in its Q3 Business Report, according to a company release. Comparing the same period in a record-setting 2021, revenue improved by 2.1% on a same-store basis. Looking ahead, advanced deposits on future business are up 4.5%. RV Business
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October 19, 2022
Cotopaxi Closes San Francisco Store After Repeated Break-Ins
Citing lawlessness and “chaos,” Cotopaxi CEO Davis Smith announced on his personal LinkedIn page yesterday that he has closed the company’s sole San Francisco retail location. “As of today, we are closing the store due to rampant organized theft and lack of safety for our team,” Smith wrote on October 18. “Our store is...