NMMA recognizes 44 companies for CSI excellence - 08/31/2010 Award recipients will be acknowledged during the annual Industry Breakfast at the 2010 International BoatBuilders’ Exhibition and Conference
KCS International to host grand opening for new showroom - 08/31/2010 KCS International Inc., the parent company of Cruisers Yachts and Rampage Sport Fishing Yachts, will host a ribbon cutting ceremony on Sept. 13 to celebrate the launch of a its new showroom.
BoatU.S., ValvTect renew cooperative agreement - 08/31/2010 BoatU.S. and ValvTect Marine Fuels have renewed a cooperative agreement that identifies BoatU.S. Cooperating Marinas that are also Certified ValvTect Marinas.
Boat sales again mixed in July - 08/27/2010 After mixed sales results in June, results in July were again split for the boat segments tracked by Info-Link Technologies Inc.’s Bellwether Report.
Take our lead management survey - 08/27/2010 Boating Industry is currently conducting a nationwide survey of marine dealers on the subject of lead management.
In July, we profiled four marine businesses that exemplify the qualities required of today’s business world. These companies are different than they were just 18 months ago. They are boat dealers who have had record performance during the worst recession the boating market has ever known. They are boat builders who calculated correctly and avoided prolonged shutdowns, even as industry-wide inventory levels reached catastrophic proportions. They are suppliers who innovated their way through The Great Recession and came out the other side leading the way.
In addition, the July issue features your Web questions answered by experts, an article on the Fed trying to ease the credit crunch and an online exclusive on the making of Singleton Marine Group's "A-Team."
You can view the contents of the entire issue by clicking here.
Web Exclusives
Change or Perish - 06/15/2010
How have businesses changed to reflect a wholly different retail marketplace? We asked that question of 17 companies that represent diverse business sectors, from the dealer to the manufacturer to the dealer service provider.
Event Marketing: A three-step system for success - 05/28/2010
This Web Exclusive is an unabridged version of the June issue article "The event formula," which guides the reader through a proven process for producing successful dealership events.
First-hand reports from dealers across North America - 05/28/2010
This Web Exclusive provides those dealer reports on alternative profit centers, inventory, challenges & opportunities and market outlook — plus bonus interviews with Paul Nickel, president, Pride Marine Group, Bracebridge, Ontario, Canada, and John Vallely, Jr., general manager, Vallely Sport & Marine, Bismark, N.D. — that were not included in the June issue cover story, "Is this a recovery?"
Extending your reach - 04/08/2010
The traditional approach to advertising a job opening is to purchase a classified ad in a local newspaper, but that's not the only way ...
