RVBusiness, January-February 2017
More than 600 RV retailers and friends filled the ballroom at Ballys on the Las Vegas Strip during the 2016 RV Dealers International Convention Expo to honor North Americas 50 top RV dealers practices within their respective communities In his opening comments welcoming dealer personnel to the event Dicor Corp President Gregg Fore congratulated attendees for choosing to invest in the excellence of the business and partnerships theyve created Take it home and become better at what you do every day because everything can be better than what it is today And its up to each one of us to do that If we dont invest while we are all making money we never will And then it will be too late and we will wonder again why we didnt do the things we should have done Fore said Initially established in 2008 and rekindled three years ago by now Elkhart Ind based RVBusiness magazine the Top 50 program recognizes recipients selected by a panel of experts based upon comprehensive applications submitted by retailers first recommended by their manufacturer partners Weve noticed a marked increase in the quality of the applications and in the depth of the dealers programs in general noted B J Thompson whose Elkhart marketing communications agency BJ Thompson Associates administers the program Were seeing that dealers are stepping up their games working harder on service technician training programs developing and measuring customer satisfaction levels and becoming more active participants in their communities Nor are those communities limited to the continental United States While Canadian dealers have been eligible for the award since its inception their recognition among OEMs and the Top 50 judging panel has grown dramatically This years event highlighted eight Canadian retailers including one Fraserway RV Abbotsford British Columbia that earned Blue Ribbon recognition Sponsored by an array of RV industry firms Ally Financial Inc Cummins Power Generation Dicor Corp Dometic Corp Freightliner Custom Chassis Corp Lippert Components Inc LCI NTP STAG Protective Asset Protection and Wells Fargo CDF The Top 50 roster again included five exemplary Special Thanks to All of the 2016 Top 50 Sponsors J A N U A R Y F E B R U A R Y 2 0 1 7 RVBusiness 99
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