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GIE+EXPO RETURNS: October 20-22, 2021
Landscape professionals, dealers and manufacturers are excited to reconnect when GIE+EXPO 2021 returns in person to the Kentucky Exposition Center, October 20-22 in Louisville. Sponsored by the Outdoor Power Equipment Institute, Inc. (OPEI), Professional…
DEALERtodealer: Employee Turnover: A Huge Post-Pandemic Reality
You have all experienced it before. You are working away in your office, simply minding your own business when there is a knock at the door. In walks one of your dependable and proven staff and they ask the question, “Can we talk?”…
Competition Between Dealers: Are There Any Lines That Can’t Be Crossed?
Although our work through the dealer association typically involves issues that impact the industry as a whole, I frequently get reminded that dealers are also competitors focused on taking action for the purpose of improving their business prospects.
Dealer Spotlight: Lawn, Powersports Dealer Finds Balance In ‘Bama
GREENVILLE, Ala. – Operating Butler County’s longest continuously operated small engine sales and service center, partners Thomas Phelps and Ricky Whiddon are currently working through the winter as Greenville…
Market Grows Rapidly: Demand Adds 5 Million Units To U.S. Power Equipment Shipments In 2020
The Outdoor Power Equipment Institute (OPEI) has released its December forecast, showing record growth across the industry despite an ongoing pandemic and downward market pressures, and predicting continued positive activity into 2021…
Reacting, Adapting To Extreme Weather Around The Country
Dealers in Iowa are still trying to recover from the epic and rare “derecho” wind storm that hammered much of the state and Midwest on…