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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 Grounds…
DEALERtodealer: Employee Turnover: A Huge Post-Pandemic Reality
Greg German, President, German-Bliss Equipment, Inc., Princeville, Illinois 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…
Competition Between Dealers: Are There Any Lines That Can’t Be Crossed?
Lance Formwalt, leader of the Equipment Dealer Group at Seigfreid Bingham, P.C. Although our work through the dealer association typically involves issues that impact the industry as a whole, I frequently get reminded that dealers…
Dealer Spotlight: Lawn, Powersports Dealer Finds Balance In ‘Bama
Dan Shell, Senior Editor, Power Equipment Trade 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…
Market Grows Rapidly: Demand Adds 5 Million Units To U.S. Power Equipment Shipments In 2020
Jessica Johnson, Managing Editor, Power Equipment Trade 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…
Reacting, Adapting To Extreme Weather Around The Country
Dan Shell, Patrick Dunning and Jessica Johnson contributed to this report, which originally appeared in the Power Equipment Trade October 2020 issue. Dealers in Iowa are still trying to recover from the epic and rare…