Features
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Editors Pick: Pine Crest Marine
Every dealership faces unique challenges, in addition to the challenges prevalent throughout the marine industry as a whole. One challenge…
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Editors Pick: Gordy’s Lakefront Marine
Strolling along the Lake Geneva shore on a lazy Saturday evening this August, those passing by may have been confused…
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Editors Pick: George’s Marine & Sports
Not every boat dealership can be on the water. But George’s Marine & Sports is … sort of. When President…
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Editors Pick: Islamorada Boat Center
Record-breaking sales are nothing new for Islamorada Boat Center. Founded by Brian Lesko back in 1996, the Florida Keys-based dealership…
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Best Practices
Boating Industry magazine highlights the best practices found in a sampling of the strategies and initiatives measured in the Top…
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Top 100 Profile: Prince William Marina, No. 5
It may seem difficult to effectively train employees, reach out to new and seasoned marine customers and sell boats, but…
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Top 100 Profile: Crystal-Pierz Marine, No. 4
For a business that bills itself as the largest volume dealer of Glastron, Lund, Bennington, and Crestliner boats in the…
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Top 100 Profile: Surfside 3 Marina, Inc., No. 3
It’s a simple calculation. The more customers you serve, the harder it is to satisfy them. As the largest retailer…
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Top 100 Profile: Skipper Bud’s, No. 2
In its Top 100 application, Skipper Bud’s President Dennis Ellerbrock candidly admitted: “We do not like the term chain. We…
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Top 100 Profiles: MarineMax, No. 1
MarineMax prides itself in delivering boating. Not boats. Boating. There’s a big difference: big enough that a public company of…
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