Boat dealer same-store sales increase slightly in August

Overall boat dealer same-store sales increased by a slight percentage in August.

That’s according to the latest report from CDK Global Recreation, which is based on data from users of the company’s Lightspeed software.

In July, same-store sales were up 8 percent. In August, sales only increased by 0.7 percent.

Parts and service were down a half-percent and 6.2 percent, respectively, while sales increased by 1.2 percent during the rolling 12-month period ending July 2018.