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Discover Boating is looking for new running footage of several different boat types which will be used in Discover Boating creative and media b-roll. With NMMA member help, Discover Boating will be updating its video assets to promote the variety of new boat types available to consumers.The process to submit footage is easy: Submit your footage here by simply dragging and dropping ...

Boating Industry‘s annual ELEVATE SUMMIT officially kicks off later this month, taking place Nov. 14-16 at the Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando, Fla. Despite being just a few weeks away, there’s still time to register for this can’t-miss marine industry leadership event at www.BoatingIndustryElevate.com. “This year’s ELEVATE SUMMIT features a power-packed lineup specifically geared toward leaders from all segments of ...

Garmin Ltd. (NYSE: GRMN), announced results for the first quarter ended March 26, 2022. Highlights for first quarter 2022 include:• Record consolidated revenue of $1.17 billion, a 9% increase over the prior year quarter with threesegments posting double digit growth• Gross and operating margins were 56.5% and 19.5%, respectively• Operating income of $229 million, an 8% decrease compared to the ...

Barletta Pontoon Boats, located in Bristol, Ind., announced another investment into its future with the addition of a dedicated space for product research and development. Recently, Barletta announced the addition of Josiah Druckenmiller, formerly of Bennington Marine, as their new director of design & development. With current facilities being fully consumed by production, the company says the new space will ...

Most of today’s boat buyers are savvy and educated. They usually do earlier research on the boat they want to buy. Sometimes this exercise makes them more knowledgeable about the product than someone on the dealership floor. As an OEM, you can only take the customer so far in the buying journey before they get handed off to a local ...

I was fortunate to visit Premier Marine, Inc. last week to interview team members– huge benefit to having our offices just south of Premier’s corporate offices – for an upcoming article in the June/July issue. While I was there, I was given the opportunity to experience a plant tour. We went from building to building to see the entire process ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – William F. Miller & Associates announced Hill Lenderman as the marine manufacturers’ representative agency’s newly appointed president. As part of the agency’s succession strategy, Lenderman will be leading the experienced sales team in conjunction with the current Board of Directors. A University of Mississippi graduate, Lenderman has been employed by the agency since 1997. His previous sales ...

The dealer-manufacturer relationship is a little like marriage. None of us know the exact formula for lasting love, but there are some things all successful marriages have in common.