Bob Bense, of Superior Boat Repair & Sales, was the 100th individual to register for Dealer Week! With the help of his wife, Kathy, the couple compiled a list of 50 reasons why they continue to support the MRAA and, now, Dealer Week. We signed up for the Dealer Week because the MRAA team continues […]
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Acting DOI Secretary Applauds Trump’s Signing of Bipartisan Public Lands and Conservation Package
U.S. Department of the Interior Acting Secretary David Bernhardt applauded President Donald J. Trump for signing into law S.47, the John D. Dingell Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act (formerly known as the Natural Resources Management Act). The President signed the bill at an Oval Office signing ceremony surrounded by a bipartisan group of lawmakers. The bill was […]
Boats Group Commits to MRAA, Dealer Week at the Strategic Partner Level
Boats Group recently signed a three-year commitment and became the latest Strategic Partner of the Marine Retailers Association of the Americas and its newly reimagined Annual Conference and Expo, Dealer Week. The event is scheduled for Dec. 8-11 at the Tampa Bay Convention Center in Tampa, Fla. Celebrating its 43rd annual conference in 2019, MRAA […]
Bret Baier to Headline 2019 American Boating Congress
Heading to DC for ABC? This year’s headliner will be Bret Baier, FOX News chief political anchor and host of “Special Report with Bret Baier” – the top-rated cable news program in its timeslot and consistently one of the top five shows in cable news – will headline and facilitate a panel discussion at the […]
MarineMax, Inc. Commits Major Support to MRAA’s Dealer Week
Brett McGill, MarineMax President and CEO, says the event presents “incredible value” for the industry. MarineMax, Inc., the nation’s largest recreational boat and yacht retailer, has pledged its full support for Dealer Week, the Marine Retailers Association of the Americas’ Annual Conference & Expo, to be held Dec. 8-11, 2019, in Tampa, Fla. MarineMax has […]
Boating Caucus Unveils Industry Data on Capitol Hill
On Wednesday, February 27th, the Congressional Boating Caucus and representatives of the recreational boating industry presented the “Boating Industry Briefing: Jobs, Businesses, and the Economy”. It also served as the official release of new economic data from the National Marine Manufacturers Association, and that data indicates that the boating industry generated $170.3 billion in spending […]
Outdoor Recreation Industry Welcomes the 116th Congress, Celebrates Early Wins
The Outdoor Recreation Roundtable (ORR) hosted a reception for the 116th Congress and celebrated the monumental steps its members have already taken to grow the outdoor recreation economy and provide access to America’s great outdoors. The ORR, which MRAA is a founding member of, is America’s leading coalition of outdoor recreation trade associations and organizations […]
Good Thing I Knew What I Wanted…
Good thing I knew what I wanted… Because the sales person I worked with to get my new compact SUV didn’t know much about the product or the sales process. Here is my experience when buying a new vehicle recently. Be warned, this could be happening at your dealership. In the end of last year, […]
MRAA Surpasses 2018 BoatPAC Fundraising Goal
BoatPAC is the recreational boating industry’s political action committee. Since 2015, MRAA and NMMA have to support candidates running for Congress who will represent and protect the interests of the recreational boating industry on Capitol Hill. Last February, MRAA pledged to raise $20,000 from within the retail sector. In the 2018 calendar year, the MRAA […]
Dealer to Dealer: February 2019
Did you do something different at your boat show(s) this year? How did it turn out? We created a different layout from our normal. We brought more pleasure boats and less fishing boats. We also put are higher dollar boats out front and center. Not toward the back. This seem to get more traction than […]
