The Marine Retailers Association of America and Dominion Marine Media have partnered to create Marine Retail University, a series of one-day, regional, educational conferences designed to extend professional development opportunities to dealers across North America. Working through regional marine trades associations and other dealer groups, the MRAA and Dominion Marine Media will plan a handful […]
MRAA News
MDCE 2011 Gets Underway
Conference and expo breaks dealer attendance records. November 7, 2011 ORLANDO — For the fourth year in a row, the Marine Dealer Conference & Expo is growing. The event,which kicked off with a networking reception last night at the Gaylord Palms Resort in Orlando, not only offers a record-breaking 22 educational sessions and the largest […]
Dealer Alert: Oct. 24, 2011
DEALER ALERT The Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction has been charged with the task of $1.5 trillion in federal government budget cuts. The committee must provide Congress with its recommendations by Thanksgiving. With six of the twelve Members of the committee publicly advocating for increased tax revenues, MRAA has been very concerned that it […]
STO: IBEX 2011 — Video interview with MRAA’s Phil Keeter
Interview with Phil Keeter
MRAA members now save on inbound shipping
PartnerShip and the Marine Retailers Association of America are pleased and excited to offer increased savings on less-than-truckload (LTL) freight shipping to all MRAA members. PartnerShip, the freight management provider of MRAA, works with nationally known carriers every day to provide unparalleled customer service and significant savings on every shipment you send and receive. Since […]
STO: Q&A with Matt Gruhn, incoming MRAA president
Member Advisory: June 9, 2011
Membership Advisory MRAA JOINS BUSINESS COALITION TO KEEP POLITICS OUT OF FEDERAL CONTRACT AND GRANT PROCESS MRAA is an active member of a coalition of 156 organizations spearheaded by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce that is urging Congress to pass the “Keep Politics Out of the Federal Contracting Act of 2011.” Several letters have already […]
STO: MRAA names next president
BI: BI publisher named MRAA president
Gruhn named next MRAA President
The Marine Retailers Association of America named Matt Gruhn the next President of the organization. He will succeed Phil Keeter, who is retiring at the end of 2011. As Group Publisher overseeing Affinity Media’s trade group ¿ Boating Industry as well as Powersports Business magazines and their ancillary products ¿ Gruhn has been instrumental in […]
