Overall marine lending volume rose incrementally and an uptick on loans for new boats have been reported by NMBA members in a survey on their activity for the 2012 second quarter ended June 30. The spring report also marks the first reading in the past 18 months where all respondents said boat lending was the […]

The Massachusetts Marine Trades Association applauds Governor Deval Patrick and the Legislature for the inclusion in the final version of the FY2013 state budget of a practical, business-friendly provision that allows the use of one license plate on any trailer owned by a boat builder or repairer transporting vessels on public ways. Introduced during the […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last month, the Marine Retailers Association of the Americas was the first group to announce it would co-host the American Boating Congress with the National Marine Manufacturers Association, and today seven additional leading industry groups were announced as co-hosts of ABC, joining the rallying-cry to strengthen the industry’s collective advocacy impact following […]

MIAMI – As part of the GE Capital & NMMA Industry Leadership Conference, Grow Boating’s Carl Blackwell discussed recent and future additions to Discover Boating’s online boating awareness campaign Welcome to the Water. In 2012, Discover Boating will work to… Read more.

Campaign continues to achieve high levels of brand awareness and advertising effectiveness ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A new study released by the Recreational Boating & Fishing Foundation (RBFF) reveals that RBFF’s Take Me Fishing™ brand and Take Me Fishing advertising continues to achieve high levels of awareness, and that the campaign is positively affecting decisions to […]

RBC Capital Markets, an equity research firm, released an earnings preview this morning, with information on recreational industries public companies Brunswick Corp., Harley-Davidson and Polaris Industries. Download the report here.

Info-Link has released its monthly bellwether report for December, and it shows until sales held steady at about 5-percent growth on a rolling 12-month average. Take a look at the graph.

Most lenders expect 1Q2012 to be same or better than same period last year The National Marine Bankers Association introduced a brief quarterly members’ survey in 2011 to gauge changes in the lending environment and identify trends that could be used for business planning. Forty-two percent of the NMBA lender members (loan originators/brokers/ financial service firms, […]