Tag: MRAA Member News

Strengthen Your Service Department

Service Managers face tremendous challenges every day.  They confront workforce shortages, wavering efficiency and concerning proficiency numbers, increasing repair event cycle times, teamwork issues, quality control problems, lowering customer satisfaction scores and so much more. And to make it even more painful, there just hasn’t been a true training pathway to help them to overcome […]

Avalon Pontoons Joins MRAA as a Platinum Partner

MINNEAPOLIS — The Marine Retailers Association of the Americas announces that Avalon Pontoons has joined the MRAA as a Platinum Partner Member.   Through Platinum Partner Membership, Avalon Pontoons supports the MRAA, its programs and the opportunities the association provides the dealer body to fuel the industry’s success. Commitments from Platinum Partners like Avalon allow […]

Savannah Boat Works Commits to Supporting MRAA Through Platinum Partnership

MINNEAPOLIS — The Marine Retailers Association of the Americas announces that Savannah Boat Works has joined the MRAA at the Platinum Partner Membership level.   Through Platinum Partner Membership, Savannah Boat Works supports the MRAA, its programs and the opportunities the association provides the dealer body in an effort to fuel the success of the […]

Native Rank Joins the MRAA as a Partner Member

MINNEAPOLIS — The Marine Retailers Association of the Americas (MRAA) announces the addition of Native Rank as a new Partner Member. Marine manufacturers, suppliers and service providers, through Partner Membership, commit to aligning their brands with the programs and opportunities that MRAA offers in its efforts to fuel the success of the marine industry. Support […]

22 Dealers Named Great Dealerships to Work For

• Marine Industry Awards Honor Dealers at MRAA’s Dealer Week MINNEAPOLIS, Thursday, Dec. 7 – The Marine Retailers Association of the Americas (MRAA) has named this year’s marine industry Great Dealerships to Work For. The dealerships were honored on Wednesday, Dec. 6, at Dealer Week 2023, the association’s annual conference and expo, in Tampa, Fla. […]

Lightspeed Announces Marine Dealer RECT Excellence Award Winners

• Award recipients honored for timely and exemplary customer service during MRAA Dealer Week Conference and Expo. TAMPA, FLA.  – December 5, 2023 – Lightspeed, a leader in dealer management solutions for the marine industry, announced its Marine Dealership RECT (Repair Event Cycle Time) Excellence Award winners during the Marine Retailers Association’s (MRAA) 2023 Dealer Week […]

Dealership Tip: Boat Storage Drop-off Lot

• Minnesota dealership creates a boat drop-off lot for its storage and winterization customers No one would fault a boat dealer if they chose to maintain the status quo during the seasonal shift from summer to fall, where demand for their Service Department’s time is at its maximum. Demand for storage and winterizing customers’ vessels […]