MINNEAPOLIS — The Marine Retailers Association of the Americas is accepting nominations and applications for its Young Leaders Advisory Council. The MRAA created YLAC as an advisory group to represent the needs and the thinking of the next generation of marine retailers and to provide additional insight and direction to the MRAA Board of Directors. […]

MINNEAPOLIS – The Marine Retailers Association of the Americas and Dominion Marine Media announced today that the Michigan Boating Industries Association has become the second state marine trade association to sign on to host a Norman-Spencer Marine Retail University event. The event, scheduled for December 5-6, 2012, will be held at the Kellogg Center in […]

BOCA GRANDE, Fla. – The Marine Retailers Association of the Americas announced today that, after 36 years of devoted service to the association and industry at large, Marge Eckenroad is retiring, effective April 30, 2012. Eckenroad began working on a part-time basis for the MRAA in 1976 and accepted an offer to join the association […]

BOCA GRANDE, Fla. – Dominion Marine Media, a leading marine industry marketing services company, has renewed its support of the Marine Retailers Association of the Americas as a Partner Member of the association. Dominion Marine Media has been a strong partner of the MRAA for a number of years, and most recently strengthened its relationship […]

BOCA GRANDE, Fla. – The Marine Retailers Association of the Americas announced today that it has partnered with Priority One Financial Services to create a new benefit for the MRAA Rewards Program. Priority One is the nation’s leading retail F&I outsource company for recreational dealers. As the endorsed F&I outsourcing provider of the MRAA, Priority […]

BOCA GRANDE, Fla. – The Marine Retailers Association of the Americas announced today that Bank of the West, located in San Francisco, Calif., has joined the association as a Platinum Partner, the highest level of support for the MRAA. With banking roots dating back more than 135 years, Bank of the West has been focused […]

BOCA GRANDE, Fla. – The Marine Retailers Association of the Americas announced today that Matt Gruhn has been named to the board of directors of the Association of Marine Technicians. Gruhn, president of MRAA, brings more than 15 years of industry experience to the AMTECH board, the majority of which was spent at the helm […]

BOCA GRANDE, Fla. – The Marine Retailers Association of the Americas and Dominion Marine Media announced today that the Boating Trades Association of Texas has become the first regional or state trade association to sign on to host a Norman-Spencer Marine Retail University event. The event, scheduled for October 21-22, 2012, will be held at […]

ORLANDO, Fla. — Global Marine Insurance Agency has signed on to be the Marine Dealer Conference & Expo’s Digital Sponsor for 2012. The company will provide every conference attendee with a pre-loaded flash drive containing PowerPoint presentations from every session of the conference. Following the event, Global Marine will also sponsor a Web page where […]

BOCA GRANDE, Fla. – The Marine Retailers Association of the Americas announced today that the MRAA Rewards Insurance Program, available through Norman-Spencer Marine Insurance Services and only to MRAA members, was rolled out nationwide on March 1. The MRAA Rewards coverage, which is part of Norman-Spencer’s AquaPac program, offers consumers broad, affordable insurance coverage that […]