Great Reasons to get Excited
September 19, 2018
October means IBEX. And IBEX means innovation. Those two phrases probably wouldn’t make sense to most people unless you’d helped judge the NMMA’s Innovation Awards
October means IBEX. And IBEX means innovation. Those two phrases probably wouldn’t make sense to most people unless you’d helped judge the NMMA’s Innovation Awards
One of the takeaways from the recent STEP conference in Chicago is that two-step distributors will always face challenges, but most are smart enough to adapt to the road ahead.
The boating industry, like the rest of the business world, has been playing what seems like an accelerating game of Pac-Man over the last three years.
The tariffs from the Trump Administration are making boat and equipment manufacturers jittery during what should be another strong year for the industry.
The takeaway from the American Boating Congress, my first official appearance as editor of Soundings Trade Only, is that we’re facing some of the most urgent challenges our industry has seen.
I entered the industry through a side door — with a fishing pole in hand.
The marine industry continues to struggle with finding qualified technicians. Older techs are retiring, and it’s been an ongoing challenge to find and train younger workers.
Less than a week before the Miami boat shows, I found myself pulling on a survival suit and jumping off the open transom of a boat and into 36-degree ocean water.
I wrote a column several years ago about a successful self-made businessman named Samuel Zemurray, known as “Sam the Banana Man.”
As we put another year in our wake and study the horizon, conditions look favorable for making continued headway. Our annual forecast starts on Page 14 and contains prognostications for the year ahead from 25 industry leaders.
October means IBEX. And IBEX means innovation. Those two phrases probably wouldn’t make sense to most people unless you’d helped judge the NMMA’s Innovation Awards
One of the takeaways from the recent STEP conference in Chicago is that two-step distributors will always face challenges, but most are smart enough to adapt to the road ahead.
The boating industry, like the rest of the business world, has been playing what seems like an accelerating game of Pac-Man over the last three years.
The tariffs from the Trump Administration are making boat and equipment manufacturers jittery during what should be another strong year for the industry.
The takeaway from the American Boating Congress, my first official appearance as editor of Soundings Trade Only, is that we’re facing some of the most urgent challenges our industry has seen.
I entered the industry through a side door — with a fishing pole in hand.
The marine industry continues to struggle with finding qualified technicians. Older techs are retiring, and it’s been an ongoing challenge to find and train younger workers.
Less than a week before the Miami boat shows, I found myself pulling on a survival suit and jumping off the open transom of a boat and into 36-degree ocean water.
I wrote a column several years ago about a successful self-made businessman named Samuel Zemurray, known as “Sam the Banana Man.”
As we put another year in our wake and study the horizon, conditions look favorable for making continued headway. Our annual forecast starts on Page 14 and contains prognostications for the year ahead from 25 industry leaders.
