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| Winnebago Industries is Top-Selling Motor Home Manufacturer for Ninth ... - StreetInsider.com Posted: 10 Feb 2010 01:14 PM PST Message from fivefilters.org: If you can, please donate to the full-text RSS service so we can continue developing it. FOREST CITY, Iowa--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Winnebago Industries, Inc. (NYSE: WGO), has been recognized for the ninth consecutive year as the nation's top-selling motor home manufacturer according to Statistical Surveys, Inc., a retail reporting service in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Winnebago Industries' dealers retailed more Class A and Class C motor homes combined than any other manufacturer's dealer group in calendar 2009, achieving 19.2 percent market share versus 18.3 percent market share for calendar 2008. "Achieving the top-selling position again is a tribute to the teamwork of our dealer partners and our employees," said Winnebago Industries Vice President of Sales and Marketing Roger Martin. "Once again our dealers have shown that when our company gives them the right product and the right support, they can accomplish anything. We were extremely pleased with our market share performance in calendar 2009, particularly in the Class A diesel motor home market segment, due in part to the success of our new 2010 lineup. Winnebago Industries had the largest Class A diesel market share gain in the industry with 11.3 percent of this market segment in 2009 versus 8.1 percent in calendar 2008; an amazing gain of nearly 40 percent for the year." Winnebago Industries also led the Class A Gas market segment and the Class C market segment, both with 22.9 percent market share in calendar 2009. Winnebago Industries' ERA was also the top-selling Class B motor home model in calendar 2009 with 17.9 percent market share. "We believe RV consumers are drawn to quality, well-established brands, particularly during the challenging economic conditions we faced in 2009," said Martin. "At a time when too many dealers and consumers are left out in the cold without the support of their manufacturer, we will continue to work diligently to distinguish our products from the competition through stringent quality, innovative product design and unmatched service after the sale. Through these efforts, Winnebago Industries has also been recognized as a Quality Circle Award recipient by the Recreation Vehicle Dealers' Association for each of the last 14 years." About Winnebago Industries Winnebago Industries, Inc. is the nation's top-selling manufacturer of motor homes which are self-contained recreation vehicles used primarily in leisure travel and outdoor recreation activities. The Company builds quality motor homes under the Winnebago, Itasca and ERA brand names with state-of-the-art computer-aided design and manufacturing systems on automotive-styled assembly lines. The Company's common stock is listed on the New York and Chicago Stock Exchanges and traded under the symbol WGO. Options for the Company's common stock are traded on the Chicago Board Options Exchange. For access to Winnebago Industries' investor relations material or to add your name to an automatic email list for Company news releases, visit, http://www.winnebagoind.com/investor.html. Photos/Multimedia Gallery Available: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/mmg.cgi?eid=6175506&lang=en
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| A gold medal just for finding a way to Games - Times Colonist Posted: 10 Feb 2010 11:26 AM PST Message from fivefilters.org: If you can, please donate to the full-text RSS service so we can continue developing it. It seemed so simple at the time. My cousin Chandra Crawford, a cross-country skier who won gold at the 2006 Winter Games in Italy, and her sister Rosanna would both be competing for Team Canada at the Vancouver Olympics. I'd go, for sure. The Games were going to be a pond-hop away. In retrospect, I should have understood about setting goals and achieving personal bests. Climbing a mountain peak in the Andes might have been more realistic than getting to Whistler Olympic Park by Chandra's race at 10:30 a.m. on Feb. 17. The niggling feeling things might not be so easy started with the lottery. Tickets for the supposedly "non-high-demand" sport of cross country flew off the radar like Eddie the Eagle and none landed near me. OK, I thought, I'll go anyway, see all the relatives and maybe find a friendly scalper at the last minute. Thus began an epic Olympic journey, one that will end with the thrill of the podium and the warmth of the flame, or leave me crying into my red mittens. First, I thought I would just catch one of those early ferries to get up to Whistler the day of the race, but none leave early enough. That meant finding somewhere to stay overnight. Well good luck with that, unless I remortgaged the house. A nice hotel room in Vancouver was going for $700 a night and a not-so-nice one for $100 (the hitch was a 29-night minimum stay). The breakfast at those B&Bs I checked must have been gourmet for $400, but I usually just have a banana. A studio room in Whistler seemed a bit extravagant at $499. So what about camping? Sure enough, the thoughtful Vanoc people have opened a couple of areas (without hookups) for campers or motor homes for $95 a night. I don't have an RV, although my truck's seats recline. An option was renting an RV for $150 a night, but then there was the camping fee, gas, $100 each way on the ferry -- and I'd still have to find a bus, because there's no parking anywhere. Bug-eyed from hour upon fruitless hour staring at my computer screen, I spotted a room sale on the Norwegian Star cruise ship. Two people for two nights at about $1,000, including three meals a day and entertainment (would they pack a bag lunch for Whistler?). Luckily, I didn't go for that scheme, which sank like the Titanic. A colleague suggested trying outlying towns, so I checked out accommodation in Squamish. Lo and behold, the August Jack Motor Inn had a room available, for just over $100. Fingers trembling at 2 a.m., I filled in the form, including my credit card number. It bounced back something like "due to the high demand ... your reservation has not been confirmed." No news the next day, either. Great. I wondered what they were using my credit card for. But the August Jack came through, hallelujah, at a slightly pumped up $175. I was on my way, along with my daughter and grandson. To top it off, my cousin Glen, who is Chandra and Rosanna's dad, e-mailed to say he'd found us tickets. I could feel the Olympic fever starting to burn. Guess I should have taken an Aspirin, or probably a Valium. Doing some advance checking on bus routes and schedules, I discovered maybe the motel in Squamish wasn't such a hot deal, after all. It turns out the Olympic shuttle doesn't stop in Squamish, a mere half hour's drive from Whistler Olympic Park, and B.C. Transit doesn't go to the Games venue. The only bus going from Squamish to the park is for residents only; motel guests don't count. It's like being in sight of the summit and realizing you're out of oxygen. The only way to get from Squamish to Whistler Olympic Park is to take one B.C. Transit bus from the motel to the main hub in Squamish, catch another one to Whistler and then attempt to ride to the Olympic park on a Vanoc bus, with no guarantee of seats for ticketholders. The trip will take an estimated 90 minutes, without allowing for lineups. But we Canadians are a resilient lot and I Believe. I Can Feel It. I'll Own the Podium and Go for Gold. I will triumph over the Olympic transportation system. On the other hand -- given how much it's all going to cost -- perhaps I should have just watched the Games from an all-inclusive resort in Mexico. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
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