Dennis "Denny" Brizendine is cutting into his big-box competition by offering a no-nonsense approach to selling and servicing saws and outdoor power equipment at the shop he's owned for 25 years in downtown Kalamazoo.

Cub Cadet celebrated 50 years of success at their National Dealer Meeting in Orlando, Florida recently, and the celebration included special recognition of those dealers that have carried Cub Cadet equipment since the day the first tractor hit the market in 1961.

Fire officials are investigating after a fire destroyed Mount Outdoor Power Equipment in Salem, Ind., Sunday.

Ideal Computer Systems, which provides business mReal-Time Twitter Updates Provided by RLD from GIE+Expo management software for outdoor power equipment dealers, has once again been invited by Bob Clements Intl. to be the official software provider for the High-Performance Service Department pavilion at this year’s GIE+EXPO.

Sheffield Financial, a division of BB&T Financial, FSB, which is a subsidiary of BB&T Corporation (NYSE: BBT), has signed a five-year installment financing contract with Polaris Industries, Inc. effective April 1, 2011.

STIHL Inc. celebrated a milestone in its history as the 40 millionth powerhead manufactured in the U.S. rolled off the line.

A Tractor Supply Co. store will begin moving into a vacant building on Oct. 12 and the owners are determined to be up and running by the holiday season, newspaper reports.

Ideal Computer Systems, which provides business management software for outdoor power equipment dealers, has once again been invited by Bob Clements Intl. to be the official software provider for the High-Performance Service Department pavilion at this year’s GIE+EXPO.

Todd Teske was elected chairman of Briggs & Stratton Corp. on Aug. 11, and he will become chairman at the conclusion of the company's annual meeting in October and will remain president and CEO.

Briggs & Strattons' fourth-quarter fiscal 2010 reported consolidated net sales of $615.6 million, an increase of $132.9 million or 27.5% from the fourth quarter of fiscal 2009.