Rural Lifestyle Dealer’s Dealer Business Trends & Outlook survey asked dealers to share their top concerns for 2020. The main causes of concern include finding employees, the economy, margins, healthcare costs and marketing as well as box store and in-line competition.
A new presidential administration means changing policies. Ernie Goss of Creighton University shares his thoughts on what they might mean for your dealership.
From cashflow to ordering and managing inventory, intelligently forecasting equipment sales are critical for dealers’ financial planning. Unlike dealerships catering to production farming that can use commodity pricing as a signpost for industry trends, for those specializing in rural lifestyle markets economic indicators are not so clear cut.
This “Best Practices of Elite Dealerships: Volume 2” eGuide shares how award-winning dealerships are beating the competition — and how you can, too — and it’s FREE!
The Rural Mainstreet Index, which ranges between 0 and 100, with 50.0 representing growth neutral, increased to 53.2 in April from 50.1 in March and 48.4 in February.
An early spring across much of the U.S. has boosted outdoor power equipment sales, in some cases leaving dealerships and manufacturers such as Ariens Co. scrambling to keep up.
Agricultural communities play a vital role in feeding the global population. For Toro, we are committed to supporting growers and organizations in their effort to apply more efficient and sustainable agricultural practices.
Alyn Brown of Level Up Development, who is also a technology contributor to Rural Lifestyle Dealer, highlights products that stood out to him at the 2019 GIE+Expo, including equipment from Mean Green, Ariens, Bad Boy and Ferris.
Yanmar was founded in 1912 and developed the world's first commercially viable small diesel engine in 1933. The diesel engine has continued as our core business ever since, our key tool in the rationalization and modernization of agriculture, fishing and industry.
Virginia Beach-based STIHL Inc., produces a full line of high-quality, handheld outdoor power equipment including blowers, trimmers, brushcutters, and multi-task tools, as well as the number one selling brand of chainsaws worldwide. STIHL Inc. manufactures over 260 model variations of handheld outdoor power equipment for sale in the U.S. and around the world.