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The RV market may be picking up speed again

Jun 20, 2024
Recreational vehicle sales cratered in 2023 after a pandemic boost. Shipments are on track to be up 10% this year compared to last.
Shipments of recreational vehicles are on track to be up 10% this year compared to last. Above, an RV show in February 2023.
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Why older, single women are buying camper vans

Apr 26, 2021
Ilsa Chapple of Cascade Campers says many customers come in when "they're on their own for the first time in a long time."
A Cascade Campers van in Death Valley, California. Ilsa Chapple transforms cargo vans into camper vans, enabling owners to live on the road.
Courtesy Ilsa Chapple

The "van life" movement reaches businesses

Aug 29, 2019
Ford looked into why sales of its Transit van were higher among small businesses and found mobile storefronts replacing brick and mortar.
Pewabic Pottery, in Detroit, MI, modified a van to create a traveling exhibition space with portable ceramic firing kilns.
Ford

Dream big, live small: Why “van lifers” are trading four walls for four wheels

Jul 22, 2019
A group of millennials is turning to the open road as an alternative to a 9-to-5 job and a mortgage.
Travis Wild eats breakfast with his dog, Ayla.
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