RV towable sales slowing?
Dealer Poll: New Towable Inventories Too High Print Print December 29, 2018 by RVBusiness Leave a Comment Editor’s Note: The following report by Recreation Vehicle Dealers Association (RVDA) D...
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DutchmenSport wrote:
Baby Boomer generation dying off pretty fast now. Those that still remain have already made their purchases and currently living their final dream. Sales will continue to decline. The only other group passionate about buying RV's was the minimalist, Tiny House, live off the grid folks, who have now become disillusioned with the whole concept. It wasn't what they thought it would be. The "fad" is now over. Sales declining. Another era is ending. Something will follow, just wait. It always does.
The Baby Boom generation spans 1946 thru 1964 by most measures. Being born in 1953 I am near the beginning.
But those born in 1964 are only 54... TEN YEARS away from formal retirement.
Therefore the idea that the Baby Boomers are dying off is just misleading. There are still millions out there to get into their 2nd 3rd or 4th RV of their lives.
The "Tiny House" or lifestyle reduction movement is stil strong and growing. It is driven by generational factors and most of those folks are not living off the grid.
In fact the RV industry press continues to write articles as do the mainstream press about those who are "downsizing" from the large behemoth Class A's to smaller class B's and C's and TT's.
I agree with the industry folks on this that the Main reason for the lagging sales is that the industry overbuilt larger units that are now slower moving because the hot sellers are now smaller units.
In other words the manufacturers didn't respond to the market soon enough.
