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Marketing Opportunities: Moving More Used Equipment

Learn strategies for increasing revenue from used equipment sales, including setting metrics, understanding demand and more.

By Lynn Marcinkowski Woolf posted on April 23, 2016 | Posted in Best Practices

The rural equipment market, both new and used, is not showing signs of the downturn being experienced now for production agriculture dealers. For instance, values for used tractors in the 100 horsepower or less range have been trending up in recent years, compared with an overall downward trend for used farm equipment, according to Machinery Pete’s Fourth Quarter 2015 Used Values Index.

Season-to-Season

Matching Customers with the Right Product All Year Long

Power Centers of Madison shares best practices for working through the seasonality of the outdoor power equipment market in the ‘Season-to-Season’ series.

By Kim Schmidt posted on April 23, 2016 | Posted in Best Practices

Duane Nolden and Ed Prochaska, owners of Power Centers of Madison, had been working together at another rural lifestyle dealership in the Madison, Wis., area for 15 years before they went into business on their own.

Stihl Dealer Days Event Kicks Off April 18

April 13, 2016 | Posted in Product Innovations

The promotional event runs through May 29. This spring, Stihl is also introducing its new RMA 410 battery-powered walk-behind mower, which will be available May 1.

Stihl Completes Multi-Million Dollar Facility Investment in Germany

March 18, 2016 | Posted in Manufacturer News

The total investment for the two new buildings is more than $99 million. Research there will focus on emission-free and quiet cordless and corded electric power tools.

Randy Lail Named President at Stihl Southeast

March 17, 2016 | Posted in Manufacturer News

Lail succeeds Bob Noble Jr., (affectionately known as JR) who passed away unexpectedly the morning of March 8.

Dealer View: Stevens Hardware Taking Advantage of Market Recovery

By Lynn Marcinkowski Woolf posted on February 9, 2016 | Posted in Dealer News

Charley Stevens of Stevens Hardware, Greenfield, Ohio, shares his views of opportunities in his area.

Check out the Winter 2016 Digital Edition

February 3, 2016 | Posted in Rural Lifestyle Market

The winter issue marks the magazine's 10th anniversary and includes new interactive features, multi-media content, “best of” retrospectives and more.

Path to Acquisition: How a Partner Became an Owner (Part 3)

By Lynn Marcinkowski Woolf posted on February 1, 2016 | Posted in Dealer News, Best Practices

In Part 3, Mikal Christopherson, vice president at TCF Commercial Banking, who helped finance Geoff Blanco’s acquisition of Rigg’s Outdoor Power Equipment, shares a lender’s view of a successful acquisition.

Stihl Names Mark Scavillo Vice President of Finance & Information Services

January 26, 2016 | Posted in Manufacturer News

Scavillo is assuming the vice president position from Bjoern Fischer, who took over as president on Jan. 1.

Path to Acquisition: How a Partner Became an Owner (Part 2)

By Lynn Marcinkowski Woolf posted on January 18, 2016 | Posted in Dealer News, Best Practices

In Part 2, Geoff Blanco shares more details about the challenges he faced in acquiring full ownership of Rigg’s Outdoor Power Equipment after being a partner for 12 years.

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Stihl Inc

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.