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Dealership of the Year 2017 — Multi-Store Recipient

Ewald Kubota — Seguin, Texas

Multi-store Texas dealership focuses on keeping a personal touch with customers and employees as it grows.
By Kim Schmidt posted on November 11, 2017 | Posted in Best Practices
Next year, Ewald Kubota will celebrate 70 years in business. And while the dealership has experienced a number of changes and challenges in that time — manufacturer changes, the recession of the 1980s and now growth and expansion — owner John Ewald still manages and approaches the dealership like the family business it is. The dealership began as a single location Ford dealership in Seguin, Texas, and today is a 7-store Kubota dealership with locations throughout south-central Texas and one rental location.
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Season-to-Season

Power Centers of Madison: Gearing Up for Winter

Following a wet summer, Power Centers of Madison was still supporting mower customers as the team prepared for winter sales.
By Kim Schmidt posted on November 12, 2016 | Posted in Dealer News, Best Practices
As fall rolled around in southern Wisconsin, the grass was still growing following a wet summer. Power Centers of Madison still had selling and servicing mowers top of mind, but the process of getting snow removal equipment into the showroom and displayed outside was also well underway.
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Season-to-Season: Power Centers of Madison

By Kim Schmidt posted on November 9, 2016

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. At that dealership, Nolden was the general manager while Prochaska managed the shop. “We were pretty much running the business. The owner of the dealership was trying to sell it at the time, but things didn’t come together the way we wanted to buy the place,” Nolden says.


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Gravely Partners with Yamaha on Launch of First-Ever Yamaha V-Twin EFI Engines for OPE Industry

Gravely and Yamaha have partnered to offer the first-ever Yamaha V-Twin EFI engine for the OPE industry. The engines can be ordered now and will be available in Spring.
By Kim Schmidt posted on October 17, 2016 | Posted in Manufacturer News
Gravely and Yamaha have partnered to offer the first-ever Yamaha V-Twin EFI engine for the OPE industry. The engines can be ordered now and will be available in Spring.
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[Webinar] Digging Up Accurate Used Values

By Kim Schmidt posted on June 28, 2016 | Posted in Rural Lifestyle Market
There is no silver bullet when it comes to sourcing accurate used equipment values. During this webinar, Trent Hummel, a core trainer for the Western Equipment Dealers Assn. Dealer Institute, discusses how to review multiple sources and data fields in order to most accurately value used equipment. This FREE webinar is brought to you by the WEDA Dealer Institute. [To view any of our webinar replays, you must be logged in with a free user account.]
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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.
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Yanmar America is the North American headquarters of Yanmar Holdings. Ranked #1 in Product Quality for five years in a row by the Equipment Dealers Association, Yanmar provides innovative solutions for Rural Lifestyle and Industrial Equipment customers.


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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.

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