Stag-Parkway, Inc. Celebrates 40th Anniversary
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(Wednesday, December
12, 2007) – January 2008 marks the 40th anniversary of Stag-Parkway, the leader
in aftermarket RV parts and accessories with 12 distribution centers across North
America.
Stag-Parkway, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia was founded by
Ted and Ann Kaplan in partnership with George and Shirley Kaufman in 1968, STAG
is an acronym for Shirley, Ted, Ann and George.
An outgrowth of the Kaufman's distribution company, in 1973 the
Kaplan’s bought the Kaufman's interest in STAG Trailer Supply. In 1989 the company
acquired Parkway Distributors, a division of Holiday Rambler Corporation, and officially
became known by the name we know today Stag-Parkway, Inc. In 2006 Stag-Parkway
acquired DTI RV Parts and Appliances, the leading provider of aftermarket service
parts, allowing Stag-Parkway to provide a full complement of aftermarket products
and services to RV dealerships nationwide. In addition, Stag-Parkway provides
marketing, merchandising and distribution solutions for manufacturers of aftermarket
products for the RV industry.
The 40th anniversary celebration kicks off January 15-17 at the
Stag-Parkway 2008 Business Solutions Trade Show, held at the Hilton Riverside and
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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2008 Business Solutions Trade Show
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(Monday, January 21, 2008) – Stag-Parkway presented the 2008 Business Solutions Trade Show, January 15th-17th, held at the Hilton Riverside and Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana.
The event kicked off with Stag-Parkway RV University™ featuring business development seminars by suppliers and professional speakers, including notable presenters like Dr. Joseph Michelli, author of the best selling book, The Starbucks Experience. The highly successful RVU event featured information relating to various aspects of a dealership including parts, service, merchandising, marketing, technology and much more.
During the opening session President Stan Sunshine and Executive Vice President Mike McKay commented on the current market conditions. They addressed, in a no nonsense fashion, methods for dealerships to capitalize on these times by utilizing training, inventory control, differentiation, merchandising and marketing. The opening session concluded with the highly anticipated announcement of the 2009 show location and dates - the Paris Hotel and Casino in exciting Las Vegas, Nevada January 20th – 22nd.
January 16th kicked off the beginning of two expo days. The show floor featured a record number of over 180 suppliers to the RV industry. In addition, Stag-Parkway showcased a number of business solutions that are available to dealerships throughout 2008.
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Stag-Parkway and Partners Participate
in
Habitat for Humanity Project
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(January 18th, 2008) – Following the 2008 Stag-Parkway Business Solutions Trade
Show in New Orleans, members of the Stag-Parkway team, supplier and dealer partners
joined together to participate in the Stag Cares program in conjunction with Habitat
for Humanity of New Orleans. The volunteers worked to construct a home in
The Musicians’ Village area of New Orleans’ Upper Ninth Ward.
Upon completion, the home will be presented to Schiniece Hinton, mother of two and
resident of the Upper Ninth Ward for over 33 years. She stated, “I’m glad
to be a homeowner in this program. It is very important for me to be a homeowner
for my kids and I would be the first in my family to become a homeowner. Hurricane
Katrina affected me in so many different ways. I lost everything, my kids
lost everything – but we still have each other and
that is all we need.”
According to Habitat for Humanity, The Musicians’ Village project was conceived
by Branford Marsalis and Harry Connick, Jr. and consists of homes constructed by
Habitat for Humanity in partnership with displaced New Orleans musicians and other
qualifying homeowner families. Its centerpiece will be the Ellis Marsalis
Center for Music, dedicated to music education and development of homeowners and
others who will live nearby, and named for the patriarch of the Marsalis clan, modern
jazz pioneer and native New Orleanian. The Musicians’ Village project marked
the beginning of Habitat for Humanity’s rebuilding program in New Orleans’ Upper
Ninth Ward.
Founded in 1976 by Millard and Linda Fuller, Habitat for Humanity International
has built more than 225,000 houses around the world, providing more than 1 million
people in more than 3,000 communities with safe, decent, affordable shelter.
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