Search Results for: The Turnaround Project
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KTM
KTM continues turnaround effort with BMW veteran joining executive team
KTM AG announced that Christof Lischka, most recently vice president of development at BMW Motorrad, will join the company as…
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Accelerate Conference
Max Materne to share 90-day Dealership Turnaround Playbook at Accelerate 2026
At the 2026 Powersports Business Accelerate Conference, Materne will break down his journey in The Turnaround Project, a fast-paced breakout…
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Features
The Turn Around Project — Episode 5: Rebirth
The final chapter of 'The Turn Around Project' ends with Max Materne and his team successfully resuscitating his former dealership…
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Features
The Turn Around Project: Episode 4 — Rebuilding trust, finding our leader
In Episode 4 of the Turn Around Project, Max Materne listens to and addresses customers' concerns, and the dealership looks…
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News
The Turn Around Project: Episode 2 — What did I get us into?
In episode two of the Turn Around Project, Max Materne sets the metrics aside and focuses on the employees and…
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Accelerate Conference
Accelerate Orlando delivers clarity, discipline and hard truths for 2026
From macroeconomic outlooks to dealership turnarounds, leadership development and AI‑driven tools, Accelerate showed the operational and cultural forces shaping powersports.
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Dealers
John Franco named GM, ownership partner of Moto Julia
Franco will take over the Moto Julia dealership, which is in the middle of a relaunch that shifts its focus…
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Accelerate Conference
Orlando Power Week just days away! Join us and reset your strategy for 2026
For dealers navigating uncertainty and transition, Accelerate and Elevate 2026 aim to provide something increasingly valuable: time to think, peers…
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Features
Déjà Vu, Part 2: Winning the e-moto generation
Industry veteran Jan Plessner looks at the e-moto craze and how dealers can harness its popularity to generate lifelong two-wheel…
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Dealers
Materne: Our problems aren’t that special
Max Materne takes his skills in helping turnaround underperforming dealerships and applies them to a different industry, and realizes powersports…
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Harley-Davidson
S&P downgrades Harley to ‘junk grade,’ cites profitability concerns over new strategy
Harley-Davidson's new strategy to regain market share with more affordable motorcycles has drawn skepticism from one of Wall Street's major…
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Dealers
The Dealer Lab: Redesigning the dealership model
In the second installment of The Dealer Lab, Max Materne uses his turned-around store as a real-world test site for…
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Dealers
The Dealer Lab: Redesigning the dealership model
After sharing his 90-day turnaround project, Max Materne is launching the Dealer Lab, where dealership strategies and processes will be…
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Accelerate Conference
Accelerate set to deliver leadership, learning and cross-industry insight in Orlando
Powersports and marine leaders will converge in Orlando Jan. 18–20 as Powersports Business Accelerate and Boating Industry Elevate return as…
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Latest Issue
August 2025
The August issue of Powersports Business has arrived! In this issue, we dive into the pre-owned market — 2025’s most consistent growth segment.…
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40 Under 40
PSB shares the 40 Under 40 winners for 2025
The Powersports Business Honors Awards – Best-in-Class, 40 Under 40, and Women With Spark – celebrate people in the industry who…
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Dealers
Ex-Tucker CFO Huerta lands new role with Flexsteel
Dubuque, Iowa-based Flexsteel Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:FLXS) announced that Alejandro Huerta will join Flexsteel and assume the role of chief financial…
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Arctic Cat
Arctic Cat announces Q4 results
Arctic Cat Inc. (NASDAQ:ACAT) reported a net loss of $16.9 million, or $1.30 per share, on net sales of $121.4…
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Features
Yamaha hits target with new models
Star Bolt, R-series and FZ-series hit the mark Dennis McNeal, vice president of Motorcycle Operations for Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A., was…
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Features
AlumaSki gives outdoorsmen, rescuers an option
‘Swift water adventure craft’ designed to get riders through a variety of waterways The AlumaSki is not your average modern…
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