Industry Mag bites the dust

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Edited Date/Time 1/24/2012 1:45am



Dear Powersports Industry Associate:

Regretfully, current economic realities, combined with severely cut advertising budgets and lack-luster participation in trade shows, have rendered publishing a trade magazine and producing such shows fruitless. Motorcycle Industry magazine/ATV/UTV-Industry magazine and the Powersports International Internet Expos (PIIE) are ceasing operation indefinitely, effective July 1, 2010.

We wanted you to hear it from us and wish to thank you for your support, confidence and patronage over the last 30 + years. If you would like to discuss your relationship with our company, have any questions, or would simply like to say goodbye, please feel free to respond to this email.

Heartfelt best wishes for a successful future.

Rick Campbell, editor/publisher
Motorcycle Industry magazine
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zjbell 6/18/2010 10:59am
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I'm not cool enough to get "industrie" publications.
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Crash82 6/18/2010 11:02am
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zjbell wrote:
I'm not cool enough to get "industrie" publications.
LOL, at least you got the point of this thread...
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500guy 6/18/2010 11:06am
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zjbell wrote:
I'm not cool enough to get "industrie" publications.
Better then Me, I didn't even know there was one.
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ktm300hater 6/18/2010 11:09am
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I get them at my shop, has helpful articles on marketing strategies, new product etc... bummer

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DL 6/18/2010 11:12am
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Bad news.... Rick has been an industry icon for a long time.
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gt80rider 6/18/2010 11:17am
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I am amazed all the consumer mags are still being published..... mags are having a hard time across the board regardless of genre... the internet is taking over..... and mx/atv/off road sales are just horrific right now....
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Shenzi 6/18/2010 11:18am
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zjbell wrote:
I'm not cool enough to get "industrie" publications.
it has absolutely nothing about being "cool", it's about what industry/field you work in. This was an interesting publication with relevant infos on dealerships, markets trends, etc.

Very sad to see publications like that go.
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zjbell 6/18/2010 11:25am
6/18/2010 11:25am
zjbell wrote:
I'm not cool enough to get "industrie" publications.
Shenzi wrote:
it has absolutely nothing about being "cool", it's about what industry/field you work in. This was an interesting publication with relevant infos on dealerships, markets trends...
it has absolutely nothing about being "cool", it's about what industry/field you work in. This was an interesting publication with relevant infos on dealerships, markets trends, etc.

Very sad to see publications like that go.
Apparently all that industrie "work" has broken your sarcasm detector.
rockcrawlerdude 6/18/2010 11:31am
6/18/2010 11:31am
zjbell wrote:
I'm not cool enough to get "industrie" publications.
500guy wrote:
Better then Me, I didn't even know there was one.
x2!
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I hope I can sleep tonight....
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indy_maico 6/18/2010 12:24pm
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So is that the end of the yearly dealer show in Indy?
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Shenzi 6/18/2010 12:28pm
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zjbell wrote:
Apparently all that industrie "work" has broken your sarcasm detector.
it's more like the circumstance did Wink
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bt260 6/18/2010 1:04pm
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indy_maico wrote:
So is that the end of the yearly dealer show in Indy?
That's what I was wondering.
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flarider 6/18/2010 1:10pm
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No, that's DealerNews and different company
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Highsider 6/18/2010 2:03pm
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flarider wrote:
No, that's DealerNews and different company
I read DealerNews back in the early eighties, when I was a mc dealer. (the other mag was possibly after my time, but still too bad to see it go)
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MXEditor 6/19/2010 5:15am
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iIt's a shame, it was a good mag. Informative.
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A real shame.
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lumpy790 6/19/2010 8:42am
6/19/2010 8:42am
The on line dealer show happened just this week. Sorry to see the only dealer mag alternative go away.

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KazFu 6/19/2010 9:46am
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They won't be the last to fold.
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nc_mx_kid 6/21/2010 12:22pm
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bummer

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