Business View Magazine September 2018

244 245 LONG VIEW RV SUPERSTORES vice is so much better than every- one else’s, and the loyalty from our customers is what made us keep going when things turned down.” Customer loyalty, notwithstand- ing, the economic downturn hit the RV industry particularly hard, and downsizing and consolidation also helped Long View RV Super- stores weather the storm. In 2009, the Northampton property was sold and its inventory consolidated at the larger Connecticut facility. Then, the Florida properties were sold, outright. Today, two outlets re- main–Windsor Locks and Canaan. But since that time, the RV sector has rebounded and so has Long