By Sarah DeClerk and Kenneth Heard During a time when mass production is standard and imports are a given, it can be easy to overlook local small-scale manufacturers but such businesses are nonetheless important. According to the U.S. Small Business…
Xpress Boats
- AMP NewsBusinessManufacturing
Multiple Promotions, One Retirement Announced at Xpress Boats
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffXpress Boats is shaking up its executive leadership structure with multiple promotions and one retirement. Executive vice president Jeff Bogard will be retiring from the Hot Springs-based fishing and hunting boat manufacturer. Bogard will be transitioning out of his role…
- BusinessDecember 2020MagazineManufacturingSports/Outdoors
Silver Lining: During COVID, Rory Herndon and Xpress Boats Ride Wave of Outdoor Recreation
by Mark Carterby Mark CarterThe pandemic drove us outdoors, where social distance is easily accommodated and the crazy twists and turns of 2020 more easily forgotten. And while restaurants and shops that typically entail indoor interactions at close quarters have been significantly impacted, the…
Some know at an early age they want to join the family business. Others, not so much, actress Rebel Wilson among them. “I come from a family of professional dog-showers, one step above carnies … I didn’t want to join…