Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-Based Recreational Vehicle Chain to Trim Workforce.

Publication: The Miami Herald (Miami, Florida) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)

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Byline: Patrick Danner

Mar. 14--Holiday RV Superstores, a Fort Lauderdale-based operator of a chain of recreational- and marine-vehicle dealerships, is cutting about 10 percent of its work force and abandoning plans to create a national brand.

Coinciding with the changes, Ronald G. Huneycutt resigned as chief executive and president of the company, which operates its 14 dealerships under the Recreation USA name. Marcus A. Lemonis, a former operations director for Fort Lauderdale-based AutoNation in Chicago, was tapped as president. Chairman Michael Riley becomes interim CEO.

"I guess Mike Riley and I just came to a parting of the ways," Huneycutt said. "We just had a difference in management style." Those differences were in "tactical areas" rather than in overall philosophy, he said.

Riley was out of the country and could not be reached for comment. Through a holding company, Riley and Huneycutt bought a 58 percent stake in...

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