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BRP Built a $8.4 Billion Playground. Then It Had to Decide Which Rides Were Worth Keeping
The maker of Ski-Doo, Sea-Doo and Can-Am learned an expensive lesson about wandering beyond its core. Its reset shows how a heritage manufacturer can prune a portfolio without putting nostalgia in charge.
The Henderson Company Betting Your Roof, Your Locks and Your Light Switch Belong on One App
Solar panels, door cameras, thermostats and monitored alarms - most homeowners buy them from four different companies. LivSmart's pitch is that they should have bought them from one.
The fence you can't see, on a frequency nobody else uses
A cat and a new sofa started it in 1990. Thirty-five years later DogWatch runs the last big hidden-fence brand that stayed independent - and the only one broadcasting on FM.
Volkswagen Built an American Car Company Inside a German Icon
Volkswagen of America sells more than cars. It translates a global industrial system into an American ownership experience - from Chattanooga assembly and dealer financing to the ID. Buzz, myVW and a second-generation Atlas.
TaoTao USA (Tao Motor)
TaoTao USA, Inc. is the United States distribution arm of Tao Motor, one of the world's largest makers of affordable powersports vehicles. From its Carrollton, Texas headquarters it supplies a coast-to-coast dealer network with ATVs, dirt bikes, scooters, go-karts, UTVs, golf carts, mini bikes and electric vehicles built by parent company Taotao Vehicles Company, Ltd., a Chinese manufacturer operating since 1985. The pitch is simple: get families onto trails, tracks and back yards on dependable machines that don't cost a fortune.