After 52 years in business, Staff Jennings Boating Centers is closing its Eugene location.
Staff Jennings Boating Centers is closing its Eugene location after 52 years in business.
While the company will keep open its 81-year-old Portland location – the third oldest boat dealership in the country – the recession has played a big role in the Eugene store’s closure.
[Marl Carter, general manager and vice president of the Eugene store], said Tuesday he could have kept the store open by making further cuts, eliminating every brand but Bayliner, and hunkering down for a couple of years until the economy recovers.
“The bottom line is, I did not want to do that,” he said. “I want to retire.”
Read the full story at The Register-Guard.
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