[3][4] Camping World operates over 180 retail/service locations in 46 states,[5] and also sells goods through mail order and online.
Garvin amassed a large customer list as the years went by, which proved to be sagacious later when he added a mail-order division to the company.
In 1997, Garvin sold the company to the current owners, Good Sam Enterprises (formerly Affinity Group), of Ventura, California.
Due to the recession, however, the venture never got off the ground and much of the land proposed for development was sold at auction in October 2011.
[3] Under the Freedom Roads brand, the company sells RVs through a network of about three dozen independent dealers.
[14] Camping World has major sponsorship involvement in sports, particularly college football and auto racing.
In a 2020 interview with Autoweek, Lemonis emphasized the importance of a "conversion rate of familiarity" for sports fans—particularly those from racing series—into potential Camping World customers.
[19] Camping World's involvement in racing began in 2006 as a sponsor of NASCAR Busch Series driver John Andretti.
[21] Other Camping World promotions during the 2007 season included sponsoring races like the IndyCar Series' Grand Prix at The Glen and forming partnerships with NASCAR team Kevin Harvick Incorporated.
[22] Camping World would also sponsor various races and teams in both series over the years, such as Cup driver David Ragan and IndyCar's Scott Dixon in 2017.
[33] Lemonis' sponsorship campaign continued in later races, with his other companies like Good Sam also being involved, and included supporting NASCAR Xfinity Series teams.