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E-bikes pull up Accell Group’s revenues
Accell Group's revenues jumped by 10.0 percent to €629.7 million in the six months ended June 30, largely due to higher sales of electric bikes, which currently account for 43.0 percent of its total turnover. The Dutch holding company said that the growth was “entirely” organic. It came amid tough ...
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Shimano has announced that its recently expanded bike distribution center...
Shimano has announced that its recently expanded bike distribution center in Poznan, Poland, will also be used to deliver fishing tackle products to Polish dealers next year. Bike components and fishing tackle distribution will be combined under one organization effective Feb. 1, 2017. Until then, Normark Polska will continue to ...
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Bike Europe will be holding its first conference on supply...
Bike Europe will be holding its first conference on supply chain flexibility on Aug. 30, the day before the opening of Eurobike 2016, which will run from Aug. 31 to Sept. 4 in Friedrichshafen, Germany. The new conference, which is entitled “Supply Chain – Increased Speed to Market Conference,” will ...
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Garneau, the Canadian bike company, has launched a redesigned, mobile-friendly...
Garneau, the Canadian bike company, has launched a redesigned, mobile-friendly and content-rich website
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Halfords' bike sales resume their growth
Halfords saw revenues at its cycling division grow by 1.9 percent in the fourth quarter ended April 1. It was the second consecutive quarterly increase. However, the British retailer's sales of cycling products fell by 0.9 percent for the full financial year, and the company attributed the decline mainly to ...
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Mokumono uses crowdfunding to produce bike frames in Holland
Mokumono Bikes, a new Dutch bicycle brand, has launched a Kickstarter campaign to finance the production of its innovative bicycle frames in the Netherlands. Mokumono was hoping to raise €90,000 on the New York-based crowdfunding platform in a 30-day campaign ending May 20, but as of last Friday, the Amsterdam-based ...
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A larger and more centrally located section of the Interbike...
A larger and more centrally located section of the Interbike show in Las Vegas next Sept. 21-23 will allow up to 30 innovative European companies to exhibit in an updated turnkey booth area in order to enter the U.S. market for the first or second time. Last year, a smaller ...
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Go Sport diversifies into bike retailing
Cycling is an important product category for Decathlon, Competing against it in the French bicycle market, which grew last year by 4.5 percent, Groupe Go Sport has opened five specialist bike stores trading under a new banner, Bike +, and several more should start in the months to come. The ...
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Accell posts strong results on higher sales of e-bikes
The global revenues of Accell Group were up significantly in 2015, largely due to stronger sales of e-bikes in Europe. The Dutch-based bicycle group said that revenues came in 12.0 percent higher than in 2014, reaching €986.4 million. Currency exchange effects had a positive impact of €34.4 million due to ...
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Rossignol is pursuing its diversification into the bike sector with...
Rossignol is pursuing its diversification into the bike sector with the tentative launch in France of an electrical mountain bike, produced by BH
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Pinarello has announced it is pulling out of the Eurobike...
Pinarello has announced it is pulling out of the Eurobike trade show, saying during the last few years it has been shifting toward direct involvement with its customers. The Italian bicycle company will continue to present its new products via a collaborative presentation with Team Sky at the Giro D'Italia, ...
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Bike Europe reports that imports of bicycles into the European...
Bike Europe reports that imports of bicycles into the European Union jumped by 4.0 percent in the first eight months of the year. After five years of decline, during which imports dropped by more than 20 percent, the numbers picked up again in 2014, with a rise of 1.6 percent ...
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Bike Europe reports the departure of Steven Merlin from Selle...
Bike Europe reports the departure of Steven Merlin from Selle Italia, where he oversaw the saddlemaker's global sales for many years
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Swix buys Norwegian bike brand
The Swix Sport Group is further expanding its offering with the acquisition of Hard Rocx, a Norwegian brand specializing in high-end mountain bicycles, which should be completed at the start of next year. The Swix group, which already owns several brands of outdoor and winter sports apparel, footwear and equipment, ...
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Bike Europe reports that the European Court of Justice has...
Bike Europe reports that the European Court of Justice has ruled in favor Giant's request to overrule the European Council's decision to charge anti-dumping duties on the bicycles imported into the European Union from its factories in China. The EU has two months to appeal the verdict. Two other big ...
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Electric bikes drive Accell performance
An uptick in sales of electric mountain bikes strongly contributed to a turnover increase for the third quarter at Accell Group, the Dutch company that owns Batavus, Sparta, Lapierre and Ghost, among many bicycle-related brands.The company predicts an organic sales increase and growing income for the second half of the ...
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Arc'teryx, Castelli, Gore Bike Wear, Gore Running Wear and The...
Arc'teryx, Castelli, Gore Bike Wear, Gore Running Wear and The North Face will come out in December with road cycling and running garments made with a new Gore-Tex Active technology. It maximizes lightness and breathability by using a permanent beading surface that eliminates the need for a face fabric, which ...
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ZEG confirms Kettler bikes buy
ZEG, the German-based buying group for specialist bike retailers, has confirmed that it is acquiring the bicycle division of Kettler, the fitness equipment, furniture and toys supplier that went into self-administered receivership in June. The deal includes the group's assembly plant in Hanweiler, employing about 80 people who are to ...
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About 350 of the 550 workers at Mifa Bike, the...
About 350 of the 550 workers at Mifa Bike, the German bicycle manufacturer, were requested to switch to a shorter working week for three months from the start of October to support the company's turnaround. Mifa filed for insolvency in September last year, after the failure of takeover discussions with ...
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Former Arc’teryx managers roll out bike apparel brand
A Canadian cycling apparel brand launched by several former Arc'teryx managers has rapidly gained distribution in European and Asian countries. 7mesh, which has a distinctively clean design, already reached ten markets when it started earlier this year, and a few more should be added shortly.The president at 7mesh Industries is ...
