Bike – Page 12
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Migros is reportedly considering opening its own bike stores next...
Migros is reportedly considering opening its own bike stores next year. The suggested name, SportXX Bike World, would seem to indicate that the new specialist stores will be somehow connected with Migros' mixed sports stores, SportXX, which already feature bike sections. The Swiss retailer has not yet confirmed the details ...
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Moscow hosted a new bike trade show called Bike-Expo in...
Moscow hosted a new bike trade show called Bike-Expo in September. The event started on Sept. 8 and took place at an exhibition hall in Sokolniki, just outside of the Russian capital city. The area features a large parking lot for cars and a dedicated metro station. It is also ...
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ZEG, the biggest cooperative of independent bike dealers in Europe,...
ZEG, the biggest cooperative of independent bike dealers in Europe, has announced that it will pull out of the Eurobike show in Friedrichshafen. It will invest more of its resources in the ZEG Bike Show in its home town of Cologne, opening it up to non-members. Its next show is ...
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Thule has introduced the new EasyFold XT bike carrier, an...
Thule has introduced the new EasyFold XT bike carrier, an evolution of the EasyFold. The mounting of the new EasyFold XT on the towbar is said to require minimum effort thanks to the innovative coupling. Once the bikes are loaded, the trunk of the car remains accessible thanks to a ...
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Garneau got the 2016 Eurobike Award for its DreamFactory program,...
Garneau got the 2016 Eurobike Award for its DreamFactory program, which allows the customization of bikes, clothing and helmets with input from the final user. He or she can pick the color of the bike and a vinyl decal for the helmet. Much of the work is conducted in North ...
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Eurobike suffered a 7 percent drop in the total number...
Eurobike suffered a 7 percent drop in the total number of daily visits by professionals, down to 42,720, at its 25th edition held in Friedrichshafen last month. A stronger decline was recorded among German trade visitors. The number of daily visits by consumers grew by 14,000 to 34,400 because of ...
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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, ...
