This blog post was written by?Fred Clements, executive director of the?National Bicycle Dealers Association. Clements' previous blog posts can be read on A small but resolute group of bicycle industry leaders stormed Capitol Hill ...
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This blog post was written by?Fred Clements, executive director of the?National Bicycle Dealers Association. Clements' previous blog posts can be read on. It is outrageous that the federal government continues to give the middle finger to ...
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The National Bicycle Dealers Association has joined with six other organizations to launch Advocates for Independent Business, a coalition of trade associations and other groups dedicated to ensuring that locally owned, independent ...
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Editor's note:?This blog post was written by?Fred Clements, executive director of the?National Bicycle Dealers Association. Clements' previous blogs can be read on?bikedealerblog.wordpress.com. A British market study shows that retail ...
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Sometimes the Internet seems like a vast global Complaint Department and bike shops receive plenty of bashing for real or perceived failings. There is another side to the story though. There is great retailing out there and the best bike ...
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Discount internet retailing is a big challenge for brick-and-mortar retailers and the brands they carry. It is also a huge threat to the cycling consumer now and into the future, although they may not realize it. That's the conclusion of ...
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This blog post was written by?Fred Clements, executive director of the?National Bicycle Dealers Association. Clements' previous blogs can be read on. Bicycle stores find themselves in a hyper-competitive marketplace these days, with ...
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Editor's note:?This blog post was written by Fred Clements, Executive Director of the National Bicycle Dealers Association. Clements' previous blogs can be read on bikedealerblog.wordpress.com. Retail sales at bike shops were down about 5 ...
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Editor's note: This blog post was written by Fred Clements, Executive Director of the National Bicycle Dealers Association. Clements' previous blogs can be read on bikedealerblog. Amazon recently announced it will add 5,000 jobs at ...
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A number of NBDA e-forum dealers think so. Sensing a business opportunity and new potential market, they have decided to focus on serving under-represented people and it's working for them. There are a whole lot of people out there, it ...
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Editor's note: This blog post was written by Fred Clements, executive director of the National Bicycle Dealers Association. Clements' previous blogs can be read on? A future world without bike shops would be a disaster for the cycling ...
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Snow in the Northeast and the Rockies—even in Phoenix—along with rain and flooding in the Midwest have created late-winter challenges for bike retailers and their suppliers. Cycling-crazy Boulder has received 48 inches of snow ...
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Most brick-and-mortar retailers would benefit from federal legislation that would allow states to collect sales taxes from online retailers, industry leaders say. But opponents of the legislation say it would burden small online businesses ...
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The National Bicycle Dealers Association wants its members to know that it is not endorsing a service being offered by the Lex Group. Lex Group LLC, a company based in Burnsville, Minnesota, sent a letter to NBDA dealers last week ...
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COSTA MESA, CA (BRAIN) — Bicycle Retailer and Industry News has officially handed off its long running Top 100 and Gold Star retailer recognition program to the National Bicycle Dealers Association. This year the NBDA will manage the ...
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