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QBP Is Putting The Final Touches on a New in-House Brand of Accessories Called MSW
Nov 27, 2013Quality Bicycle Products is putting the final touches on a new in-house brand of accessories called MSW. The Taiwan-sourced line will only be sold through IBDs, and the Minnesota-based distributor is targeting keystone margins or higher, ...
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German Saddle Brand SQlab Has Added Three New Models and Updated Existing Models for 2014
Nov 18, 2013German saddle brand SQlab has added three new models and updated existing models for 2014. The brand also will be distributed in the U.S. next year by Hawley and BTI. "BTI and Hawley are both great distributors and we are really looking ...
Tags: Industrial Equipment, Components
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Paul Willerton Is Teaming up with Greg Lemond Again
Nov 18, 2013Twenty-two years after racing with him on Team Z, Paul Willerton is teaming up with Greg LeMond again, at LeMond's new Minneapolis-based bike company. Willerton is the new marketing manager for LeMond's company, which introduced its first ...
Tags: Transportation
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Being a Viable Alternative to Shimano Is Not Easy for The Taiwanese Company Microshift
Nov 7, 2013Being a viable alternative to Shimano is not easy for the small Taiwanese company MicroShift. Not only is it in the prototyping stages of its own electronic drivetrain development, but it recently invested in a huge forging machine for cog ...
Tags: Transportation, bike
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Privateer Program for Foundry Was Be Launched by QBP
Nov 7, 2013Quality Bicycle Products hopes to get more shop employees on its Foundry brand of carbon bikes and is extending special pricing to retail employees. Most Foundry models are being offered at 25 percent below wholesale during the months of ...
Tags: Bicycle, bike, Transportation
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QBP and Ridley Bicycles Are Ending Their Distribution Agreement Feb. 1
Oct 22, 2013Quality Bicycle Products and Ridley Bicycles are ending their distribution agreement Feb. 1. QBP had distributed Ridley's road and cyclocross bikes in the U.S. market since 2009. QBP will continue to support dealers and promote the Ridley ...
Tags: Transportation, bike
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The Bike Industry Is Scrambling to Adapt to The Federal Government Shutdown
Oct 8, 2013The bike industry in this famous riding area is scrambling to adapt to the federal government shutdown, which has closed the nearby national parks and other federal facilities during high season for mountain bike tourism. So far, the ...
Tags: Transportation, bike
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The Minnesota Company Plans to Break Ground Next Spring on The New Distribution Center
Sep 6, 2013Quality Bicycle Products is purchasing a 19-acre site in East Hempfield Township in Lancaster County to serve as the location for the distributor's upcoming 120,000-square-foot distribution center in Pennsylvania. QBP previously leased a ...
Tags: bike, Transportation
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SRAM Has Added Two New Members to Its North American OEM Sales Team
Aug 14, 2013SRAM has added two new members to its North American OEM sales team. Bicycle industry veteran Rick Wilks joins SRAM as a senior OEM account manager and Alex Berge joins SRAM as an OEM account manager. Wilks brings experience from both an ...
Tags: OEM Sales Team, SRAM
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Outside Magazine Released Its 2013 List of Top 100 Best Places to Work
Aug 5, 2013Outside magazine released its 2013 list of Top 100 best places to work, and more than a dozen bike companies made the list this year, including SRAM, QBP, CamelBak and Honey Stinger. Santa Cruz Bicycles was No.38 on the list. Outside's ...
Tags: Bike, Transportation
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QBP's Steve Flagg to Show off Its 2014 Line of Bikes and Accessories.
Jul 24, 2013QBP's Steve Flagg has lassoed some 200 dealers and their staff for the company's annual Saddle Drive—a three-day event to show off its 2014 line of bikes and accessories. This is the company's third annual event at Snow Basin, an ...
Tags: Transportation, bike
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American Will Cut The Number of Distributors Selling Shimano Components From 18 to 6
Jul 15, 2013American, in a major shake-up of its U.S. distribution network, will cut the number of distributors selling Shimano components from 18 to six effective Jan. 1, 2014. The decision to streamline its distribution network, said Yutaka ...
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Quality Bicycle Products Has Hired Amber Schult as Western Regional Sales Manager
Jun 28, 2013Quality Bicycle Products has hired Amber Schult as western regional sales manager. She will manage outside sales reps and account managers. The distributor now has three regional managers that make up its national sales force — Schult ...
Tags: Transportation, bike
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Trisports.COM Filed for Chapter 11 Reorganization, Citing a Downturn in Business Stemming
Jun 21, 2013TUCSON, AZ (BRAIN) — Trisports.com has filed for Chapter 11 reorganization, citing a downturn in business stemming from problems with a new software system, competition from online retailers and the closure of a second retail store in ...
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Soleus Is Entering The Bike World with a GPS-Enabled Bike Computer
May 31, 2013Soleus, a major supplier of sports watches to the running and fitness market, is entering the bike world with a GPS-enabled bike computer that will retail for $99. Soleus' parent company,?ADAO Global, has made sports watches for Nike, ...
Tags: Transportation, bike, sports watches
