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Recently People Saw and Touched The New Specialized Ebike at The Sea Otter Classic

Nov 28, 2012

Recently I saw and touched the new Specialized ebike at the Sea Otter Classic. Actually it was the first electric bike I ever really wanted to ride despite the fact they wouldn't let me ride it. With that said recently saw the blurb about ...

Tags: Specialized ebike, electric bike

The Iron Ore Transportation Policy of Indian Railways Has Come Under Review

Nov 28, 2012

Business Line reported that the iron ore transportation policy of Indian Railways has come under review. The high powered committee, constituted by the Railway Board a few months ago to examine the present policy and make necessary ...

Tags: Iron Ore, Indian Railways, Transport Policy, transportation policy

Juergen Eckmann Is Stepping Down as President of Pearl Izumi

Nov 28, 2012

LOUISVILLE, CO (BRAIN) — Juergen Eckmann is stepping down as president of Pearl Izumi, the company announced Tuesday, after 11 years with the company. Eckmann will be replaced by Mike O'Connor, who is being promoted from vice ...

Tags: Pearl Izumi

Conventional Wisdom Is Big Three Bike Brands Control Lion's Share of The US Bike Market

Nov 28, 2012

Conventional wisdom is the Big Three bike brands — Trek, Giant, and Specialized — control the lion's share of the US bike market. Actual numbers in this business are almost impossible to come by, but you'd be hard put to find an ...

Tags: bike brands, bike market

How Does Electra Bicycles Turn a Tidy Profit Marketing Products

Nov 28, 2012

How does Electra Bicycles turn a tidy profit marketing products to a nonenthusiast customer base the rest of the industry is largely content to ignore? Electra Marketing Director Elayne Fowler knows. But aside from a few tantalizing hints, ...

Tags: Electra Markets, Bicycles, bike geek

There Aren't Nearly Enough Bikes in The Channel to Meet Demand

Nov 28, 2012

Ask any retailer. We were blessed with great spring weather in North America this year, and now there aren’t nearly enough bikes in the channel to meet demand. Dealers blame suppliers for not building the right number. Suppliers ...

Tags: No bikes, bikes

Why There Weren't Nearly Enough Bikes in Model Year 2012

Nov 28, 2012

This two-part entry is actually the second half of my previous post about why there weren’t nearly enough bikes in model year 2012 and why we don’t seem to be able to do anything about the chronic under- or over-supply of ...

Tags: bikes, Model Years

Marketing Communications Can Be Developed and Deployed But We Have No Model These Years

Nov 28, 2012

That Was Then, This Is Now. Fortunately, those 240-day lead times from back in the early 2000s are a thing of the past. As discussed previously, it’s more like half that nowadays. Marketing communications can be developed and deployed ...

Tags: No Model Years, sub-thousand-dollar bikes

The Taiwan Government Is Promoting a Plan to Attract Inbound Investments From Overseas

Nov 28, 2012

Taipei, Nov. 2, 2012 (CENS)--The Taiwan government is promoting a plan to attract inbound investments from overseas Taiwanese enterprises, aiming to draw in NT$200 billion (US$6.67 billion) within two years to generate production value of ...

Tags: attract inbound investments, industry leaders, help high-tech firms

Environmentally Friendly and Socially Acceptable Production Conditions Will Be a Challenge

Nov 28, 2012

Environmentally friendly and socially acceptable production conditions will continue to be one of the greatest challenges of the textile industry–that was the bottom line of this year's meeting of the OEKO-TEX General Managers which ...

Tags: United States of America, OEKO-TEX

Are Flat Bike Sales for The Past 35 Years a Good Thing or a Bad Thing

Nov 28, 2012

I mentioned last time the debate at BLC and beyond: Are flat bike sales for the past 35 years a good thing or a bad thing? Well, I'm a good-thing, glass-half-full kinda guy, as those who know me would confirm. There are SO many positive ...

Tags: Captain Glass, flat bike

Special Gas Quota Would Be Allocated for The Export-Oriented Textile Industry

Nov 28, 2012

Special gas quota would be allocated for the export-oriented textile industry of Faisalabad, Dr. Asim Hussain, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Petroleum and Natural Resources, has assured. Pakistan Textile Exporters Association (PTEA) ...

Tags: Pakistan, Faisalabad Textile Sector, Special Gas Quota Assurance

The Rajasthan Government Would Unveil a Textiles Policy by March 2013

Nov 28, 2012

To enhance the domestic as well as global competitiveness of the textile industry, the Rajasthan government would unveil a textiles policy by March 2013, state Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said while talking to media after opening the ...

Tags: India, Rajasthan Govt, Textiles Policy, March 2013

That Sales Have Pretty Much Always Been Flat

Nov 28, 2012

My friend and colleague Ray Keener makes a good point in this?BR&IN?blog post?from last week when he asks the question, "Are flat bike sales for the past 35 years a good thing or a bad thing?" Among other things, Keener points out that ...

Tags: flat bike sales, new bikes

The Bicycle Market in The US Is Not Growing

Nov 28, 2012

I finally got my hands on the National Sporting Goods Administration's (NSGA) 2010 report on the US Bicycle Market. In addition to being some of the most exciting news we've seen in 20 years (more about that in a minute), it's also by far ...

Tags: Bicycle Market, Bicycle

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