SRAM 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 ...
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QRide Inc. has hired Florida-based Sports and Specs Sales as an independent rep firm. The two-person firm composed of Bill Potter and David Potter serves independent bicycle dealers throughout Florida and will be representing the QRide ...
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Giant Bicycle is working with the Consumer Product Safety Commission to recall its XTC Advanced SL 29er 0 and 29er 1 series models because they are spec’d with a carbon seatpost that can crack. The company is also recalling the ...
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Trek Bicycle and World Bicycle Relief raised $90,000 through its July "Trek Match" program. Trek will match the donation to WBR, which will be used to provide about 1,500 bikes to students, healthcare workers and entrepreneurs in Africa. ...
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After more than 20 years of licensing its brand name to an Italian company for use outside of North America, Bell Helmets has reacquired the worldwide rights to its brand in the powersports market. "Our motorcycle helmet business is a ...
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Advanced Sports International will shift production of bikes destined for the EU to Ideal's China and Poland factories to achieve more competitive pricing, reduce logistics and shorten lead times. Previously, ASI bikes sold in the EU were ...
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Shimano's overall sales through June were $1.4 billion (133.1 billion yen), up from $1.3 billion (123.6 billion yen) over the first six months last year. And the company's bike business continues to dominate Shimano's good news: bicycle ...
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Organizers of next year's Taipei Cycle Show are calling out now for entries in its annual design and innovation contest—one of the premier events at the international expo. At the show last March designers and industry suppliers ...
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Retailer Jenson USA recently completed an extensive renovation of its superstore in Corona, California. Significant changes to the store's interior décor and layout have allowed the company to expand its selection and increase ...
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Rick Vosper started his new job as global marketing director at Cervélo Cycles this week. Vosper is relocating from Boulder, Colorado, to Toronto, where the bike brand is headquartered. Vosper's last day at SmartEtailing, where he ...
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Felt Bicycles, which is preparing for its 2014 sales meeting and product launch this weekend, recently layed off six employees within its three U.S. facilities. Company president Bill Duehring blamed the layoffs on an industry-wide ...
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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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Retail sales for June were down 2 percent in units but up 1 percent in dollars, coming in at $391 million, according to Leisure Trends Group's RetailTrak IBD sales summary. Year-to-date sales are still down 5 percent and off by $88 million ...
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Retail sales for June were down 2 percent in units but up 1 percent in dollars, coming in at $391 million, according to Leisure Trends Group's RetailTrak IBD sales summary. Year-to-date sales are still down 5 percent and off by $88 million ...
Tags: Retail Sales, bike, Bicycle, Mountain bike
Cheng Shin Rubber has launched a new global website to support its CST brand of tires in all its market categories, including ATV, moto, lawn and garden and bicycle. The new site, www.CSTtires.com,?features a responsive design and allows ...
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