With snow shutting airports and icing up Interstates, Quality Bicycle Products expects little impact on attendance at Frostbike which opened today with various seminars. Tomorrow QBP’s Frost Bike expo opens with over 130 vendors ...
It’s shortly before Christmas, and Steve Flagg is just days away from leaving Minnesota for six weeks of mountain biking in the friendlier winter climes of Sedona, Arizona—an indulgence the founder of Quality Bicycle Products ...
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OSAKA, Japan (BRAIN) — Shimano sales gained 11 percent last year to $2.6 billion (245.8 billion yen). Sales of Shimano bicycle products were $2.1 billion (198.2 billion yen) a 12 percent increase, while fishing sales were up 8 percent ...
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Selle San Marco North America has opened a new headquarters here, with Tom Petrie as the company's new operating manager. The company will maintain a separate shipping and receiving warehouse in Massachusetts. "Dealers will be able to ...
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Bicycles Plus owner John Crews marked his shop's silver anniversary in unusual fashion: He completely overhauled his already successful 25-year-old business. Earlier this year, the longtime Specialized and Trek dealer had come to a ...
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Editor's note: The following story first ran in the November issue of Bicycle Retailer & Industry News. It was published before Interbike's decision to allow consumers to attend the show and has been edited slightly as a result. LAS ...
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Cantelearist heads sales for BMC in California; FSA bulks up European office; Still promoted at SmartEtailing BOSTON, MA (BRAIN) — BMC USA has hired Roman Cantelearist as its sales manager for Southern California. He replaces Soren ...
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CA (BRAIN) — Interbike is opening its door to the public next September, but just a crack. Organizers are testing the concept of a restricted consumer day where consumers would pay $50 in advance and register ...
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