Google Shopping Express, which launched Thursday, is a local delivery service the company hopes will make it possible for shoppers to get the items they order online a few hours later, and at a low cost. It’s not quite, "click and ...
Tags: retailers, bicycle couriers, bicycle
The Canadian government announced earlier this month that it would eliminate tariffs on several categories of imported goods, from baby clothes to skis and snowboards to golf and hockey equipment. But bicycles weren’t on the list ...
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Easton-Bell Sports sales were $183.5 million for the fourth quarter of 2012, compared with $207.1 million a year earlier.?? Sales for the company's Action Sports division, which include its bicycle-related sales, decreased $12.2 million, ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation
The international Taipei Cycle Show posted double-digit growth as visitors from a variety of Asian nations continued to step up their interest in higher-value bicycles, components and accessories. Overall, 28,022 people came to the ...
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 ...
Tags: Transportation
People are now following the slogan - ‘go green’. Environmental hazards and degradation has taken place at incredible rates, which is leading towards the depletion of our atmosphere. For decades we did ...
Bicycle Retailer & Industry News' former longtime editor Megan Tompkins is returning to the magazine after two years in sales and marketing roles within the industry. Tompkins assumes the role of associate publisher, new media strategies, ...
Tags: Transportation, bike, Bicycle
Arjun Khanna called his Lakmé Fashion Week Summer/Resort 2013 men’s wear collection, “Out of Sight, Out of Mind”. But it was very far from forgettable. In fact it caused a fashionable storm on the ramp with his ...
Tags: Fashion Week, industrial clothes, clothes
Divine Cycling Group, the new investment group that recently purchased Mad Fiber, has hired industry veterans Jasen Thorpe and Brett Lindstrom. DCG aims to acquire other companies in the bicycle industry. Thorpe joined DCG’s ...
The entry deadline is fast approaching—Friday, March 29—for the first round of Saris' 2013 Bike Corral Contest, in which one winner will get a car parking space converted to a 10-bike parking facility. Saris received more than ...
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Editor's note: The following article appeared in the March 1 issue of Bicycle Retailer & Industry News and is part of our series of articles on succession in the bike industry. When Peter Enright agreed to friend Spence Wolf’s ...
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The bicycle industry may not be as sexy as social media or biotechnology, but Patrick Keating believes it offers plenty of opportunity for investors. Keating, an American financier who lives in France, founded what he hopes will be the ...
Tags: bicycle industry, bicycle, cycling industry
TAIPEI, Taiwan (BRAIN) — It came at the end of Tony Lo's speech at the opening ceremony for the Taipei Cycle Show. The Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA), he said, is exploring a major shakeup in the international ...
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Pump Solutions Group announced that it recently donated children’s bicycles and helmets to children associated with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Capistrano Valley. The event took place at the Mission San Juan Capistrano in California. ...
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Last year was a tough one for Taiwan exporters as they continued to see bike shipments to Europe—its biggest market, representing 58 percent of export volume and 45 percent of export value—decline. But strong business in North ...
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