Canadian distributor Orange Sport Supply is celebrating its 15th year in business with a new website that launched Thursday. The new website is easier to navigate and features a business-to-business portal that includes Orange Sport ...
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Sales got off to a slow start at independent bicycle dealers this year. While total dollar sales held steady at $145 million, unit sales slipped 2 percent in January, according to sell-through data from Leisure Trends Group. Complete bike ...
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Dorel Industries' bike division saw a 7 percent gain in revenue in 2012. Total revenue across the recreational and leisure segment was $928 million, up from $861 million the previous year. The segment includes all of its bicycle brands.? ...
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Expanding from a single panel discussion to a full day of programming in its second year, the National Women’s Cycling Forum on Monday brought out some 375 attendees to hear more than 30 speakers share ideas about how to increase ...
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Bernie Doering, who headed Easton-Bell Sports’ global sales up until last summer, is back at the company. The former Nike executive had resigned his position with EBS last July. Doering is rejoining the company as senior vice ...
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Two and a half years ago Brian Ballard bought his first Pedego electric bike. He and life partner Elizabeth Black have enjoyed owning and riding their bikes so much that the couple invested in opening a Pedego e-bike store along Pacific ...
Cycling apparel company Craft plans to offer consumers a 30-day guarantee on base layers and jerseys, a bold step for Huub Valkenburg, the company’s CEO. But he’s confident that once cyclists wear Craft’s cycling apparel, ...
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BOULDER, CO (BRAIN) — Sales at IBDs bounced back in November after October declines, with overall annual sales remaining on track for a record 2012, according sell-through data from the Bicycle Product Suppliers Association and ...
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Andorran mountain bike brand Commencal is back in the U.S. market after a two-year hiatus, this time with a plan to sell directly to consumers online. A new subsidiary, Commencal America, is up and running in Las Vegas with JM Gagne ...
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The organizers of Interbike are hosting electric bike manufacturers and journalists at an event that will showcase pedal-assist bikes. The Electric Bike Media Event is set for February 12-13 at the Terranea Resort in Rancho Palos Verdes, an ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an expanded indication for use of Integra LifeSciences' Vu aPOD Prime intervertebral body fusion device (IBD) in anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) procedures. The Vu aPOD Prime ...
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More than 40 percent of independent bicycle dealers report stronger Black Friday sales this year than in 2011, according to research firm Leisure Trends Group. Leisure Trends broke out the IBD data for BRAIN from a broader survey of ...
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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 ...
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WALNUT, CA (BRAIN) — Cycling website BikeRoar is offering U.S. dealers free listings to market their businesses, with an eye toward rolling out premium services that would display retailers’ in-stock inventory and pricing as ...
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