LAGUNA HILLS, CA (BRAIN)—Bicycle Retailer & Industry News' staff is wrapping up changes to its annual Industry Directory & Index, a comprehensive listing of more than 1,700 companies and non-profit groups serving the industry's ...
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Dick's Sporting Goods, the largest U.S. based full-line sporting goods retailer, invites the community of Oklahoma City to celebrate the opening of the retailers' four new stores in the Oklahoma City metro area with a three-day grand ...
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Markel American Insurance has spun off Markel Cyclist, a new bicycle insurance program designed to offer specialized protection for cyclists. The underwriter claims that it has created the program with an aim to allow cyclists to create ...
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With mixed emotions and expectations, retailers jumped into the Thanksgiving shopping weekend with Black Friday sales promotions that saw equally uneven results. Sid's Bikes NYC's Eastside Manhattan store entered the Black Friday fray for ...
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NEW YORK CITY, NY (BRAIN) - Giant USA is donating 100 bikes to people in the New York City areas hit hardest by post-tropical storm Sandy. The company is working with Transportation Alternatives and Recycle - A-Bicycle to improve ...
The Age-Old Debate broke out on Facebook a while back: Do mass market bikes discourage their owners from becoming cyclists? Speciality retailers generally support this idea. Here's what Chip Wamsley said on Facebook: "Unfortunately (most) ...
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Editor's note: The following piece was written by Tom Demerly, writer and photographer for Felt Bicycles, for his blog. It has been edited for length. Poorly administered sponsorships are like showing too much cleavage at a dinner party. ...
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Editor's note: The following column was written by Judy Amabile, the president of Polar Bottle Product Architect's Inc. and Adeline Bash, public relations associate for Polar Bottle Product Architect's Inc. When people look back at the ...
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AAA State of Play–Offering the Primary Tripod Swing 8 Foot at Discounted Prices More info: (Free-Press-Release.com)November 10,2012--Indianapolis,IN,10 November 2012:AAA State of Play is one of the reputable online stores that sell ...
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 ...
KESWICK, Ontario (BRAIN) — The Bicycle Trade Association of Canada announced that its annual trade show will be held Sept. 8-10, 2013, in Montréal. After a year in Toronto, the show returns to Montréal for the next two ...
Just last week I talked about the Elephant In The Room Problem and how much I hoped folks would be willing to talk about it when I got to the Bicycle Leadership Conference later that week. So imagine my surprise when I got to Monterey and ...
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The Bicycle Leadership Conference right before Sea Otter welcomed a new companion event this year, the IBD Summit. The brainchild of Interbike's Pat Hus and Sea Otter's Frank Yohannan, the gathering of about 50 top retail businesses more ...
Traditionally one of the reasons bike companies give for not advertising to non-enthusiast markets is that they're just not cost-effective to reach. And while that may be true when advertising is limited to magazine pages and website ...
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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 ...
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