PORTLAND, OR (BRAIN)—While Portland is a commuter market, it also has a thriving mountain bike, tri and road scene. New shops offering only service are also finding success in this crowded retail market, as are Internet-based ...
Tags: mountain bike, road scene, retail market, Internet based businesse
OLYMPIA, WA (BRAIN) — The bike retail business lost two members recently. Each was killed in a vehicle accident while bicycling. Trent Graham, 30, an employee at Gregg's Cycle in Washington, was killed after being struck by a truck ...
Tags: bike accidents, bike retail business, vehicle accident, employee die
ENCINITAS, CA (BRAIN) — San Diego County retailer Ride Cyclery has acquired Pink Peloton, a store that focuses on the women's market. The two stores will co-habitate a new location opening later this week. "We know the women's ...
Tags: Ride Cyclery, San Diego, cycling industry, women's market
BELMONT, MA (BRAIN) — Hurricane Sandy has shut down most bike shops and suppliers from North Carolina to Southern New England, as high winds and heavy rain precede the storm's landfall, expected later Monday. Most shops from ...
Tags: Hurricane Sandy, Mid Atlantic, shop close, bike shop
SPOKANE, WA (BRAIN) — Trek and Moots dealer Two Wheel Transit has completed its move from downtown Spokane to a new location in the Washington city’s South Perry Street District. The new shop opened Tuesday, Nov. 13. Two Wheel ...
Tags: Two Wheel Transit, two wheel business, transit, transportation
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 ...
Tags: Cycling website, BikeRoar, online shopper, detailed shop, retailer display
BRUSSELS, Belgium (BRAIN) — A recent European Parliament decision about electric bike regulation was lauded by some cyclists' advocacy groups and industry groups, but a retailer group, ETRA, slammed the decision on Monday. The ...
Tags: E Bike decision, supplier group, electric bike regulation, electric bike
ATHENS, GA (BRAIN) – Organizers of the Southeast Bike Expo say after a successful inaugural year they will hold the show again in February 2013, but are adding a day for dealers only. The dealer day will precede the show, Friday, ...
Tags: Southeast Bike Expo, Consumer Show in Southeast, dealers only
PHILADELPHIA, PA(BRAIN) — Versa Capital Management LLC has purchased New Hampshire-based Eastern Mountain Sports, a 69-store retail chain. Versa, based in Philadelphia, is a private equity firm that also owns Bob's Stores, an ...
Tags: Equity Firm, Ems, Mountain Sports, store retail chain
CARLSBAD, CA (BRAIN) —Focus Bicycles USA has named Tim Jackson as its new marketing manager. Jackson was previously brand manager of Masi Bicycles before becoming a product manager for ASI, and most recently marketing manager for ...
Tags: ocus Bicycles USA, Jackson, marketing manager, Pivot Cycles
BOULDER, CO (BRAIN) — The outdoor industry is reaching out to the bike business to encourage sustainable practices in an effort to develop standards for equipment manufacturing before international regulators mandate such standards. ...
Tags: outdoor industry, bike business, bike, ustainable practice
Neurotech, a developer of active implantable devices, has received CE mark approval for its ADNS-300 to treat refractory epilepsy. The surgically implanted ADNS-300 system operates as a pacemaker to produce stimulation towards the brain ...
Tags: active implantable devices, Neurotech, refractory epilepsy
BATH, United Kingdom (BRAIN) — Digital revenue rose 30 percent over the past year for Future PLC, the British publisher of cycling websites and magazines Bikeradar.com, Triradar.com, Cyclingnews.com, Procycling, Cycling Plus, Mountain ...
Tags: digital revenue, British publisher, cycling website, bike magzine
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CA (BRAIN) — Consumers will be allowed into the Interbike trade show via a retailer invitation soon, according to an announcement by the show's organizers. The organizers plan a news conference call for 9:30 am ...
Tags: interbike trade show, retailer invitation, news conference
TAICHUNG, Taiwan (BRAIN) — Six-Fifty-Bee? Twenty-Seven-Five? Whether the industry knows what to call it yet is in doubt, but one thing is clear after spending a week with suppliers and product managers in Taiwan at the Taichung Bike ...