Val Vanderpool has joined Bicycle Retailer and Industry News as a staff reporter. Vanderpool recently relocated to Orange County after spending the past year and a half piloting a demo van and teaching women’s clinics at bike shops ...
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After two months of decline, China toy exports began to rise in March, with total exports of US$1.04 billion, up 7.77% month over month. Among the toys exported, traditional toys (include dolls, educational toys, puzzles, electric ...
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Sales and marketing executive Mike Ely is leaving NiteRider after 15 years with the company to lead Australian parts and accessories brand JetBlack Products’ expanded push into the U.S. market. JetBlack manufactures a range of ...
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Al Fritz, one of the legends of the U.S. bicycle industry, died Tuesday in Chicago at 88. Fritz's long career at Schwinn was most notable for his invention of the iconic Sting-Ray 20-inch muscle bike in the early 1960s. Schwinn sold ...
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Working with Giant USA’s merchandising team, Cadence 120 Bicycles recently underwent a remodel and celebrated its grand reopening as a Giant Partner Store. Cadence 120 was founded 25 years ago and moved to its current ...
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Al Fritz, one of the legends of the U.S. bicycle industry, died Tuesday in Chicago. Fritz's long career at Schwinn was most notable for his invention of the iconic Sting-Ray 20-inch muscle bike in the early 1960s. Schwinn sold millions of ...
Tags: Schwinn Sting, bicycle industry, bicycle
Perhaps it's the growing network of bike paths, trails and green lanes. Or Chicagoans coming to the realization that it takes longer to drive somewhere than to bike. But retailers we visited on day two of the Dealer Tour report a growing ...
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QBP is working with the Consumer Product Safety Commission to recall about 975 Surly Pugsley chromoly forks. The forks are being recalled because they can bend. The company has received one report of a fork bending above the disc brake ...
Raleigh has hired 30-year bicycling and outdoor industry veteran Alan Rowland as director of sales for the West territory. Based in Davis, California, Rowland will manage a sales team of 11 reps and report to national sales director ...
Some 1,183 students biked to school on Monday in Northeast Ohio. That set a daily record in the six-year old Bike to School Challenge. Monday's numbers were a third higher than on the first day of the week-long challenge last year. The ...
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Bicycle Retailer & Industry News editors and sponsors roll out Tuesday morning on a three-day tour of bicycle stores in Chicago. The BRAIN Dealer Tour will visit 13 stores by bike this week, sampling the growing infrastructure for bikes ...
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Pump Solutions Group announces the acquisition of Ebsray Pumps Pty. Limited, located in Brookvale, Australia. Ebsray, a manufacturer of pumps for a wide range of industrial applications, will become part of PSG?s Blackmer operation. ...
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Raleigh is donating $50 to Ride 2 Recovery for certain road bike models sold between now and May 27. Ride 2 Recovery is a national program that uses cycling to help wounded veterans recover. "We think it is fantastic that cycling can be ...
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Zoic Clothing has bolstered its sales and marketing team, naming Abbie Newell national sales leader and Kenna Quiroga Gray marketing specialist. Newell joins Zoic from Terry Precision Bicycles for Women, where she worked for seven years ...
Strong Santa Ana winds in Southern California coupled with record high temperatures and low humidity have led to a series of wildfires. One of the largest blazes in Ventura County forced evacuations of neighborhoods in Camarillo and ...
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