The Bicycle Product Suppliers Association (BPSA) has endorsed the Professional Bicycle Mechanics Association, a new organization based in Austin, Texas Austin, Texas dedicated to the promotion and development of - and advocacy for ...
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Felt Bicycles announces this week it will not renew its sponsorship of the Team Argos-Shimano pro team for the 2014 season. "After two very successful years together, the decision is one that did not come easily," a Felt statement said. ...
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Shipments of bikes to U.S. retailers in September took a bigger dip than anticipated, down 4.9 percent in dollars and 11.9 percent in units compared to the same month last year, according to the BPSA Topline for Cycling RetailTRAK from ...
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U.S. suppliers shipped roughly the same number of bikes to retailers in July as last year, resulting in some improvement in year-to-date sales. Sales to IBDs were up 0.1 percent in units and up 1.1 percent in dollars in July compared to ...
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Stages Cycling has appointed Saddleback Ltd. its exclusive United Kingdom distributor of its Stages power meter products. Saddleback will become the first international distributor for Stages. Doug Crawford, Stages' vice president, said, ...
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Felt Bicycles showed off its 2014 mountain bike line to a group of editors and a handful of retailers at the company’s headquarters in Irvine, California, this week. Felt invested heavily in its mountain bike line for 2014, with a ...
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Felt Bicycles, which is preparing for its 2014 sales meeting and product launch this weekend, recently layed off six employees within its three U.S. facilities. Company president Bill Duehring blamed the layoffs on an industry-wide ...
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Suppliers sold fewer bikes in June compared to last year, suggesting it is unlikely that the industry will recover from weak sales early in the year. Suppliers were unable to continue momentum from a strong May. Bike sales to IBDs were ...
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Suppliers sold bicycles worth more in dollars this May than last May, marking the first month this year that dollar sales exceeded same month sales last year. Auppliers sold bicycles worth 11.1 percent more in May than in May last year, ...
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Supplier sales remained down through April compared to last year but suppliers regained some ground from the first quarter, according to the BPSA Topline for Cycling RetailTRAK from Leisure Trends Group. Inventory remains an ongoing ...
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Retailer Tony Farrar is riding in the hills of northern New Mexico with his friends, who are also his customers, when their bikes start making noise and their gears mis-shift. “They always blame me,” said Farrar, owner of Bike ...
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Retailer Tony Farrar is riding in the hills of northern New Mexico with his friends, who are also his customers, when their bikes start making noise and their gears mis-shift. "They always blame me," said Farrar, owner of Bike 'N Sport in ...
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Supplier sales were down double digits through the first quarter as unseasonably cold and snowy weather continued to hammer many parts of the country in March, according to the BPSA Topline for Cycling RetailTRAK from Leisure Trends ...
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Felt Bicycles has made two key hires at its headquarters in Irvine, California, bringing aboard former downhill pro Scott Sharples as mountain bike product manager and marketing and advertising veteran Brian Darney as brand marketing ...
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Felt Bicycles,based in Southern California,is the latest top-tier sponsor of the SoCal High School Cycling League,the league announced this month. "It is very exciting that such an internationally well known Southern California-based ...