Accell Group N.V. reported its North American bikes sales grew 4 percent in 2014 as sales to multi-sports retailers grew, while sales to independent bicycle dealers, or IBDs, lagged expectations and declined. Sales of electric bikes only ...
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Dorel Sports continued to expand its bicycle business in South America Wednesday by opening a subsidiary in Chile and acquiring one of its dealers there. Dorel Sports Chile S.A. of Santiago de Chile, will lead sales, marketing, ...
Dorel Industries reported that its Recreational/Leisure Segment lost $5.4 million after mostly non-cash restructuring charges that reduced its overall earnings by about half. Dorel warned investors in early February that continued ...
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Quality Bicycle Products is putting the final touches on a new in-house brand of accessories called MSW. The Taiwan-sourced line will only be sold through IBDs, and the Minnesota-based distributor is targeting keystone margins or higher, ...
Parlee is launching its first aero road bike, the ESX. The ESX is all new design that the company has been working on for several years in the lab, in the wind tunnel and on the road. "Aero bikes are not a new category, but a lot of dealers ...
September bikes sales at IBDs weren't quite so bad asinitially reported. Leisure Trends has corrected and restated its RetailTrak IBD sales summary for the month. "Shortly after we published September data last week, we noticed anomalies ...
Registration is now open for Interbike’s IBD Summit, returning for a third year to Monterey, California, just ahead of the Sea Otter Classic. New content has been added to this year’s event, which is set for April 8-10 and is ...
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Easton-Bell Sports' cycling product sales declined $4.5 million in the quarter that ended Sept. 28, and CEO Terry Lee indicated much of the loss came from the Easton cycling division, which he called "troubled." In a call with investors ...
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Q-Outdoor, a division within Quality Bicycle Products, has cobbled together two assortments of outdoor products for bike shops to consider bringing in as a seasonal buy. The selections include 'cross and fat bike-related accessories. ...
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Canadian retailers are stuck between a rock and a government unwilling—so far—to drop a proposed tariff increase on imported bicycles despite a shutdown of all major bicycle manufacturing in Canada.? In a letter sent last week ...
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Urban cycling is showing strong signs of growth throughout this South American country prompting Shimano to once again sponsor Shimano Fest Argentina. Nicolás Muszkat, Shimano's sales manager for Latin America (except Brazil), said ...
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Fulcrum North America has hired a mobile tech rep. Buddy Spafford will drive the new Fulcrum van up and down the East Coast to visit dealers, organize demo events, expos and clinics on Fulcrum wheel technology, from ceramic bearings to the ...
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As Leisure Trends Group broadcast its 2013 Pre-Interbike Sales Trends webinar live from a soggy and flooded Boulder, Colo., the topic of weather was impossible to ignore. ? While 2012 was the year of much sun and no rain across the ...
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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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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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