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  • LEV and e-mobility expert Han Goes: ‘The automotive industry has a very, very bad track record when it comes to adequately understanding designing and engineering bicycles and lightweight, compact, single person electric 2-wheeled vehicles (LEV’s)’. – Photo Bike Europe

    Car Industry’s Bad Track Record on Electric...

    In BE’s e-mail newsletter (May 14th) reporting about the SRAM ‘Urban Days’ event in Schweinfurt, the header BMW: ‘Bike Industry Has To Learn Quickly’ caught my attention

      Sales & Trends 14:40
  • Decathlon

    Decathlon Allowed To Start Retail Chain in India

    NEW DELHI, India – The world’s biggest retailer in sporting goods (including bikes) is investing USD130m in opening up a retail chain in India. The country’s Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) cleared the proposal of Decathlon Sports recently. Decathlon takes this step as changes in legislation now makes it possible for foreign companies to wholly own Indian subsidiaries.

      Sales & Trends 7 May
  • Research and Markets concludes that the majority of the Chinese market is still concentrated on medium and low end products. - Photo Bike Europe

    Growth Potential of China’s Bicycle Hub Industry

    AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands – The total Chinese bicycle hub market reached CNY 4.197 billion (520 million euro) in 2011, a year-on-year growth of 43%. For the first half of 2012, the market size of China’s bicycle hub industry amounted CNY 1.979 billion (245 million euro).

      Sales & Trends 2 May

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