MUNICH, Germany - The year 2021 had it all: rising inflation, low and even negative interest rates, supply chains constraints, political crises, trade wars, more lock-downs, virus mutations, and so on. Despite all these uncertainties the global stock market trudged upwards, not to talk about the most ambitious 2021 bicycle stocks. How does that match?

BERN, Switzerland - Swiss Post has divested its PubliBike bike rental subsidiary. The company wants to concentrate on its core business, thus not make the necessary investments. It had been looking for a buyer for some time and found three investors. One of them is industry veteran and ex-BMC CEO Thomas Binggeli.

San Francisco, USA - Four years after the opening of its first store in California, the Decathlon group has announced the closure of its two remaining US shops located in San Francisco. Due to the pandemic, Decathlon had already closed the Market Street store in San Francisco in 2020.

AMSTELVEEN, the Netherlands - The average retail price for e-bikes increased between 4% and 12.5% last year in Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium. The annual GfK E-bike Monitor 2021 shows that a growing number of consumers are interested in buying more premium bikes.

ZURICH, Switzerland - The Indian tiger strikes in Switzerland for the second time within a few months. Following the acquisition of Ego Movement, TVS Motor Company has taken over the majority of Swiss E-Mobility Group (SEMG) from Constellation Capital. The intention seems clear; The Indian mass producer wants to gain a foothold in the booming e-bike market in Europe.

WELS, Austria - Austrian powered-two-wheeler giant Pierer Mobility AG has received approval for listing on the Prime Market of the Vienna Stock Exchange. The listing is scheduled for 1 March which will make it one of the 39 largest and most traded companies on the Vienna Stock Exchange.

BRUSSELS, Belgium - The e-bike brand Cowboy has announced a €71 million Series C financing milestone. This new capital injection, bringing the total raised by Cowboy to €107 million, will provide the Belgian company the funds to focus on its 2022 growth themes: 'product design, on-demand services, fitness and customer delight.'

Leader Fox - founded in 1996 in České Budějovice, a town in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic - the bicycle manufacturing company has come a long way from its humble beginnings and is currently one of the most sought-after producers and exporters of various bicycles and e-bikes models across Europe.

KARLSTEIN AM MAIN, Germany - BMZ Group, a global specialist in lithium-ion battery manufacturing, has opened its online store for e-bikes and e-bike accessories last week.

BAUNACH, Germany - Cycle Force Group, LLC has been acquired by Messingschlager GmbH & Co.KG. The sale closed on December 31st, 2021. "We are very excited to drive our international expansion in the world's most likely biggest growth market with our well known and trusted partner Cycle Force Group,"

ZEIST, the Netherlands - Together with Switzerland, the Netherlands and Belgium were always regarded as an example for the potential of speed pedelecs. Slow sales were manifest in 2020 and the trend continued into 2021. Together with Switzerland, the Benelux countries are still the main markets for speed pedelecs.

BASEL, Switzerland - To expand its sports range, the Manor Group will open a stationary shop-in-shop concept in its 59 Swiss department stores with products supplied by Decathlon-Switzerland. In line with Manor's omnichannel distribution, all products will be available online as well.

ZEIST, the Netherlands - The number of job vacancies for supply chain managers in the bicycle industry hiked last year. Previously, a dedicated position or even a department was only customary at big companies. That's no longer the case. In the bicycle industry the meaning of 'supply chain' has changed radically over the past two years.

KOBLENZ, Germany - Direct to consumer retailer Canyon, has appointed a new CEO. Effective March 1st, former Nike executive Nicolas De Ros Wallace will be tasked with leading the company through the next stage of its growth journey.

荷蘭，海倫芬（HEERENVEEN）－由美國投資公司Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. LP（KKR）領頭的財團向Accell Group所有已發行及流通普通股提出公開報價，總金額為15.6億歐元。

立陶宛，凱代尼艾（KEDAINIAI）－Pon.Bike宣佈2024年於立陶宛Kėdainiai開設新廠的計畫。據Pon.Bike表示，全新工廠的年產量可達60萬輛，將會為多個品牌生產自行車。

義大利，POZZOLEONE－自行車座墊廠Selle Royal Group S.p.A.正式宣佈將繼續發行在義大利證券交易所上市的普通股。若滿足條件，他們將在泛歐交易所的米蘭證交所上市，這裡專門針對中小企業的市場。

美國，芝加哥（CHICAGO）－SRAM宣佈收購領先科技公司Hammerhead，他們同時也是Karoo 2自行車電腦的製造商。Hammerhead將加入SRAM的品牌系列，也會持續開發Karoo產品。該交易已於去年12月30日完成。