VILLENEUVE-D'ASCQ, France - Decathlon obtained a majority shareholding in the omni-channel distributor Alltricks. The sporting goods giant acquired all shares held by Partech Partners as well as Entrepreneur Venture, 123IM, Sonorfi, Financière de la Gommerie and other small shareholders.

BIRMINGHAM, UK - The 2019 Cycle Show had a new layout - presumably to take in a larger number of exhibitors - and whilst attending at the trade day it struck Bike Europe that the number of e-bike exhibitors seemed greater than ever.

SUZHOU, China - Phylion recently celebrated the production of its 10th million power lithium-ion batteries. According to Phylion Battery's chairman and president Feng Xiao "Manufacturing lithium batteries is a serious process. You can't just come and go like webshops.

The French call it 'la Rentrée': the first week of September, when people come back to school or work after the summer holidays. The weather is warm and you can still enjoy some bike rides in the city before winter sets in. Devron Europe has specific bicycles for metropolitan riders.

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany - Pacific Cycles debuted at last week's Eurobike in Hall B1. It's part of the company strategy to focusing more on Europe. And the time is right for that as the average age of the population is on the rise in almost all EU countries. In particular as Pacific Cycles targets elderly.

BRUSSELS, Belgium - The transformation of the Taiwanese industry towards electric bicycles is now clearly starting to pay off. T

MATTIGHOFEN, Austria - The name change to Pierer Mobility could end the confusion between the companies KTM Industries AG and KTM Fahrrad GmbH. The Executive Board of KTM Industries AG recently proposed to rename itself Pierer Mobility AG.

NEUSTADT, Germany - Tektro Technology Corp sets its next step in becoming a global company by opening Tektro Europe GmbH i.G close to Frankfurt, Germany this month. Thomas Lattke will be the new general manager for this office and lead Tektro Europe GmbH as director of sales and service.

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany - Hero Ecotech debuted at last week's Eurobike in Hall A2. It's part of the company strategy to focus more on export markets. Hero Ecotech is more and more looking for international distribution partners, as the company's MD Gaurav Munjal explains.

波蘭，樂斯拉夫（Wrocław）－Bafang Electric (Suzhou) Co. Ltd.的總經理兼執行長王清華宣佈該公司於波蘭樂斯拉夫的新廠正式啟用。他在開幕典禮上表示新廠將能夠提升該公司在歐洲地區的服務水準，尤其對於Bafang最終要在歐洲生產60萬個電動自行車（中置）馬達的計劃來說更是重要。

德國，福吉沙芬（Friedrichshafen）－第28屆Eurobike於上週落幕，從會展可看出這場全球規模最大的自行車展會正從代理商大會轉變成更像產業商展的模式。今年由於Accell Group領先德國市場的品牌（如Haibike和Ghost）皆缺席，因此前往參觀的代理商數量也下滑。不過這並沒有影響到Eurobike的重要性，因為還是有大量的產品急採購經理前往會場。

德國，福吉沙芬（Friedrichshafen）－儘管有許多參展商表示今年Eurobike參觀的代理商數量下滑，不過主辦單位報告出爐顯示專業參觀者數量有增加。較去年數字相比增加了6.6%，達39,834位專業參觀者。週六活動日Festival Day也有21,240位單車粉出席參加。

德國，福吉沙芬（Friedrichshafen）－據消息人士透露，整合式車架電池組的許可證需要破百萬歐元的費用。其所指的就是Bosch搭載馬達及其他零組件的車架整合式電池組（frame-intergrated batteries ）。該許可證和整合式電池專利不同，為Accell和Bosch共同擁有，讓馬達製造商有權獨家販售。該款及其他有專利的整合式系統（InTube systems）在第28屆Eurobike中主導了電動自行車商品。

WROCLOW, Poland - Earlier today President and CEO Qinghua Wang of Bafang Electric (Suzhou) Co. Ltd. officially opened the company's new production facility based in Wroclow, Poland.

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany - Last week's 28th Eurobike indicated that the world's biggest bike show is transforming from a retailer/dealer show to a more industry - business focused fair. As this year even Accell Group with its German market leading brands like Haibike and Ghost did not exhibit in Friedrichshafen, Eurobike 2019 attracted less dealers.

September is all about purchasing new products and services for the retail. In other words, it is the time of the year to discover new products and services. The best spot for this is the trade show Vélovak.

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany - Despite the frequently heard conclusion among exhibitors that last week's Eurobike has been visited by fewer dealers, the show organization reports that the number of business visitors has nevertheless increased.

REDDITCH, UK - Halfords has released its latest update on its trading performance for the 20-week period to 16th August 2019. It shows retail cycling sales down 1.1 percent like-for-like compared to the same 20 week period in 2018.