TAIPEI, Taiwan (24 January) -At the time of the Chinese New Year, it is customary for parents to shower their children with red envelopes full of cash. ...

BERLIN, Germany (18 January) - At this year's Fifth Bicycle Congress in Bremen the entire German bicycle industry and trade will meet for the first time ...

DÜSSELDORF, Germany (22 January) - In fiscal year 2000 the German retail giant Metro AG increased its total net sales by 7.1 percent to DEM 91.8 billion ...

PARIS, France (22 January) - For 2000, French hypermarket giant Carrefour Group has reported a consolidated turnover increase of 25% (including tax), ...

BARCELONA, Spain (18 January) - Derbi and Piaggio have just agreed to a collaboration in which the Spanish brand will provide the Italian manufacturer ...

Palo Alto CA, USA (18 January) - According to a study from Webmergers.com a total of 210 US internet companies went out of business in the year 2000 ...

ESSEN, Germany (16 January) - Due to a restructuring program Karstadt-Quelle AG plans to cut 7,000 of its 52,000 workforce at its department stores. ...

FÜRTH, Germany (18 January)- German retail giant Karstadt-Quelle AG has plans to take over a controlling interest in the French holding company Afigest ...

STAMFORD, USA (10 January) - Derby Cycle Corporation President and CEO Gary Matthews is out. Matthews reached a so-called "separation ...

MUNICH, Germany (16 January) - The insolvency procedure for Call-A-Bike, the young and innovative bicycle mobility rental company based in Munich ...

ROMILLY, France (16 January) - Cycleurope continues its restructuration. In the first round, Peugeot lost its leading position in favor of Bianchi. Now ...

BAAR, Switzerland (16 January) - Metro AG the Düsseldorf-based retailer and the world's third largest retail group, will become more independent due to ...

RANCH DOMIGUEZ, California/USA -- Giant Bicycles will move its U.S. corporate offices from the southeast Los Angeles area to Newbury Park, California, ...

LAKE FOREST, Illinois/USA -- Brunswick Corporation's sale of its bicycle division to Pacifc Cycles LLC ended months of speculation about the fate of the ...

WUPPERTAL, Germany (2 January) - WalMart President Lee Scott stopped the expansion strategy for their German subsidiary and for the time being, WalMart ...

CHÉPY, France (january 15) -- Last week the SRAM European headquarters broke its supply contract with IRCOS, the French production company in Normandy ...

BOLOGNA, Italy - At the Bologna Motor Show, Aprilia unveiled a prototype of their ENJOY pedelec driven by a hydrogen fed fuel cell replacing its NiMh ...

Uwe Weissflog, marketing communications manager at Sram-Europe, left the Amersfoort-based subsidiary of the US-Amercian bicycle component maker at the ...