E-mobility provider Rebike scoring on refurbishment market
KEMPTEN, Germany - Starting just five years ago with an online market place for buying and selling second-hand premium e-bikes, today’s business of...
Sport Import's 40 years: Family and team success
In the early 1980s, Michael Müllmann couldn't have known that indulging in his passion for BMX - by selling BMX bikes, organising races and...
"Businesses with no D2C activities will become the minority"
ZEIST, the Netherlands - "It seems like almost everyone is playing the game now," e-commerce specialist, Scott Montgomery says when looking at the...
Decathlon Germany sets €700 million net sales record in 2021
PLOCHINGEN, Germany - It wasn't easy at first for the world's leading sports chain Decathlon to conquer the German market, but the French have...
Signa Sports United partners with Motesque to launch AI in online...
BERLIN, Germany - Bicycle and sports e-commerce platform, Signa Sports United, which is currently preparing for an IPO on NYSE, announced a strategic...
Accell Bike Parts goes online with bike@home platform
HEERENVEEN, the Netherlands - The manufacturer of bike parts and accessories, Accell Bike Parts, has launched an online platform in the UK market....
Traditional Swiss brands launch direct sales
BIEL/THUN, Switzerland - After decades of dealer loyalty, Swiss brand, Canyon, changed its name to Cylan in 2019 and switched its distribution to...
Retail group, Leon Cycle, expanding into France
HANNOVER, Germany - France is the next target market for German retailer, Leisger, which operates Leon Cycle brick and mortar e-bike shops and online...
German sports giant gobbles up online bike retailer WiggleCRC
BERLIN, Germany - E-commerce giant Signa Sports United, has confirmed its intentions to go public on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). The German...
Private equity takes cycling webshop Bike24 to Frankfurt Stock...
DRESDEN, Germany -The Riverside Company has planned an IPO for one of Europe's leading cycling, outdoor, fitness and swimming products webshop Bike24...
Rose Bikes: 'market situation requires immediate price increases'
BOCHOLT, Germany - In the past weeks this trade journal reported about the enormous cost increases for the industry. It becomes unavoidable for...
Italian online-only seller Pinkjersey.com to open 250 US retail stores
SILVERTHORNE, Colorado - The online retailer of namely Italian cycling products, pinkjersey.com, has announced ambitious plans to open up to 250...
Real estate investors claim a stake in German online shop...
WÜRSELEN, Germany - Hamburg-based Peter Möhrle Holding (PMH), which focuses on corporate and real estate investments, is strengthening its bicycle...
Digitalisation key talking point as Eurobike embraces online format
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany - "Corona has been a spark for digitalisation," claimed Head of Eurobike, Stefan Reisinger at the opening of Eurobike's...
Volt takes e-bike production back to UK
MILTON KEYNES, UK - The advantages of production close to the market became more than obvious for e-bike manufacturer Volt. In the middle of the...
Rose Bikes joins Germany's largest sports retailer in promising shop...
BOCHOLT, Germany - Omnichannel bicycle distributor Rose Bikes GmbH announced a trading model cooperation with the country's largest sports store...
IBDs reach two-digit sales increase in post-lockdown Germany
WIESBADEN, Germany - On the occasion of the World Bicycle Day on 3rd June, the German Federal Office for Statistics (Destatis) announced some...
D2C-seller Rose Bikes' strategic move to omnichannel pays off
BOCHOLT, Germany - Despite corona-conditioned restrictions in March, traditional German D2C-supplier Rose Bikes GmbH achieved - compared with the...
Specialized expands its omnichannel strategy in Europe
HOLZKIRCHEN, Germany - After having launched its integrated marketplace successfully in several European countries such as the United Kingdom, the...
Merida sees strong online sales growth due to corona
APELDOORN, the Netherlands - For several years, Merida Benelux has offered consumers the option of ordering a bicycle online and then having it...
Azor launches custom-made bicycle tool making millions of...
HOOGEVEEN, the Netherlands - For two years, Dutch bicycle manufacturer, Azor worked on their bicycle configurator, spending tens of thousands of...