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Despite all ongoing challenges, the Dresden-based online-retailer is confident that the high level of inventories in the market will go back to normal in the second half of 2023. – Photo Bike24

Online player Bike24 hit hard by high inventories

DRESDEN, Germany – In its latest financial statement, online retailer Bike24 Holding AG speaks of a “persistently uncertain economic environment”...

The Ebike Future Conference will be held from 11 to 13 October. – Photo Ebike Future Conference

Registration opens for 4th Ebike Future Conference

ZEIST, the Netherlands - Registration has opened for the fourth annual Ebike Future Conference which will showcase the latest trends in the e-bike...

The 'pre-owned bike’ online marketplace, Buycycle, has opened its first store in a chic area of Munich. - Photo Jo Beckendorff

German online marketplace for used bicycles goes international

MUNICH, Germany - With serious supply shortages and ongoing delivery problems hitting the world market, German start-up TFJ Bucycle GmbH launched its...

Framer joins a number of well-known companies that also continue to assemble in Switzerland. - Photo: Peter Hummel

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...

Stephan Zoll is regarded as one of the world’s leading international E-commerce executives. – Photo Signa Sports

Capitalizing on the current bike boom with online retailing

MUNICH, Germany - The rapidly growing relevance of the online marketplace is one of the main topics of the World Cycling Forum. The lockdowns in the...

Bike-Angebot founder Friedemann Vieweger (left) and Schuhe24 Group founder Dr. Dominik Brenner. - Photo Schuhe24 Group

Bike-Angebot.de eyes expansion outside German markets with new...

WIESBADEN, Germany - German investor Schuhe24 Group has acquired a majority stake in the IBD platform Bike-Angebot.de. The future growth strategy of...

Supply chain disruption in the sporting goods industry is now starting to see partial recovery in some areas. - Photo Shutterstock

Small positives found in WFSGI survey on impact of COVID-19

ITTIGEN/BERN, Switzerland - The World Federation Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) is conducting a series of surveys to better understand the impact of...

In its future advertisements, Merida will focus more on the combination of online ordering and delivery via trusted dealer. - Photo Sven Scholten

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...

At Azor, the choice of options is huge. That made building the configurator a very complex job. - Photo Remco Veurink

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...

Assuming you are now selling via all the generally accepted sales channels, how do you keep it all balanced? – Photo Shutterstock

Online Distribution Channel Management

Amazon is now the largest seller of products on the internet. It has a 40 percent market share in North America and continues to grow approximately...