John Burke's next step in his advocacy program
MADISON, USA - Trek president John Burke has introduced an ambitious advocacy program during Trek World. He asked the retailers to participate in his ...
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French Bike Sales Down 6%
PARIS, France Bike sales in France dropped 6.2% in 2006. 3,527,700 bicycles were sold in France last year compared to 3,760,200 in 2005. According to ...
Cycleurope to sell Machecoul factory
MACHECOUL, France In order to obtain the necessary cash for a revival plan, Cycleurope is selling its Machecoul plant to the local government. This ...
Taiwan Bike Makers Focus on China's Domestic Market
TAIPEI, Taiwan The Chinese domestic market for bikes and bike products is growing rapidly; in 2005 e-bike sales skyrocketed with about 80% to a total ...
China's higher-end Exports Grow Rapidly
SHANGHAI, China -China is drifting away from over reliance on cheap, low-end goods to more value-added products, the Financial Times reported Monday. ...
Big Loss for UK Tandem Group
MANCHESTER, UK The Tandem Group that (among other companies) operates UKs well known bike brands of Falcon, Dawes, Claud Butler, Shogun, British Eagle ...
Dorel Results: Sting Ray Part II
MONTREAL, Canada (July 13) - Dorel Industries Inc. today stated that though it expects higher pre-tax earnings over 2004, certain issues within the Home ...
Amer Sports acquires Salomon
HELSINKI, Finland/HERZOGENAURACH, Germany - There have been rumors for a couple of weeks but now its official: The Finish Amer Sports Corporation has ...
JJB: Earnings down, but there is Hope
LONDON, UK (April 21) - The largest sporting good retailer in the UK, JJB Sports, has had some heavy weather in the last year: 27 % lower than the ...
Biretco Decentralises Marketing & Sales
BREDA, Netherlands (April 5) - Dutch buyers organisation Biretco has decentralised its' marketing and sales apparatus. From now on, five separate ...
Bikes Are Big Down Under
MAARSSEN, Netherlands - It might not be the first country that springs to mind when thinking about bikes but Australians are taking to cycling in a big ...
New European Type Approval : RTG-2
MAARSSEN, Netherlands (May 28) - Starting August 2005 all mopeds that are sold new, restricted or non-restricted must comply to the European RTG-2 ...
Aprilia Looks for Capital
MILAN, Italy (31 March) - Rumours have been going around for some time that Aprilia was short on cash. Now officially, the company has announced to ...
German Bike Maker MIFA To Go Public
SANGERSHAUSEN, Germany (March 4) - According to the German Merck Finck bank, Germany's self declared largest bicycle producer, MIFA is going public. The ...
Shanghai: Bridgehead into China
SHANGHAI, China (January 30th) - A grand total of US$ 5.26 billion profit was made by foreign companies in the Shanghai area, and that's in 2003 alone… ...
Huffy Takes a Fall
NEW YORK, US - (December 3rd) Huffy shares tumbled last Tuesday after the company revealed its forecast for the fourth quarter. The stock went down some ...
Light at the End of the Tunnel?
NEW YORK, US ( October 21st) - The latest figures from corporate US are totally different from what we are used to: Splendid! Is the word of choice ...
Karstadt Reports Structural Over-The-Counter Sales Drop
DUSSELDORF/ESSEN, Germany (November 17) - In its third quarter, which ended on September 30, Karstadt saw its over-the-counter retail sales decrease ...
Pacific Cycle/GT Bicycles Appoints Genesis Cycle Inc. Canadian Distributor
TORONTO, Canada (September 27) - Pacific Cycle/GT Bicycles has appointed Genesis Cycle Inc. as the new distributor of the GT brand of bicycles in ...
Shimano Expects Sales Increase in Bike Sector
OSAKA, Japan (May 23) - Despite the present difficult market situations in Europe and the US, the world's biggest bicycle component maker expects ...