Giant China to Launch Its Own Superstores
KUNSHAN, China (May 7) - Bicycle maker Giant-China is to launch its own Giant Outdoor Spirit stores in China and Taiwan soon. Giant's major reason is ...
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England: Consolidation of Theft Prevention Programmes
ASHFORD, Kent UK (November 22) - Selectamark Security Systems have bought Bikeregister.com. This web-based security system for bicycles (registration, ...
Sprick Opens Huge Plant in Germany
MERKERS, Germany (14 August) - Merkers Rad bicycle factory in the federal state of Thuringia (former east zone) was opened officially. Since its ...
UVEX investst DEM 20 million
FUERTH, Germany (18 July) - Uvex Group, consisting of four working companies (Uvex Labour Protection, Uvex Sports, Alpina sports and Filtral Opticals) ...
Hero Stepping Up Production and Exports
LUDHIANA, India (June 11)- Major global bicycle producer Hero Cycles Ltd. manufactured 5.49 million bicycles in the fiscal year 2000-01. For the ongoing ...
Decathlon Sales Up 15%
VILLENEUVE D'ASCQ, France (June 4) - Even though Decathlon increased its sales by only 5% in France, total sales grew by 14.9%. Europe's largest ...
German 'Bicycles' Mail Order Supplier Expanding
BIELEFELD, Germany (31 January) - German bicycle mail order and B2C-supplier Bicycles, will open several outlets within the first quarter of 2001. The ...
California Takes First Toward Online Sales Tax
SACRAMENTO, CA/USA (1 September 2000) -- With the nationwide ban on internet-specific taxes set to expire this year and federal lawmakers considering a ...
Accell Group Sees Sales Rise 32.5% Through June
HEERENVEEN, Netherlands (13 July 2000)--Accell Group, Europe's third largest bicycle group, increased its turnover 32.5% in the first half of 2000 to ...
GT Reorganizes, Cuts Management
SANTA ANA, CA/USA (19 May 2000)--Only a few weeks after announcing that it was dropping domestic production, the GT bicycle division of Schwinn/GT ...
RockShox Downsizes, Plans Relocation
SAN JOSE, CA/USA (30 March 2000)--US bicycle suspension supplier RockShox has announced that it will reduce its workforce and relocate and consolidate ...
Shimano Sales Drop 9% in 1999
NUNSPEET, Netherlands (17 January 2000) -- Last week Shimano announced that it failed to meet the 2% sales increase forecast for the 1999 fiscal year. ...
Jack Wolfskin Announces Record Sales
IDSTEIN/TS, Germany (18 January 2000) -- In the fiscal year 1999 Germany's leading outdoor company Jack Wolfskin achieved record sales of DEM100 million ...
German bicycle industry urges greater support in government election policy paper
BERLIN, Germany - Eyeing the upcoming federal elections, the advocacy organization Zukunft Fahrrad (Bicycle Future), issued a position paper campaigning for more political support for the bicycle industry. The new government in Germany will have to make clear policy choices as the cycling industry is not the only sector that's facing challenges and thus calling for support.
Decathlon urges politicians to implement European Cycling Declaration
LILLE, France - In the run-up to the upcoming European Parliament elections from 6-9 June, sporting goods producer and retailer Decathlon calls upon politician to deliver a circular, competitive, and active future across the EU. That includes the European Cycling Declaration, though the sporting goods giant outlined a series of policy recommendations and key priority areas.
'We are only the start of regulation on sustainability'
ENNEPETAL, Germany - The initiation of several industry initiatives during 'Sustainability Day' at Eurobike raised a lot of attention for the topic. Alexander Thun, chairperson of the CIE and CONEBI sustainability expert group gives an update on the industry initiatives.
Confusion as Italian decree bans MTB and E-MTB from accessing trails
ROME, Italy - The recent introduction of a new decree, which would ban the use of MTB's and E-MTBs on Italian trails has been met with criticism from industry association, ANCMA. But how damaging is the ruling likely to be?
European Commission Publishes Anti-Dumping Review For China Made Bicycles
BRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Union is poised to maintain anti-dumping duties on Chinese bicycles for another five years. The European Commission has completed a review of whether such measures are still warranted and published its conclusion in a disclosure document. This was sent to all participants of the review.
Fox Factory Q1 bicycle sales drop partially offset by acquisition
DULUTH, Georgia - In view of the current problems in the global market, Fox Factory Holding Corp.'s Q1 net sales met expectations; a 16.6% drop to USD 333.47 million (€309.91 million) compared with 2023. Bicycle product sales under the Specialty Sports Group (SSG) umbrella couldn't stop the downward trend but were nearly offset by the sales integration of recently acquired Marucci Sports.
CES 2021 focuses on bicycle-to-vehicle technology
LAS VEGAS, United States - Bicycle-to-Vehicle (B2V) communication was definitely one of the hot topics at the virtual edition of this year's Consumer Electronics' Show (CES). A series of exhibitors released new products at the event which is known for showing remarkable innovations.