FUERTH, Germany (18 July) - Uvex Group, consisting of four working companies (Uvex Labour Protection, Uvex Sports, Alpina sports and Filtral Opticals) ...

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 ...

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 ...

BIELEFELD, Germany (31 January) - German bicycle mail order and B2C-supplier Bicycles, will open several outlets within the first quarter of 2001. The ...

SACRAMENTO, CA/USA (1 September 2000) -- With the nationwide ban on internet-specific taxes set to expire this year and federal lawmakers considering a ...

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 ...

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 ...

SAN JOSE, CA/USA (30 March 2000)--US bicycle suspension supplier RockShox has announced that it will reduce its workforce and relocate and consolidate ...

NUNSPEET, Netherlands (17 January 2000) -- Last week Shimano announced that it failed to meet the 2% sales increase forecast for the 1999 fiscal year. ...

IDSTEIN/TS, Germany (18 January 2000) -- In the fiscal year 1999 Germany's leading outdoor company Jack Wolfskin achieved record sales of DEM100 million ...

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

MOSCOW, Russia - The Russian bike market didn't make any significant achievements in 2019. Sales is estimated at 3 - 3.5 million bicycles; half of that number is locally assembled with China made parts. The other half is imported directly from China. Only some 30,000 bikes are of internationally renowned brands.

PARIS, France - After four years of strong growth, the French market value of bicycle, parts, and accessories combined decreased by 5.5% in 2023. "There's a dichotomy between bicycle use, which is still growing steadily, and new bike sales, which are running out of steam this year," explained Jérôme Valentin, vice president of the Union Sport & Cycle at the presentation of the 2023 market data.

MUNICH, Germany - "After five editions ISPO Bike did not generate enough exhibitors and visitors to continue this show concept", said Tobias Gröber of ...