DUSSELDORF/ESSEN, Germany (November 17) - In its third quarter, which ended on September 30, Karstadt saw its over-the-counter retail sales decrease ...

TORONTO, Canada (September 27) - Pacific Cycle/GT Bicycles has appointed Genesis Cycle Inc. as the new distributor of the GT brand of bicycles in ...

OSAKA, Japan (May 23) - Despite the present difficult market situations in Europe and the US, the world's biggest bicycle component maker expects ...

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 ...

ASHFORD, Kent UK (November 22) - Selectamark Security Systems have bought Bikeregister.com. This web-based security system for bicycles (registration, ...

MERKERS, Germany (14 August) - Merkers Rad bicycle factory in the federal state of Thuringia (former east zone) was opened officially. Since its ...

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?