LILLE, France - Decathlon posted a global sales increase of 5 percent to 11.3 billion euros excluding VAT for 2018. Despite this positive result, the market was not as good as in the past four years for the sports retail giant. Between 2014 and 2017 Decathlon still generated a double-digit sales increase annually.
MONTREAL, Canada - Dorel Sports including Cycling Sports Group (Cannondale, GT, Mongoose among other brands as well as Pacific Cycle and Caloi) showed a strong third quarter performance with revenues increasing by approximately 9.6 percent after removing the impact of varying foreign exchange rates year-over-year.
COLOGNE, Germany - Enabling cyclists to find the best IBD nearby and make booking appointments online easily 24/7; that's what Flexini.com is about. Bicycle dealers can use the management tool of flexini.com to organize their appointments efficiently. This is the concept behind the new online platform flexini.com.
HELSINKI, Finland - Mavic and Enve no longer fit in Amer Sports' strategy to pursue sustainable, profitable growth. "We prioritize acceleration in soft goods, B2C, China, United States, and digitalization," said Amer Sports President and CEO Heikki Takala this morning while he announced the company's updated strategy.
Finally it becomes more clear where Accell is heading to after Europe's biggest in bikes earlier this year announced to implement radical strategy changes. Part of these changes, and certainly not the least one, is the company's switch to omnichannel. What
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany - Last July 31 the partnership between Messe Friedrichshafen and the European Outdoor Group (EOG), conceptual owner of the European OutDoor trade show, officially ended. This triggered the start of a new show, organized solely by Messe Friedrichshafen, named Outdoor Friedrichshafen.
OSLO, Norway - Keeping an eye on the traffic and fellow bikers behind can be a challenge without mirror on the bike. TriEye developed eyewear with integrated mirror which is launched at Eurobike.
LELYSTAD, the Netherlands - Giant announced today it will invest 13.5 million Euros to establish a new European distribution center in the Netherlands. Just like Giant's factory which is in operation since 1996, the new distribution center will also be located in Lelystad.
DENVER, USA - Gates Industrial Corporation, maker of the Gates Carbon Drive belt system, will launch a suite of new products at the Eurobike trade show. This includes a direct-mount crankset and e-bike components for recently released mid-drive motors.
In a strikingly unanimous action all major industry players with Ford Motor and Tome Software founded the Bicycle-to-Vehicle (B2V) Executive Advisory Board.
Accell Group NV saw in 2017 its net turnover grow by 3.7%, but its operating result drop with 37.1%. Against strong sales of e-MTB's in Germany, Austria,
DOETINCHEM, the Netherlands - The switch to omni-channel distribution is starting now. It's still on a limited scale and especially taking place in markets
DOETINCHEM, the Netherlands - Only a few years ago the (re-)start of (alloy) frame production became a topic in the European bicycle industry.
OSAKA, Japan - After a long delay Shimano shipments to Europe of its first power-meter have started and deliveries of the DuraAce power meter to the public
MUNICH, Germany - It's part of omni-channel distribution which is currently being applied by many. Mobile service providers are to
ZERBST, Germany - The future of the bicycle manufacturer Euro-Bike has been secured with the take-over by the Bremen based Speedliner Mobility AG.
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany - On Tuesday 29 August, one day before Eurobike 2017 starts, a Conference organized by Bike Europe takes place
WAYNE, USA - Yesterday Toys'R'Us Inc. announced that it has filed for Chapter 11 relief and protection for certain of its US subsidiaries
Four European countries have introduced tax breaks for cycling to work or extended existing ones during the last months: France, Belgium, Luxembourg and
ANNECY, France - P&A maker Mavic had, like last year, a difficult start of 2017. According to statements on its financial results in the 1st half-year
