STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Despite a cool, wet spring and early summer, bicycle sales and usage in Sweden increased this year. The volumes would even have been bigger if the Swedish kronor had not weakened against the US dollar, which forced suppliers to raise prices by 15-20% at the start of the season.
The number of bicycles sold in Finland decreased in 2016, but the mood in the market is not down. There are many promising signs predicting better years.
Between August 27 and 31 the global bicycle industry gathered in the German city Friedrichshafen for the 22nd edition of Eurobike. Of course Bike Europe ...
ENNEPETAL, Germany - Alfred Thun GmbH once again managed to receive the certification in the TÜV-Nord voluntary production control with respect to the ...
BRUSSELS, Belgium - The Light Electric Vehicle Association continues its series of networking events of 2013 with a joint LEVA/ETRA member and ...
DHL Express in The Netherlands expanded its delivery service by bike recently to a total of thirty routes in fifteen cities. Also in Athens, the global ...
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany - A record number of 496 products from 30 different countries competed this year for the Eurobike awards. The 61 awards winners ...
SCHIEDAM, The Netherlands - Three to four years ago the Dutch Bicycle Group did about 250,000 bikes and was a major supplier of, among other retail ...
SHANGHAI, China - Next week, the 23th edition of the China Cycle Show at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre will open its doors. China Cycle is ...
AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands - To contribute to road safety, the bicycle section of the Dutch RAI industry association launched a hallmark for bicycle ...
EPAGNY, France - Mach 1, the French rim maker, is expanding its production lines for double wall rims. The company also decided for the construction of ...
PRAGUE, Czech Republic - Early in 2023, the Czech market already reported full warehouses and uncertain sales conditions. This pattern continued throughout the year with e-bike sales suffering a 15% drop compared to the previous year. Production in the country also fell as neighbouring countries capitalised on shortcomings in the labour market.
BERLIN, Germany - Bicycle production and sales in Germany attained very high levels in 2023, comparable to the bicycle boom in 2020. Despite the generally negative consumer climate, sales value of bicycles and e-bikes combined in Germany only slightly decreased by 4% from €7.36 billion in 2022 to €7.06 billion last year.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark - The Danish bicycle market has always been on its own sales path compared to other European countries. However, the 2023 figures of the dealer intake released by the Danish bicycle dealers and industry organisation 'Danske Cykelhandlere' from January-November could be an indication of what we can expect when other European countries publish their sales reports.
AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands - The Dutch market saw a slight decrease of 6% from 833,366 units in 2022 to 804,101 units last year. Thanks to a higher average retail price the revenue was down only 3.7% from 2022 to €1.4 billion in 2023. According to Huub Lamers, chairman of the section bicycles at the industry organization RAI and COO at Pon.Bike, "in times of supply chain constraints, we lack the availability of high quality data. The information we share today is based on sell out data, but we only have estimates on the number of bicycles and e-bikes in the pipeline."
MUEHLTAL, Germany - All Packster 70 cargo bikes will have to be taken back to Riese & Müller's production site. The German manufacturer also calls for an immediate riding stop of the Packstar 70.
LUXEMBOURG, Luxembourg - In a case with implications beyond the bike industry, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), held that copyright protection may exist for a product whose shape is, at least in part, necessary to obtain a technical result. This legal judgement favours folding bike producer, Brompton, in their case against South Korean, Get2Get.
BRUSSELS, Belgium - The number of EU member states that allows an e-scooter on the roads is on the rise. With that, the availability of e-scooters with a saddle is also growing. "However, those vehicles are ticking time bombs since they are completely illegal if non type-approved," stated LEVA-EU this week, who is now calling on the European Commission to fill the legislative gaps.
This month (July) 'Brussels' is to decide on a request from the Cambodian government on extending the derogation of the country's GSP+ status.
PNOM PENH, Cambodia - The country's bicycle export to the EU was up by a huge 22% in 2015 and counted some 1.5 million units. The for years continued growth in export from the Kingdom of Cambodia has all to do with the fact that the country enjoys the GSP duty free export status that safes exporters the EU's 14% import duty. That status is now (again) in jeopardy.
