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ZEIST, The Netherlands - Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) reports are becoming a more regular occurrence from companies operating in the bicycle industry. The annual publications detail a company's sustainability efforts to its internal and external stakeholders.

比利時，布魯塞爾（BRUSSELS）－自行車協會Cycling Industries Europe（CIE）自2020年起便一直關注自行車行業並進行各種調查研究，其對2023年《商業影響調查》（Business Impact Survey）結果感到意外。根據該份研究結果顯示，有52%的會員表示去年與2022年表現相似，甚或更佳。

比利時，布魯塞爾（BRUSSELS）－比利時輪值歐盟理事會主席國，於4月3日主導在布魯塞爾艾格蒙宮（Egmont Palace）舉辦的交通部長非正式委員會會議，完成簽署跨機構的《歐洲自行車宣言》（European Declaration on Cycling）。該份宣言式迄今為止歐盟層面規模最大的自行車政策倡議，將自行車視為戰略重點，承認自行車為歐洲帶來龐大利益的能力。

OSAKA, Japan - The financial consequences of high inventory in the market accelerated in the fourth quarter of last year for bicycle and parts manufacturers. Shimano even reports a year-on-year decline of 24.6% in revenue and a 52.3% drop in net profit. The figures Shimano projected for 2024 don't show a positive picture either.

BERLIN, Germany - The appointment of former Accell Group CEO Ton Anbeek to the board of directors will help Signa Sport United to elevate its online bicycle activities. At Accell Group, Anbeek helped to grow the company in Europe's e-bike industry and steered the company during the pandemic, cumulating in the sale of the business in a take-private transaction.

AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands - A recently concluded strategic partnership brings together the expertise of two companies who create innovative solutions that enhance safety, security and provide valuable insights into the usage of connected vehicles.

AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands - E-bike component manufacturer, enviolo has appointed a new CEO. Ed Cully has succeeded inaugural CEO David Hancock and assumed his new responsibilities as of April 8th. Hancock will transition to a non-executive role, joining enviolo's board of directors.

STAVANGER, Norway - Podbike will start delivering their first product, the four-wheeled e-bike, Frikar, in 2022. To oversee the company's transition from start-up to early growth phase and support the scale-up of e-bike sales a new CEO has been appointed.

ANNECY, France - Founded by Benjamin Sarrazin, the Franco-American brand Yuba continues to expand in Europe and the United States. By the end of 2021, the company will have distributed around 8,000 to 10,000 units. "Despite supply chain difficulties, we expect to expand to 15,000 bikes in 2022,", says the Yuba founder.

AMERSFOORT, the Netherlands - In spring 2021, the Dynamo Retail Group expressed the ambition to further strengthen its dominant position in the bicycle retail sector. The current management outlined this future strategy in a three year plan. CEO Maarten de Vos will hand over the implementation

LONDON, England - Electric last-mile delivery vehicle provider, Zoomo, has raised an additional $20 mln (€17.5 mln) in its Series B funding round. The additional funds, which bring the total funding raised to date to over US $100 mln (€88 mln), will be used for product development and further market expansion.

WELS, Austria - Austrian powered-two-wheeler giant Pierer Mobility AG has received approval for listing on the Prime Market of the Vienna Stock Exchange. The listing is scheduled for 1 March which will make it one of the 39 largest and most traded companies on the Vienna Stock Exchange.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark - A total of 6,530 investors were interested in Hagen Bikes, exceeding the IPO subscription of the Danish-Estonian cargobike manufacturer by 14.9 times. It shows that cargobikes are a hot investment.

WELS, Austria - Pierer Mobility, whose two-wheeled portfolio includes Felt Bicycles, GasGas and Husqvarna e-bikes but also KTM Motorbikes, has reported record sales for 2021. In a successful year for the bicycle division, e-bike sales were up 37% and traditional bicycle sales reached a 40% year-on-year increase.

DEBICA, Poland - The pandemic gave a major push to sales of Polish manufacturer Romet Group. For this year the company expects to increase sales by as much as 40% from PLN 322 million (€70 mln) to PLN 450 million (€98 mln). The net profit (EDITBA) is expected to amount to as much as PLN 45 million (€9.8 mln) this year.

BREMBATE, Italy - Vittoria has invested €10 million to extend its European operations in Northern Italy. The company will double its European warehouse capacity to support the market expansion in the coming years, as part of a wider program to increase the output of the Vittoria manufacturing facilities in Thailand.

MUNICH, Germany - Unlike many other industries, the cycling industry enjoyed a major boost in the Covid-19 year of 2020 - a development that continued into 2021. In the first quarter of this year, when many countries returned to lockdown

ÁGUEDA, Portugal - The steadfast dedication to sustainability was one of the reasons to announce Miranda Bike Parts as the Portuguese winner of the European Sustainability Award.

DEVA, Romania - The announced insolvency of Prophete Group last December immediately raised questions about the impact on the Eurosport DHS SA operation in Romania. Prophete holds 47.5% of the Romanian company. Reason enough for Eurosport DHS CEO Tianqi Yang to issue an official statement on the current situation.