SAINT-JEAN-DE-MOIRANS, France - The French Rossignol Group, owner of Rossignol, Time Sport and Felt, announced a few weeks ago, the opening of a procedure regarding the future of Time Sport. This procedure concerns the carbon frames production and assembling site in Gajary, Slovakia, and the brand's headquarter in Saint-Jean-de-Moirans, France, where the design and marketing departments are located. The group's decision does not include the pedals and shoes activities. 

TAIPEI, Taiwan - This morning Taipei Cycle Show organiser TAITRA (Taiwan External Trade Development Council) announces the cancellation of the new Taipei Cycle+ and TaiSPO+ events that were scheduled for 14 to 16 May.

STUTTGART, Germany - The multichannel bicycle and outdoor retailer Internetstores GmbH again reports expanding sales to 373 million euro in 2019. Including 2019, Internetstores claims an average growth rate of over 30 percent per year from 2017 onwards.

PLOCHINGEN, Germany - Increasing pressure by webshops on a sporting goods sector in Germany that's already facing difficulties, make for tough market conditions.

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - Are they looking for an outright confrontation; or does it only seem that way and are the very early 2020 Taichung Bike Week dates prompted by what is now common practice in America; delivering the first series of the new model year in the middle of the sales season?

MILAN, Italy - As one of the best visited events for motorbikes, EICMA Milan is the worldwide leading fair for the world on two wheels, including bikes, motorcycles, mopeds, push scooters and urban mobility solutions.

ULFT, the Netherlands - Bicycle manufacturer Kross is moving the Multicycle production line in the Netherlands to the company's main facility in Poland. Only Multicycle's product development and the production of tandems will remain in the Netherlands.

AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands - Strider Bikes is opening up its European headquarters in the Netherlands. Founded in 2007 in the US, Strider Sports International Inc. is the world's premier manufacturer and distributor of balance bikes.

The 2019 World Cycling Forum addresses the sweeping ramifications of climate change and the role cycling can play in the efforts to limit global temperature increase and greenhouse gas emissions.

The biggest in the bike business like prominent e-bike maker Accell Group, will participate in the World Cycling Forum 2019. In particular as this 2-day International Conference is all about the industry's future.

LONDON, UK - April 2019 will see the opening of a new Brompton folding bike store in Westfield London. It will join Brompton's growing network of global Brompton Junction branded stores already established in central London, Spain, Italy, USA, Netherlands, Germany, Israel, Japan, China and Singapore.

ROTTERDAM, the Netherlands - Save the date for the 2nd World Cycling Forum which will take place on Tuesday 4 and Wednesday 5 June 2019. The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) in cooperation with Bike Europe will organize the second edition of this International Conference.

ALMERE, The Netherlands - After making an all-out effort to take-over all Accell Group's shares in April 2017 which in the end failed; Pon is again knocking on Accell's doors. Today, the holding company of various (automotive) import companies as well as Pon.

TAIPEI, Taiwan - This week's Taipei Cycle Show features on Thursday and Friday the Taipei Cycle Forum. This Conference is themed "Keep Pace with the Next Bike Age." The Forum speakers will dig deep in topics that vary from contemporary e-bike designs to e-mobility.

ROTTERDAM, the Netherlands - Following the successful first World Cycling Forum held in Porto last year, this trade journal in cooperation with the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) will organize the second edition of this International Conference that focusses on the top of the industry.

TREVIGLIO, Italy - Bianchi has taken the next step in its strategic reorientation of the market and announced the start of direct distribution in Scandinavia. The new organisation in the Nordic countries is part of a strategic project to strengthen Bianchi's presence and competitiveness in the European market.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark - The European Commission has a role to play in formulating cycling policy. This was acknowledged by the Executive VP of the European Commission Frans Timmermans. "We must support more and new measures to grow cycling in Europe," he said.

PARIS, France - The French retail group Cyclable has raised €7 million from Calcium Capital. In addition, Roland Barthez, a long-time shareholder who joined the company in 2010, is reinvesting. This allows Cyclable to organise the exit of M Capital Partners and other historical shareholders.

FRANKFURT, Germany - Urban mobility centered around bikes is one of the topics which the new Eurobike in Frankfurt is focusing on. The trade show found a new partner in the shared mobility provider Deutsche Bahn Connect, a subsidiary of the German railways. The 30th Eurobike takes place from 13 to 17 July 2022.

ZEIST, the Netherlands - The number of job vacancies for supply chain managers in the bicycle industry hiked last year. Previously, a dedicated position or even a department was only customary at big companies. That's no longer the case. In the bicycle industry the meaning of 'supply chain' has changed radically over the past two years.