Cycle Show opens in Taipei MAARSSEN, Netherlands (March 11th) The Taipei International Cycle Show opened yesterday at the Taipei World Trade Centre ...

NEW DELHI, India (February 6th) - Hero Honda Motors Ltd , India's biggest motorcycle maker, said on Monday its January bike sales rose 35 percent to ...

JARGEAU, France (December 5) - Zéfal decided to take over the ailing Véloland chain for a symbolic amount of € 1 only. Until its receivership earlier ...

JARGEAU, France (December 5) - Zéfal decided to take over the ailing Véloland chain for a symbolic amount of € 1 only. Until its receivership earlier ...

BETHEL/CT, USA (August 15) - Cannondale Corp. reported a 16% higher $9.55 million (€ 9.85 million) pre-tax income in its bicycle division over its ...

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands (August 27) - Axa Stenman managed to increase its net profit by 20% to € 2.3 million or € 0.74 per share, despite poor sales ...

MONCHENGLADBACH, Germany (January 29) - German buying association Veloring GmbH & Co. KG is restructuring while its member-organisations Veloring ...

ESSEN, Germany (15 January) - In 2001 Karstadt-Quelle AG increased its turnover in 2001 with 4% to a total of € 15.9 billion. These sales include ...

TAICHUNG, Taiwan (February 5) - Good and bad news from Taiwan's number one and two bicycle producers Giant and Merida. According to a recent publication ...

STAMFORD, USA (August 20) - The Derby Cycle Corporation filed its financial report for the quarter which ended on July 1 at the Washington Security and ...

MUNICH, GERMANY - Today the European international sporting goods show Summer Ispo will close its doors. Held from 6 to August, Summer Ispo attracted ...

MINNEAPOLIS, MN/USA (16 August 2000) -- US retail giant Target Corp. saw earnings rise 15% in the second quarter of this year. Sales for the quarter ...

AVERY, France (1 August 2000) -- The French Carrefour Group has acquired GB, the leading food retailer in Belgium. Carrefour, which already owned 27.5% ...

VERNON HILLS, IL/USA (25 July 2000) -- Brunswick Bicycles has named Franck Meunier to its sales team. Meunier, formerly the manager of North American ...

PARIS, France (6 July 2000)--France's second largest sporting goods retail chain Go Sport has plans to set up a wholly-owned subsidiary Go Sport ...

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (13 July 2000)--Former EGS sales & marketing director Jeffrey Begue has been named to the same position at Urban Solutions, a ...

ZOETERMEER, Netherlands- In 1998 the Dutch spent 2.6 billion on new bikes and bike maintenance. That comes to NLG140 (US$64.30;EUR63.70) per person. In ...

On April 23, the 'Right to Repair' directive was adopted by the European Parliament. The proposed law should encourage repair and reuse of defective devices instead of replacement, with the aim of minimising 'e-waste' caused by these devices. The guidelines that the EU will prescribe to its member states in the coming years are becoming increasingly clear: repair must become the standard for all electronic consumer goods, even after the legal guarantee period. What does this mean for the e-bike industry?

BRUSSELS, Belgium - In a final round of negotiations, the Council and the European Parliament finally reached an agreement on the Regulation establishing a framework to ensure a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials, better known as the Critical Raw Materials Act. This regulation also impacts the "light transport equipment" or e-bikes according to category L.

SCHWEINFURT, Germany - During a recent meeting of the Dutch standardisation committee and European stakeholders, the completion of a standard for cargo bikes was discussed. "A European standard would be helpful to standardise the legal patchwork that exists throughout Europe," explains velotech.de MD Marco Brust.