不斷增加的零售店數量代表了一個持續的趨勢，有更多的IBD都前往Interbike車展。 - Photo Interbike

WILTON, USA - Dorel Sports, a segment of Dorel Industries named Russell Merry Senior Vice President & General Manager North America and the UK, Cycling Sports Group. In this new role, Russell will have leadership of the Cycling Sports Group North America business. Whether this appointment is related to Dorel Sports' declining sales in Europe is not noted in the Dorel statement.

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany - Eurobike 2015 kicked off today with the Demo Day giving bike professionals the opportunity to try out the latest bicycles. Though it was still raining cats and dogs last night the visitors of the outdoor enjoyed the sun all day.

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany - This morning, at the opening press conference for Eurobike 2015, the sales figures for Germany in the first half of this year were presented. Like in 2014 also this year the German bike sector has once again had an outstanding start to the current season.

LUDHIANA, INDIA - Hero Cycles, India's biggest bike maker, has acquired a majority share in Avocet Sports; the Manchester, UK based importer and distributor of bikes, electric bicycles and P&A. With this take-over Hero meets its ambition to enter the European high-end markets.

STUTTGART, Germany - Distributor Paul Lange Group announced that its subsidiaries in the DACH-region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) as well as in the Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Slovakia and Ukraine are now also distributing: "Tyres, tubes and other products of the Schwalbe brand."

英國，倫敦- 自行車環法大賽第一站在約克郡舉行的時候，今年英國製自行車的銷售一飛衝天。根據國家統計局的最新數據，英國製自行車的製造與銷售幾乎跳升了70%。

AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands - At last Friday's press conference on the mid-year financial results of Accell Group NV the holding company of numerous bike companies reported a 13% turnover growth. This double digit plus was thanked to higher e-bike and sports bike sales. In particular e-bikes and Haibike's new e-Performance bikes are pushing Accell's turnover made with e-bikes to new highs.

LAKE FOREST, USA - Tenneco Inc. announces its intention to discontinue its Marzocchi Mountainbike and motorcycle fork suspension business and to liquidate its Marzocchi operations. According to Marzocchi's (Ride Performance Europe) OE sales manager Maarten Maes production is to continue to the end of this year and take-over discussions already started.

SCHWEINFURT, Germany - Last week Bike Europe reported that Winora - Haibike's offering in e-MTB's is exploding; from 12 models in MY 2015 to 41 for MY 2016. This is wrong.

VERONA, Italy - Three months to go before the opening of first edition of the CosmoBike Show, the organization reports that 400 companies have chosen for this event for launching 2016 innovations in Italy.

On July 1st 2015 the new international norm ISO 4210:2014 replaces the European norms EN 14764:2005 ff and will be valid on a global scale. Thun announces that their BB sets with German origin will fully comply with the new norm in order to meet the highest standards in terms of product safety. "When it comes to safety-related components such as the bb-set there is zero tolerance for mistakes," states Alfred Thun.

BERLIN, Germany - The one day cycling tour of German members of parliament has become one of the highlight events in German cycling advocacy. Yesterday more than hundred people joined the Members of Parliament in their cycling trip through the German capital.

GRENCHEN, Switzerland - The appointment of Erwin Steinmann as CEO of the BMC Group last year was the start of a widespread reorganization program at the Swiss 'House of Brand' BMC, Bergamont and Stromer. This restructuring includes the possible sale of the e-bike brand Stromer.

BIEL, Switzerland - As part of succession planning at DT Swiss Group AG, Marco Zingg will be handing over as CEO to his two business partners Frank Böckmann and Maurizio D'Alberto from 1 July 2015.

HEERENVEEN, the Netherlands - Today Accell Group announces that it recorded an increase in both turnover and profit in the first months of 2015. Demand for electric bicycles and sports bicycles in the higher segment of the market showed particularly strong growth.

PRASNYSZ, Poland - According to the latest survey by IPC Research Institute performed in March 2015, Kross is the most popular bike brand in Poland. Out of all the respondents asked about the bike industry, 11.8% pointed out Kross as their first choice.

MALLABIA, Spain - Bike maker Orbea is expanding its assembly capabilities at the company's plant in Portugal. Orbea is buying a 8,000m² facility and is equipping it for state-of-the art assembly.

BIRMINGHAM, UK - Tandem Group Plc., one of the UK's biggest in bikes, recorded a 10.5% growth in revenues in 2014. The company that next to main bike brands Claud Butler, Dawes Falcon, Townsend also sells bike P&A as well as sporting goods and wheeled toys, saw its profits rise by a big 55.8%.

荷蘭，阿姆斯特丹- Accell Netherland在今年三月發表聲明將調漲自行車價達5%，這項舉動很快地有另一家荷蘭大廠Gazelle跟進。