COLOGNE, Germany - The creditors committee and the German Federal competition authorities have officially approved the acquisition of Kettler's bicycle division by dealer cooperative ZEG.
DOETINCHEM, The Netherlands - The world's biggest sporting goods retailer is steadily expanding the number of stores in the Benelux countries of Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. Beginning next year Decathlon's Benelux store count stands at over 30.
DOETINCHEM, the Netherlands - The two long-time editors Jan-Willem van Schaik of Bike Europe and Annemarie Visser of the Dutch dealer magazine Tweewieler have both been promoted to deputy editor-in-chief.
德國，BAD SODEN- 就像普通自行車一樣，適用於電動自行車的安全標準也將全球化。然而，自行車適用的標準已經生效，但電動自行車的全球化標準距離實現仍有一段很長的路要走。還有個問題就是電動自行車的哪些類別適用於新ISO標準?
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Next year Taiwan will be the location for the premiere of a natural pairing - combining one of the leading bicycle industry shows, the Taipei International Cycle Show and the foremost important international planning conference on cycling, Velo-City Global.
MONTREAL, Canada - Dorel Industries was troubled by the appreciation of the US dollar as well as impairment losses on goodwill and customer relationships related to Caloi in Brazil, restructuring and other costs. The owner of among others Cannondale, GT, Mongoose, Sugoi as well as Brazilian Caloi which was taken-over in August 2013 reported a third quarter loss of USD 8.8 million (€ 8.2mn) compared to a net income of USD 19.5 million (€ 18.2mn) in 2014.
日本，大阪- 就像今年前兩季一樣，Shimano在2015年第三季仍達成兩位數的成長。以結果來看，2015年前九個月，淨銷售額成長了19.0%，來到2868.4億日元(21.66億歐元)，營收和淨營收以更大的數字成長。
台灣，台中-台中自行車週在過去幾年已經發展成產品經理和其他業界人士在其行事曆裡會設定的年度活動之一。我們有足夠的理由期待參展商(見下面平面圖)和參訪的公司數量，和2014年相比，又會再一次增加。
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Up until 18 December 2015, manufacturers and designers from the cycling industry are invited to enter their designs and innovations to be put to the test by the judges in the Taipei Cycle design & innovation awards 2016.
荷蘭，VALKENBURG- 2017年春，Shimano Europe計畫於荷蘭南部新開一間自行車、釣魚和划船體驗中心。昨天該企業和Valkenburg市政府、荷蘭Limburg省、建築師和「Wyckerveste」前酒廠開發商等單位簽訂了意向書。
PARIS, France - Paris will ban motorized vehicles from the roads for the day on 27 September as an experiment in its efforts to reduce carbon emissions. The city will implement the 'Une Journée Sans Voiture' (A Day Without a Car) to coincide with European Mobility Week and a United Nations climate change summit, both of which will also be in Paris.
PIETARSAARI, Finland - After 12 years as CEO of Herrmans OY AB, Reijo Tiuraniemi resigned to take a sabbatical leave. During his management Herrmans has almost quadrupled its turnover and doubled the number of employees.
DOETINCHEM, The Netherlands - What will Eurobike 2015, which is opening its doors in just a few hours, bring? Next to a very, very busy show it's clear that the outlook for the bike sector in Europe seldom looked better. Is double digit growth ahead with e-MTBs and speed e-bikes as future trump cards?
BRUSSELS, Belgium - Close to 7.7 million bicycles (excluding e-bikes) were imported into the EU with its 28 member states in 2014; up 4.0% on the total import of 2013. According to the latest data covering the first four months of this year imports are accelerating in 2015.
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany - Even Gary Fisher is saying it; that e-MTB's are going to be the "Next Big Thing." Winora Group CEO Susanne Puello said the same mid-July to German dealers; Gary Fisher, one of the MTB creators, recently said this to American market players.
美國、MADISON - Trek為其實體零售商推出了一個新的電子商務平台，讓這些零售商在日益數位化的市場上更具競爭力。在該公司年度零售商大會上，主講者向美國零售商透露此項消息，讓零售商不用增加成本就能立即擁有網路零售商店、增加網路曝光度。
MACHECOUL, France - Intersport France is investing another 6 million euro in its Machecoul 'Manufacture Française du Cycle, MFC' bike factory. Two industrial plots are bought adjacent to the current facility where a logistics center will be built.
AMERSFOORT, the Netherlands - The merger of the Dutch retail organizations Bike Totaal and Biretco in spring 2014 brings a positive momentum. The newly created Dynamo Retail Group saw the number of affiliated stores increase by 18 to 772 in the first half of 2015.
中國，合肥- 在中國重慶舉行的2015年全球汽車論壇上，Continental 集團董事會成員和中國區總裁兼執行長Ralf Cramer宣布該集團投資中國的計畫。
COLOGNE, Germany - On July 1, 2015 BMC Switzerland AG and the Zweirad Einkaufs Genossenschaft eG (ZEG) entered into a cooperation. For now the cooperation is targeted to the Dutch, Belgian and French markets.
