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Halfords are looking to grow bike repair sales. - Photo Richard Peace

Halfords' Cycling Sales Hold Up Amidst Tough Summer Retail Climate

REDDITCH, UK - Halfords has released its latest update on its trading performance for the 20-week period to 16th August 2019. It shows retail cycling...

Halfords expects London to be biggest market within the UK with almost half a million units sold by 2050. – Photo Volt

Halfords UK Expects Huge Increase in E-Bike Sales

REDDITCH, UK - Based on company data, population, car registration figures and the latest market statistics, Halfords UK expects that some 1.5...

Cycle Republic recently took their cycle offering upmarket to fight competition, - Photo Cycle Republic

Will UK's Cycle Republic Succeed Where Evans Failed?

REDITTCH, UK - Whilst 2018 saw the well-documented collapse of high street bike retailer Evans in the UK there was little in the press about...

New owners Sports Direct are fronted by controversial billionaire retail entrepeneur Mike Ashley. – Photo Sports Direct

UK's Evans To Be Sold to Sports Direct

LONDON, UK - It has just been announced that one of the UK's major cycle retailers, Evans, is to be sold to UK-based Sports Direct, a major sports...

Will the sale of Evans result in a major new player in the UK cycle market with the aim of rivalling Halfords? – Photo Richard Peace

Is New Major Player in UK Cycle Market About to Emerge?

LONDON, UK - Sky News reports that the UK's main bricks and mortar cycle retailer, Halfords, has pulled out of talks aimed at finding a buyer for the...

Halfords and Brompton arrangement is described as ‘Long-term strategic partnership’. – Photo Brompton

Halfords and Brompton Team Up

REDDITCH, UK - Halfords Group plc and Brompton Bicycle, the world-famous manufacturer of the iconic folding bike, announced the Brompton bike will be...

Halfords’ results for the first 20 weeks of 2018 shows increase in cycling revenue of 0.8 percent like-for-like. – Photo Halfords

E-Bikes Strengthen Latest Halford's Figures

REDDITCH, UK - Halfords' latest financial summary for the first 20 weeks of 2018 has shown an increase in cycling revenue of 0.8 percent...

In wake of legal confusion Halfords have suspended sales of e-bikes within Northern Ireland. – Photo Bike Europe

Halfords Suspend E-bike Sales in Northern Ireland Due to Legal...

BELFAST, Northern Ireland - Northern Ireland's Department for Infrastructure has recently stated that anyone owning an e-bike must have a motorcycle...

Rapid growth of online bike sales is ‘changing the marketplace,’ notes Halfords. – Photo Halfords 

Halfords Notes Big Drop in Number of UK Bike Retailers

REDDITCH, UK - Like in the US as well as in other EU countries also in the UK the rapid growth of online bike sales is "changing the marketplace,"...

Evans enter the e-bike market with an e-version of the popular brand Pinnacle. – Photo Evans

Biggest UK Retail Chains Set Sights Firmly on E-Bikes

CRAWLEY, UK - The biggest retailers in the UK have set their sights now firmly on electric bicycles. After years of passing over e-bikes, major UK...