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AUCH, France - French wholsesaler Jos Alvarez has gone into receivership. The recapitalization that took place last year and the new MD Eric Calmand...

DUESSELDORFF, Germany - Metro Group is putting its Galeria Kaufhof department stores including the Sportarena outlets up for sale. It is rumoured...

LISBON, Portugal - The major Portuguese sports retail chain SportZone that is also selling bikes and bike products, is expanding big time. Not only...

PRAGUE, Czech Republic - Sport retail chains have discovered the former eastern European countries as a new growth market. Halfords opened

VILLENEUVE D'ASCQ, France - The sport retail chains have found the Balkan countries as a new growth market. From Slovenia down to Bulgaria local and...

GRENOBLE, France - The French retail chain Grouppo Go-Sport benefits from the expanding sporting goods markets in Belgium and Poland. Its business in...

LISLE JOURDAIN, France - Culture Velo, the French bike retail chain, did well in 2006. It increased its turnover with 11.7% compared with the...

AUCH, France - Facing bad results, the shareholders of netHub, owner of bike retail chain Bouticyle and wholsesaler Jose Alvarez, have decided to...

BOC, the German retail chain in budget bikes and bike products, is said to cross the border into The Netherlands. The Bike Outdoor Company, BOC...

MAARSSEN, The Netherlands This week we are turning to Poland for our Rumour of the Week section in this Newsletter and the Bike Europe website. Also...