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Mokumono uses crowdfunding to produce bike frames in Holland
Mokumono Bikes, a new Dutch bicycle brand, has launched a Kickstarter campaign to finance the production of its innovative bicycle frames in the Netherlands. Mokumono was hoping to raise €90,000 on the New York-based crowdfunding platform in a 30-day campaign ending May 20, but as of last Friday, the Amsterdam-based ...
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Go Sport diversifies into bike retailing
Cycling is an important product category for Decathlon, Competing against it in the French bicycle market, which grew last year by 4.5 percent, Groupe Go Sport has opened five specialist bike stores trading under a new banner, Bike +, and several more should start in the months to come. The ...
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Rossignol is pursuing its diversification into the bike sector with...
Rossignol is pursuing its diversification into the bike sector with the tentative launch in France of an electrical mountain bike, produced by BH
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Accell posts strong results on higher sales of e-bikes
The global revenues of Accell Group were up significantly in 2015, largely due to stronger sales of e-bikes in Europe. The Dutch-based bicycle group said that revenues came in 12.0 percent higher than in 2014, reaching €986.4 million. Currency exchange effects had a positive impact of €34.4 million due to ...
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Pinarello has announced it is pulling out of the Eurobike...
Pinarello has announced it is pulling out of the Eurobike trade show, saying during the last few years it has been shifting toward direct involvement with its customers. The Italian bicycle company will continue to present its new products via a collaborative presentation with Team Sky at the Giro D'Italia, ...
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Bike Europe reports that imports of bicycles into the European...
Bike Europe reports that imports of bicycles into the European Union jumped by 4.0 percent in the first eight months of the year. After five years of decline, during which imports dropped by more than 20 percent, the numbers picked up again in 2014, with a rise of 1.6 percent ...
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Bike Europe reports the departure of Steven Merlin from Selle...
Bike Europe reports the departure of Steven Merlin from Selle Italia, where he oversaw the saddlemaker's global sales for many years
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Swix buys Norwegian bike brand
The Swix Sport Group is further expanding its offering with the acquisition of Hard Rocx, a Norwegian brand specializing in high-end mountain bicycles, which should be completed at the start of next year. The Swix group, which already owns several brands of outdoor and winter sports apparel, footwear and equipment, ...
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Bike Europe reports that the European Court of Justice has...
Bike Europe reports that the European Court of Justice has ruled in favor Giant's request to overrule the European Council's decision to charge anti-dumping duties on the bicycles imported into the European Union from its factories in China. The EU has two months to appeal the verdict. Two other big ...
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ZEG confirms Kettler bikes buy
ZEG, the German-based buying group for specialist bike retailers, has confirmed that it is acquiring the bicycle division of Kettler, the fitness equipment, furniture and toys supplier that went into self-administered receivership in June. The deal includes the group's assembly plant in Hanweiler, employing about 80 people who are to ...
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Arc'teryx, Castelli, Gore Bike Wear, Gore Running Wear and The...
Arc'teryx, Castelli, Gore Bike Wear, Gore Running Wear and The North Face will come out in December with road cycling and running garments made with a new Gore-Tex Active technology. It maximizes lightness and breathability by using a permanent beading surface that eliminates the need for a face fabric, which ...
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Electric bikes drive Accell performance
An uptick in sales of electric mountain bikes strongly contributed to a turnover increase for the third quarter at Accell Group, the Dutch company that owns Batavus, Sparta, Lapierre and Ghost, among many bicycle-related brands.The company predicts an organic sales increase and growing income for the second half of the ...
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Former Arc’teryx managers roll out bike apparel brand
A Canadian cycling apparel brand launched by several former Arc'teryx managers has rapidly gained distribution in European and Asian countries. 7mesh, which has a distinctively clean design, already reached ten markets when it started earlier this year, and a few more should be added shortly.The president at 7mesh Industries is ...
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About 350 of the 550 workers at Mifa Bike, the...
About 350 of the 550 workers at Mifa Bike, the German bicycle manufacturer, were requested to switch to a shorter working week for three months from the start of October to support the company's turnaround. Mifa filed for insolvency in September last year, after the failure of takeover discussions with ...
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Assos of Switzerland, the well-known maker of bikewear from Lugano,...
Assos of Switzerland, the well-known maker of bikewear from Lugano, has changed ownership. The founding Maier family has sold its shares to a pool of investors led by Phil Duff, the former chief executive of Black Diamond, the U.S. brand of outdoor and snow sports equipment. Duff will reportedly take ...
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Eurobike to add one more consumer day
Eurobike will add a second day open to the public in 2016, in view of the European consumers' growing interest in bicycles. Messe Friedrichshafen, which organizes the trade show, made the announcement on Aug. 29, at the closing of this year's edition. In 2016 the event will be held from ...
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The consumption of bicycles and bike-related products grew in Spain...
The consumption of bicycles and bike-related products grew in Spain by 6.6 percent in 2014 to a value of €1,354 million, according to a study commissioned to Sport Panel by Ambe, the Spanish bike industry association. Sales to all retail channels grew by 8.1 percent to €549 million, with multi-sport ...
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The Italian bike market recovered last year. After a drop...
The Italian bike market recovered last year. After a drop suffered in 2013, sales of bicycles to the various retail channels increased by 6.4 percent to 1,644,600 units in 2014, thanks apparently to an improving economy and greater participation in the sport. Sales of e-bikes were stagnant at 51,156, in ...
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Bike Europe reports that exports of bicycles from Taiwan jumped...
Bike Europe reports that exports of bicycles from Taiwan jumped by 13.9 percent in volume to 1,475,000 complete bicycles for the first four months of this year. After several years of stagnation, the value of these exports advanced by 10.1 percent to $599 million, although the average value per exported ...
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Interbike, the U.S. bicycle trade show, is offering a new...
Interbike, the U.S. bicycle trade show, is offering a new turnkey booth section at the fair for European brands seeking to enter the U.S. market. The EU@Interbike section will accommodate up to 20 brands at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas in September. The organizers said that the ...
