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Wholesale bike unit sales down 20% in the first quarter.BOULDER, Colo. (BRAIN) — Wholesale bike sales overall were nearly flat in March compared to last year in dollars, and down slightly in units. The months results capped a first quarter that saw a 20 percent decline in bike units sold in to retailers, according to the Bicycle Product Suppliers Associations Sell-in Report.
March bike sales were $93.9 million, up just 0.7% from the $93.3 million in the same month last year. Units were 149,739 i...
By Dean Yobbi
PHILADELPHIA — (BRAIN) Joe Wentzell didn’t know it at the time, but his ambition to participate in triathlons would play a role in helping save a woman’s life.
Wentzell, the former district manager of Performance Bicycle, was one of three people who rescued a driver after her SUV ended up in the Schuylkill River here on Sunday.
Wentzell, also the former owner of Breakaway Bikes in Philadelphia, was the first to jump into the river, which had a stronger than normal current from rec...
IRVINE, Calif. (BRAIN) — The National Bicycle Dealers Associations new program, P2 Launch, is being positioned as an entry-level version of the dealer organizations Profitability Project (P2), a peer-to-peer program intended to help retailers increase profitability through shared performance metrics.
While P2 is an intensive, yearlong program with a significant upfront cost of $1,500 for each six months, P2 Launch is free for NBDA members this year and requires less of a commitment.
P2 Launch i...
OSAKA, Japan (BRAIN) — Shimano says high-end bikes sales in North America and e-bike sales in Europe helped drive a 2.4 percent sales increase in the first quarter this year in its bicycle components division.
The company reported sales of 69,603 million yen ($622 million) for the division. Operating income in the division declined 5.6% to 13,926 million yen ($124 million).
In Europe, retail sales of completed bicycles, mainly sport e-bike, remained solid in continuation from the previous year...
BOULDER, Colo. (BRAIN) — Bicycle Retailer & Industry News has hired a new managing editor, Dean Yobbi, who joined the staff earlier this month.
Yobbi is a 30-year veteran of the Florida newspaper scene who was most recently at the Miami Herald where he was an editor for 16 years. He began his career as a staff writer for The Palm Beach Post, covering sports.
Yobbis love of bikes and cycling began when he received a Schwinn Pea Picker Krate for Christmas in 1972.
Yobbi returned to cycling ye...
Two-day workshop will take place June 10-12, 2019
(BOULDER, Colo., April 18, 2019) — The International Mountain Biking Association will host its fourth Trail Lab in Bentonville, Arkansas on June 10-12, 2019. Trail Labs are intensive two-day workshops designed to catalyze the next generation of great places to ride mountain bikes. Community stakeholders are encouraged to attend to learn about the benefits of investing in more trails close to home.
The first three sold-out Trail Labs have welcom...