BRAIN Staff

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February 25, 2025
REI's Sumner, Washington, Distribution Center.

SEATTLE (BRAIN) — REI Co-op accepted a long-term sale-leaseback agreement with Madison Capital for its four distribution center properties. REI said it will maintain and operate the centers without impacting any of its employees.

Posted in Retail News
February 18, 2025
How do you predict it will affect you in 2025 and beyond?
Jason Bahner

BOULDER, Colo. (BRAIN) — For our February magazine edition, we asked our State of Retail panel members: How has your business been affected by recent industry upheavals, such as bike brands leaving the U.S. market and retailers going out of business?

Posted in Industry News
February 10, 2025

The new event, called the U.S. Bicycle Market Forum, is targeted at international brands either operating or hoping to operate in the U.S. bike and e-bike market.

Posted in Industry News
February 3, 2025
Dave Adornato.

BOULDER, Colo. (BRAIN) — For our January magazine edition, we introduce our 2025 State of Retail panel members.

Posted in Retail News
January 15, 2025

TAIPEI, Taiwan (BRAIN) — Giant Group's 2024 operating revenues were down 7.4% from the year prior, but are still above pre-pandemic levels.

Posted in International
January 14, 2025

LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. (BRAIN) — Dominic Phipps is the first to concede that his new book — a 7-pound, 560-page, $70 oral history of the freestyle BMX movement — is more of a passion project than a business plan.

Posted in Industry News
January 11, 2025
Photo courtesy of Zapata Espinoza.

(BRAIN) — A list of crowd-funding campaigns to support members of the bike industry recovering from the January wildfires in the Los Angeles area. If you learn of more campaigns, please let us know at info@bicycleretailer.com.

Posted in Industry News
January 8, 2025
News from Trek, Bosch, AIMA, Urtopia, Livall, Donut Lab, United Wheels, Entropy and more.
Urtopia will offer its motor to other e-bike makers.

LAS VEGAS (BRAIN) — At the CES consumer electronics show in Las Vegas this week, the simple bicycle is often a platform used to demonstrate the latest in high technology, including artificial intelligence, battery and motor technology, fitness devices and more. 

Posted in Product/Tech
January 7, 2025

LAS VEGAS (BRAIN) — Segway is accepting pre-orders for its two new e-bikes and offering more details about each at the CES consumer electronics trade show, running this week in Las Vegas.

Posted in Product/Tech

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