BRAIN Staff
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May 8, 2026
NEW YORK (BRAIN) — Bike Shop, the Musical, first staged in 2014 as a one-woman show, is playing at the Theater for a New City through May 17 with a full cast and new music.
Posted in Retail News
May 8, 2026
Giant says the US Customs issue has entered its final stage.
TAICHUNG CITY, Taiwan (BRAIN) — Giant Group is noting that new product launches helped increase its gross margin rate in the first quarter, when the manufacturer recorded a net loss after tax of NT$200 million ($6.37 million).
Posted in Industry News
May 8, 2026
TAIPEI (BRAIN) — Taiwanese bike makers Merida Industry and Ideal Bike are each reporting sales declines in April, following on declines reported for the first three months of the year.
Posted in International
May 8, 2026
OTTOBRUNN, Germany (BRAIN) — Citing "fundamentally changed market conditions for e‑bike drive systems," Porsche AG announced Friday it is closing its e-bike subsidiary Porsche eBike Performance GmbH.
Posted in Industry News
May 6, 2026
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (BRAIN) — Titanium frame maker Lynskey Performance Products, LLC, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on April 30, saying the cashflow challenges after launching an e-commerce business with Shopify contributed to its troubles.
Posted in Industry News
May 4, 2026
SEATTLE (BRAIN) — REI Co-op announced Monday that net sales for 2025 increased slightly year-over-year, the same day the union representing 11 stores said its workers voted to boycott the chain's biggest sale of the year that begins May 15 after contract negotiations ended last week.
Posted in Retail News
April 23, 2026
SANTA ANA, Calif. (BRAIN) — A mother has been charged with felony child endangerment after her 14-year-old son riding an e-moto critically injured an 81-year-old Vietnam veteran. It's the latest arrest of a parent in California for allowing access to an e-moto that resulted in a crash.
Posted in Industry News
April 23, 2026
OSAKA, Japan (BRAIN) — Sales in Shimano's bike division were down 0.7% in in the first quarter, but operating earnings in the business unit plummeted 46% in the quarter.
Posted in Industry News
April 20, 2026
MÜHLTAL, Germany (BRAIN) — Riese & Müller will pull out of the U.S. market this summer, citing "challenging and increasingly volatile market conditions." U.S. dealers can place orders for Riese & Müller e-bikes and cargo bikes until July 31. Afterward, new product orders will no longer be accepted.
Posted in Industry News
April 9, 2026
CORNWALL, Vt. (BRAIN) — Tim Blumenthal, a journalist and cycling nonprofit leader, master storyteller and “nicest man in the world,” died March 30 at 70 after a two-year battle with cancer.
Posted in Industry News
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