BRAIN Staff
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October 27, 2015
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SEATTLE (BRAIN) — Outdoor co-op REI will not open its stores on "Black Friday," Nov. 27 this year. Instead of promoting retail consumption on the day after Thanksgiving, REI is channeling the attention the move is getting toward promoting increased outdoor activity that day.
Posted in Retail News
October 26, 2015
Gluskin Townley report finds shop visits have declined 17 percent since 2012.
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (BRAIN) — Bike shop visits by consumers declined 17 percent between 2012 and 2014, according to a new report based on consumer research by the industry consulting group Gluskin Townley.
Posted in Studies/Reports
October 26, 2015
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif. (BRAIN) — Organizers have fleshed out the full agenda for next year's IBD Summit, which will be held near Phoenix in January. The event's keynote speaker will be Sam Dantzler, a consultant to the motorcycle industry. Dantzler's presentation will be titled, "Discounts Suck.
Posted in Industry News
October 26, 2015
MINNEAPOLIS (BRAIN) — Wolf Tooth Components is now offering its wide-narrow Drop-Stop 1-by chainrings to fit Shimano's Dura-Ace, Ultegra, 105, and Tiagra road cranks with Shimano's asymmetric 4 x 110mm bolt pattern.
Posted in New Products
October 26, 2015
WILTON, Conn. (BRAIN) — Cycling Sports Group announced Monday that it has joined SmartEtailing’s Supplier Sync service.
Posted in Industry News
October 23, 2015
SAN FRANCISCO (BRAIN) — Soma Fabrications' Gator Bar is an alternative to "alternative drop bars," with drops that flare out at a 20-degree angle. It's 655mm wide and works with mountain grips as well as bar tape.
Posted in New Products
October 23, 2015
Sales grew steeply in the UK and Europe, but declined in the rest of the world in the year ending in February 2015.
LONDON (BRAIN) — Wiggle's sales for the 12 months that ended in February 2015 totaled £179 million ($276 million), up 11.5 percent from the prior period, the company announced Friday.
Posted in International
October 22, 2015
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. (BRAIN) — Moots will donate 100 percent of proceeds from sales of its Ti Stick cowbells to mountain bike pioneer Charlie Cunningham, who was injured in a bike accident in August and is hospitalized recovering from brain surgery.
Posted in Industry News
October 22, 2015
BOISE, Idaho (BRAIN) — Quality Bicycle Products has boosted its service in the Western U.S. by hiring Tim Kelley to lead its Western regional sales team from his office here. Kelley comes to QBP from K-Edge, where he was global sales and marketing manager.
Posted in Industry News
October 22, 2015
WORCESTER, Mass. (BRAIN) — Bicycle Alley owner David Kahn is retiring and has closed his 10,000-square-foot store after 23 years in business. Kahn had sought a buyer but was unable to find one. Sunday was the shop's last day open.
Posted in Retail News
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