Mergers, Acquisitions & Investments

Posted April 2, 2021
Tomias Hinchcliff opened the store in 1974 when he was 18.
Tomias Hinchcliff.

EASTON, Pa. (BRAIN) — Trek Bicycle has acquired Genesis Bicycles, a single-store operator in the Lehigh Valley.

Posted April 2, 2021
Cytech owns the Elastic Interface cycling pad brand.

SAN VENDEMIANO, Italy (BRAIN) — PM&Partners SGR, an Italian private equity company, has become the majority shareholder in Cytech, the parent company of Elastic Interface and other cycling brands.

Posted April 2, 2021

NEW YORK (BRAIN) — Peloton has completed its $420 million purchase of the Precor fitness brand from Amer Sports. Peloton said the acquisition provides U.S. manufacturing capacity, R&D resources and access to the commercial fitness equipment market.

 

Posted February 22, 2021

BOULDER, Colo. (BRAIN) — Pocket Outdoor Media, the parent company to BRAIN, VeloNews, and nearly 30 other active living brands has purchased Outside magazine, Outside TV, Gaia GPS, Peloton magazine, and athleteReg.

Posted February 9, 2021

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (BRAIN) — The Rossignol Group has sold Time Sport's frame and bike business to the Cardinal Cycling Group, whose partners include French engineer Martial Trigeaud and American Tony Karklins, who is the founder of Allied Cycle Works and the former managing director of Orbea USA.

Posted February 5, 2021
CEO says the company will spend $100 million on expediting deliveries, including air freighting bikes and treadmills.

NEW YORK (BRAIN) — While Peloton Interactive’s sales surged past the $1 billion mark in its most recent fiscal quarter, slow deliveries continue to hold the company back.

Posted February 4, 2021

SEATTLE (BRAIN) — Rad Power Bikes announced Thursday it received a minority investment of $150 million from several companies.

Posted January 27, 2021

LAKEVILLE, Mass. (BRAIN) — Spark Bike Run Sports, a 10-year-old multi-sport retailer south of Boston, has announced on its website that the store has been purchased by Trek Bicycle.

Posted January 26, 2021
Mike Olson

SAN DIEGO (BRAIN) - Trek has agreed to buy at least a dozen of Mike Olson's bike shops, including the six Trek Bicycle Superstore locations in the San Diego area and in Albuquerque, New Mexico, one Nytro Multisport store in Encinitas, California, and the six-store Bike Gallery chain in the Portland area.

Posted December 28, 2020

MONTRÉAL (BRAIN) — Dorel Industries, which had planned a special shareholder meeting for Jan. 12 to vote on accepting an offer to go private, has now delayed that meeting until Feb. 16.

Posted December 21, 2020
Company said it will be building products in the U.S. before the end of 2021.

NEW YORK (BRAIN) — Peloton has agreed to acquire Precor, one of the largest global commercial fitness equipment providers, in a transaction valued at $420 million.

Posted December 18, 2020

AUSTIN, Texas (BRAIN) — This time last year, Hill Abell was contemplating some big changes at his five Austin stores. Drastic changes.

Posted December 17, 2020
Some retailers say this was the year to quit while they were ahead. Some are getting some help from Trek Bicycle.

FLOWER MOUND, Texas (BRAIN) — This year's bike boom left many retailers with empty shelves, bulging bank accounts, and greatly reduced debt. It also left many exhausted. More than a few have decided this was the perfect time to get out of the retail grind, one way or another.

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