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Posted March 24, 2020

TOKYO (BRAIN) — The 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo will be postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Posted March 24, 2020
In the meantime, the component maker aids with PPE manufacturing.

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (BRAIN) — When trying to help during the COVID-19 pandemic, the last obstacle a company wants to encounter is red tape. Yet, that's what Industry Nine has in front of it.

Posted March 23, 2020

Shawn Small, the owner of Ruckus Composites, says: If there can be certainty about anything at all, it is this: Our communities need us to succeed.

Posted March 23, 2020
... for the actions being taken by shop owners, managers and staff to stay open on a limited basis to get and keep their customers rolling through these trying times.
Jenny Moore of Moore's Bicycle Shop

If you've ever questioned your value as a professional or to your community, that's in the past now.

Posted March 23, 2020
Kitsbow Cycling Apparel is manufacturing face shields and masks.

OLD FORT, N.C. (BRAIN) — Kitsbow Cycling Apparel told its employees after moving from California that job duties constantly would evolve to reflect an ever-changing product line.

Three months and one pandemic later, have they ever.

Posted March 20, 2020

LONDON (BRAIN) — Nutrition company Science in Sport reported a 24% increase in group revenue for 2019, in part thanks to the addition of PhD Nutrition, which SiS acquired in December 2018.

Posted March 19, 2020

MOAB, Utah (BRAIN) — After some considering, organizers of the Outerbike demos have decided to stick with their October dates for an event in Moab, even though the dates conflict with the re-secheduled Sea Otter Festival.

Posted March 19, 2020

Due to the changes in our global environment; we are on the edge of a huge upswing. Even with a change to our normal business operations, independent bicycle retailers should expect cycling demand to increase and stay there.

Posted March 19, 2020

TAIPEI, Taiwan (BRAIN) — Organizers of Taipei Cycle, the trade show originally scheduled to be held this month, have canceled a subsitute event that had been scheduled for mid-May.

Posted March 19, 2020

PITTSBURGH (BRAIN) — After announcing two days ago it was cutting hours of operation, Dick's Sporting Goods now has decided to temporarily close all stores beginning today because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Posted March 19, 2020

I read those three words and laughed, wishing I had come up with that clever phraseology.

Posted March 19, 2020

BOULDER, Colo. (BRAIN)— A typical busy Saturday during the spring will challenge even the most organized bike retailer’s staff.

Posted March 18, 2020
Photo by Yoav Aziz on Unsplash

NEW YORK (BRAIN) — Bike use in New York City is on the upswing due to the COVID-19 outbreak, and retailers are seeing the positive effects. However, they are bracing for a possible shelter-in-place order that could curtail retail shopping or even mandate store closures.

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