WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (BRAIN) — Wheels, a startup electric bike share company, has raised $50 millionin an investment round led by DBL Partners. DBL's founder, Ira Ehrenpreis, was an early investor in Tesla and is on the electric car company's board.
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Posted October 19, 2019
TAICHUNG, Taiwan (BRAIN) — Steve Fenton always has said Taichung Bike Week is a three-day show for the industry by the industry. After concluding its 15th annual event on Friday, Fenton said Bike Week delivered again.
Posted October 17, 2019
POC will phase out its SPIN feature and replace it with MIPS technology.
PARK CITY, Utah (BRAIN) — Sweden-born safety brands POC and MIPS have agreed to a new collaboration that the companies say will lead to new technologies.
Posted October 16, 2019
New program is designed to help dealers become more profitable through affordable, one-on-one business analysis and coaching.
IRVINE, Calif. (BRAIN) — The National Bicycle Dealers Association has developed a new program that's aimed at coaching shop owners on becoming more profitable. It is led by David DeKeyser, a retail consultant who formerly owned and operated the successful Bike Hub bicycle shop in DePere, Wisconsin.
Posted October 16, 2019
CHICO, Calif. (BRAIN) — AMain.com, Inc, which bought the e-commerce business of Performance and Nashbar last year from a bankruptcy auction, has now acquired the domain and trademarks of Danscomp.com, said to be the world's largest BMX retailer.
Posted October 15, 2019
The staff, including director TJ Juskiewicz, disagreed with the newspaper's stance on fundraiser Carson King, who made racially insensitive comments when he was 16. The staff said it will launch its own event next year.
DES MOINES, Iowa (BRAIN) — The staff that produces The Register's Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa has resigned over a decision by the event's owner — Gannet-owned daily Des Moines Register — to prevent event staff from speaking their minds about the paper's handling of a story.
Posted October 15, 2019
BOULDER, Colo. (BRAIN) — For years, Buy Local Now has allowed brands to push consumers from their brand website to bike shops. Now SmartEtailing is taking it another step: The new BuyLocalNow.com site lets consumers browse products that are available from nearby shops.
Posted October 15, 2019
LOS GATOS, Calif. (BRAIN) — Beeline Bikes, which provides software that helps bike retailers schedule service work and fulfill online bike sales, has been acquired by an investment group that includes technology and bike industry veterans.
Posted October 15, 2019
BETHPAGE, N.Y. (BRAIN) — Polar had added several significant new features to its Vantage V and Vantage M multi-sport watches via a firmware update. The company also has announced a new blue wristband option and a black copper colorway for the Vantage M.
Posted October 15, 2019
As an industry, we have gone too long only looking at what we do and talking about it among ourselves in small groups.
Posted October 14, 2019
DENDERMONDE, Belgium (BRAIN) — Cycling legend Eddy Merckx was admitted to the emergency room at a Belgian hospital Sunday following a heavy crash while riding his bike, the Belgian daily Het Nieuwsblad reported.
Posted October 14, 2019
DURANGO, Colo. (BRAIN) — A bonus episode of the Channel Mastery podcast features Amazon expert Larry Pluimer, who examines recent Amazon policy changes and how they relate to specialty retail this holiday season.
Posted October 14, 2019
Defining retailers by their primary brand is a poke in the I. Specifically, the one at the beginning of IBD.
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