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BENTONVILLE, Ark. (BRAIN) — High-end bike brand Van Dessel will operate a pop-up store here from Sept. 5 until Sept. 25.
The store will be at 918 West Central Avenue and feature a selection of the brand’s most popular models, including road, gravel, mountain, e-mtb, and cyclocross bikes.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. (BRAIN) — French cycling apparel brand Café du Cycliste opened a small office here in July with the eventual goal of growing its market share in North America.

SAN MATEO, Calif. (BRAIN) — GoPro Inc. will reduce its workforce by about 15% in an effort to reduce operating expenses by about $50 million from its projected current fiscal year amount of $320 million.

GIVISIEZ, Switzerland (BRAIN) — Scott's search for a new CEO has concluded with the appointment of two co-CEOs: longtime Scott executive Pascal Ducrot and Juwon Kim. Kim has been an interim CEO since the Scott board replaced longtime CEO and part-owner Beat Zaugg in March.

(BRAIN) — Tern is asking retailers to be on the lookout for 48 of its bikes and e-bikes that were stolen while in transport by rail from Los Angelas to a Tern warehouse in Illinois last month.

ROTORUA, New Zealand (BRAIN) — Anonymous industry members have invested NZ$2 million ($1.21 million) into the New Zealand-based fitment database startup Bike Matrix.

BOULDER, Colo. (BRAIN) — For our August magazine edition, we asked our State of Retail panel members: How are you approaching your 2025 ordering? What, if anything, is different this year?

SEATTLE (BRAIN) — Rad Power Bikes laid off an undisclosed number of employees in July, the fifth workforce reduction since 2022.

TAIPEI, Taiwan (BRAIN) — Giant Group announced that its first-half revenues were NT$37.23 billion ($1.147 billion), a 12.6% decline from the same period last year.

The post-COVID reality is reshaping how both suppliers and dealers conduct their businesses.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (BRAIN) — Leatt Corporation second-quarter revenue was down 18% year-over-year, but CEO Sean Macdonald said the cycling and motorcycle protective brand sees signs of future growth.

SAN MATEO, Calif. (BRAIN) — GoPro Inc.'s second-quarter revenue declined 23% year-over-year with retail-channel sales down 17% during the same period.

ANOKA, Minn. (BRAIN) — Sales declined 13.6% and gross profit decreased 14.2% in the most recent quarter for Vista Outdoor's Revelyst business unit, which includes its bicycle-related brands. The company continues to negotiate with two potential buyers for its Kinetic Group ammunition business and for the entire business. And its board recently announced it's exploring "a full range of alternatives" for Revelyst.