Ray Keener

Ray is a long-time friend of Bicycle Retailer and writes occasional columnsm blogs and articles for the website and magazine.

Ray's background includes stints as a bike retailer, executive director of the Bicycle Industry Organization, editor of a trade magazine, founder of Growth Cycle and now executive director of the Bicycle Product Suppliers Association.

All articles by Ray Keener

October 19, 2020
Part 8 of BRAIN's Crystal Ball series.

Editor's note: For a feature in Bicycle Retailer & Industry News, Retail Editor Ray Keener spoke with 14 leaders on the supplier side of the industry. Ray spoke with leaders of major bike brands, component suppliers, e-bike startups, accessory makers and more.

Posted in Industry News
October 16, 2020
Part 7 of BRAIN's Crystal Ball series.
Lindsay Gaskins

Editor's note: For a feature in Bicycle Retailer & Industry News, Retail Editor Ray Keener spoke with 14 leaders on the supplier side of the industry. Ray spoke with leaders of major bike brands, component suppliers, e-bike startups, accessory makers and more.

Posted in Industry News
October 15, 2020
Part 6 of BRAIN's Crystal Ball series.
Paceline Products' Steve Mathews.

Editor's note: For a feature in Bicycle Retailer & Industry News, Retail Editor Ray Keener spoke with 14 leaders on the supplier side of the industry. Ray spoke with leaders of major bike brands, component suppliers, e-bike startups, accessory makers and more.

Posted in Industry News
October 14, 2020
Part 5 of BRAIN's Crystal Ball series.
Jake Heilbron and Dan Gerhard, Partners, Kona Bikes

Editor's note: For a feature in Bicycle Retailer & Industry News, Retail Editor Ray Keener spoke with 14 leaders on the supplier side of the industry. Ray spoke with leaders of major bike brands, component suppliers, e-bike startups, accessory makers and more.

Posted in Industry News
October 13, 2020
Part 4 of BRAIN's Crystal Ball series.
Randall Jacobs.

Editor's note: For a feature in Bicycle Retailer & Industry News, Retail Editor Ray Keener spoke with 14 leaders on the supplier side of the industry. Ray spoke with leaders of major bike brands, component suppliers, e-bike startups, accessory makers and more.

Posted in Industry News
October 12, 2020
Part 3 of BRAIN's Crystal Ball series.
Dan Jeffris

BRAIN talked with more than a dozen industry leaders about their predictions for 2021 and beyond.

Posted in Industry News
October 9, 2020
Part 2 of BRAIN's Crystal Ball series.
Frank Zimmer

BRAIN talked with more than a dozen industry leaders about their predictions for 2021 and beyond.

Posted in Industry News
October 8, 2020
Part 1 of BRAIN's Crystal Ball series.
Adele Nasr

BRAIN talked with more than a dozen industry leaders about their predictions for 2021 and beyond.

Posted in Industry News
July 28, 2020

BOULDER, Colo. (BRAIN) — While year-over-year IBD bicycle sales through May have grown by 30% and other categories also have seen increases, apparel sales declined by 10%, according to the NPD Group. Industry suppliers and retailers revealed a multitude of factors in this decline, while some have found creative ways to buck the trend.

Posted in Retail News
June 22, 2020

TACOMA, Wash. (BRAIN) — While retailers scramble, wait and hope for the replenishment of popular-priced bikes, accessory supplies in similar low-tech, low-priced categories aren’t much better.

Posted in Retail News

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