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SEATTLE (BRAIN) — REI Co-op has named Eric Artz its president and CEO, effective immediately. Artz has been serving as interim CEO since February, when he took over after the resignation of Jerry Stritzke.
MORRISTOWN, N.J. (BRAIN) — Marty Epstein, founder of Marty's Reliable Cycle, a three-store New Jersey retail chain, died Thursday after a multiyear battle with cancer. He was 69.
BASKING RIDGE, N.J (BRAIN) — A memorial service will be held for Liberty Cycle owner Greg Cordasco on May 15.
DURANGO, Colo. (BRAIN) — On the fifth episode of a special series of podcasts copresented by Verde Brand Communications and Bicycle Retailer & Industry News, Pete Buhl, the president and co-founder of Beeline Bikes, talks to Verde's Kristin Carpenter.
BASKING RIDGE, N.J. (BRAIN) — Greg Cordasco, a former bond trader who left Wall Street to follow his passion of owning and operating a neighborhood bicycle shop in New Jersey, died Wednesday of brain cancer.
He was 56. He is survived by wife Ingrid and three children.
Decathlon has adopted its business model to work in 48 wildly different countries on five continents in some 1,600 stores — but is just starting in the U.S. With global bike sales estimated at $2.2 billion in 2018, it is arguably the world's largest bicycle retailer on a revenue-basis, moving some 4.5 million bikes annually, and outfitting more cyclists in its private-label bike clothing than any other brand.
Podcast host Kristin Carpenter talks with Sophie O'Kelly de Gallagh about the U.S. launch for the giant France-based retailer.
PHILADELPHIA — (BRAIN) Joe Wentzell didn’t know it at the time, but his ambition to participate in triathlons would play a role in helping save a woman’s life.
IRVINE, Calif. (BRAIN) — The National Bicycle Dealers Association's new program, P2 Launch, is being positioned as an entry-level version of the dealer organization's Profitability Project (P2), a peer-to-peer program intended to help retailers increase profitability.
DURANGO, Colo. (BRAIN) — Erik Saltvold of Erik's Bikes, Board and Ski is the latest guest on a special podcast series produced by Verde Brand Communications and BRAIN.
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (BRAIN) — 718 Cyclery, a small shop that has developed a big reputation with regional adventure riders and others, is launching a new side business online, The Bike Bag Market.
BOULDER, Colo. (BRAIN) — On Monday, BRAIN and Verde Brand Communications launched the first in a series of podcasts devoted to the evolution of the bike market and cycling community.
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (BRAIN) — Spinlister, which started as a peer-to-peer bike-share platform in 2012, has been reborn with technology that can help IBDs dip a toe into the micromobility boom.
DEL MAR, Calif. (BRAIN) — The industry is moving ever closer to a long-held goal of creating a standardized mechanic certification.
SEATTLE (BRAIN) — REI Co-op had record sales in 2018 of $2.78 billion, up 6 percent over the prior year. The co-op also said it added more than 1 million new members last year, bringing its total membership to 18 million.
DURANGO, Colo. (BRAIN) — Ryan Atkinson, co-owner and president of SmartEtailing.com, sees click-and-collect retail as the opportunity to reconnect consumers to stocking retailers.
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (BRAIN) — A 67-year-old woman has been charged with DWI and intoxicated assault in connection with the death of local entrepreneur Tito Bradshaw, who died after being struck by a car while bicycling early Monday.
NASHUA, N.H. (BRAIN) — Brad Hill is throwing a party Saturday night that will include a roster of industry leaders and top dealers plus current and former employees of his three-store network — Goodale’s Bike Shop.
CHINO Calif. (BRAIN) — Police have arrested three suspects in a bike shop robbery during which a store manager was critically injured in this Southern California community.
IRVINE, Calif. (BRAIN) — On Wednesday, the National Bicycle Dealers Association will open the application period for the 2019 America's Best Bike Shops program.