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![The sign is a landmark, but Mack's doesn't sell Schwinns. The sign is a landmark, but Mack's doesn't sell Schwinns.](https://bicycleretailer.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/article/DSC_0692.jpg?itok=Z7fDZeFW)
SOUTH MIAMI, Fla (BRAIN) — From the sunny parking lot of Mack Cycle & Fitness, Mary Jane Mark points across Sunset Drive, the street where more than a half century ago her father built a store that is now a local landmark.
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MIAMI (BRAIN) – Rolling from The Mutiny Hotel in Coconut Grove on a balmy 75-degree morning, the BRAIN Dealer Tour immediately got a taste of what cycling in Miami is like.
OAKLAND, Calif. (BRAIN) — Hydrapak has brought aboard eight sales agencies as the maker of hydration packs and bottles prepares for an expansion into specialty outdoor and running retail.
LOS ANGELES (BRAIN) — Despite lackluster holiday sales due to unseasonably mild winter weather in the Western U.S., Sport Chalet’s fiscal third quarter was its most profitable quarter since 2007, the sporting goods chain reported Monday.
![RockNRoad partner Jeff Renteria at the retailer’s Laguna Niguel store RockNRoad partner Jeff Renteria at the retailer’s Laguna Niguel store](https://bicycleretailer.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/article/Renteria.jpg?itok=Bj-WxI7_)
LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. (BRAIN) — Intense Cycles has installed its first store-in-store display at Southern California’s RockNRoad Cyclery, featuring custom flooring, handmade display platforms, window graphics and in-store signage.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (BRAIN) — After five years of doing business on Albuquerque’s east side, The Kickstand bike shop will close its doors on Feb. 8.
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SAN FRANCISCO (BRAIN) — Shinola's made- in-Detroit bicycles, watches, leather goods and journals will be featured inside The Station SF's popup retail area through the end of March.
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (BRAIN) — Phoenix-area retailer Rick Marquis held a grand opening celebration this past weekend for his new Giant Scottsdale store.
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LAGUNA HILLS, Calif. (BRAIN) — The issue also includes news about Specialized's Rider Experience program, the death of toolmaker Paul Morningstar and more.
![Vanessa Buccello (front) and Annie Byrne Vanessa Buccello (front) and Annie Byrne](https://bicycleretailer.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/article/Vanessa%20Buccello%20%28front%29%20and%20Annie%20Byrne%20of%20BFF%20Bikes.jpg?itok=pSFBcR5G)
CHICAGO (BRAIN) — It was the tagline for the women’s cycling Meetup group she was starting just over a year ago that inspired Vanessa Buccella to open a bike shop.
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BRAINTREE, Mass. (BRAIN) — Massachusetts retail chain Landry’s Bicycles is expanding its business to five stores with a new location opening in Braintree this spring.
SEATTLE (BRAIN) — REI has been named to Fortune magazine's "100 Best Companies to Work For" list for the 17th consecutive year.
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INDIANAPOLIS (BRAIN) — Bicycle Garage Indy/BGI Fitness is transitioning ownership from company founder and president Randy Clark to Scott Helvie, the retailer announced.
Helvie, 37, worked five years at BGI and also worked in manufacturing, sales and distribution for nine years.
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (BRAIN) — SR Suntour North America is inviting retailers to a suspension and drivetrain clinic at Ray's Indoor Bike Parks in Milwaukee, Wis., and Cleveland, Ohio, in February.
![Pedego Irvine opened in mid-December. Pedego Irvine opened in mid-December.](https://bicycleretailer.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/article/Pedego%20Irvine%20opened%20in%20mid-December.jpg?itok=sDJ99axY)
IRVINE, Calif. (BRAIN) — Pedego Electric Bikes recently celebrated the opening of its 30th store in the company’s hometown in Orange County, California. Pedego Irvine is owned and operated by longtime Irvine resident and cyclist Bob Bibee.
ALBANY, Calif. (BRAIN) — San Francisco Bay Area distributor and service center Cycle Monkey has expanded its suspension service business under the new name Suspension Lab, offering retailers quicker processing on overhauls of shocks, forks and dropper seatposts.
TUCSON, Ariz. (BRAIN) — Transit Cycles, slated to open at the end of January, will be the first shop in Tucson to focus solely on transportation cycling. Owner Duncan Benning, a 19-year veteran of the bike industry, has wanted to open a shop since he was in high school.
ROCKY RIVER, OH (BRAIN) — When Scott Cowan learned about Electra’s ownership change Monday, he was both stunned and concerned. The owner of three family-oriented shops in Ohio also sells Raleigh and Giant, but Electra is one of his main brands.
BOULDER, CO (BRAIN) — Total IBD sales grew to $139 million in November, a 1 percent increase compared with a year earlier, according to Leisure Trends Group’s RetailTRAK IBD sales summary. While unit sales declined by 5 percent, average retail selling prices rose 6 percent.
![Peachtree Bikes lost all its inventory, fixtures and memorabilia. Peachtree Bikes lost all its inventory, fixtures and memorabilia.](https://bicycleretailer.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/article/Peachtree%20fire.jpg?itok=ulbF9XMh)
ATLANTA, GA (BRAIN) — Peachtree Bikes will reopen in a new location after its flagship store was destroyed by a fire in early December that also damaged several other businesses occupying a historic building located in Atlanta’s Buckhead district. Authorities have not yet determined the cause of the fire.