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WASHINGTON, D.C. (BRAIN)—Columbia, Missouri may not be top of mind when it comes to bike-friendly cities. But Columbia’s fifth-term mayor Darwin Hindman, who championed the city’s Katy Trail, is putting this Midwestern city on the cycling map.
“The Katy Trail is crowded with users. Now our obligation is to get our streets crowded with users using bikes for commuting as well as recreation,” Hindman told more than 700 leaders of the bicycling advocacy movement and industry at a rece...read more
Topic: Events
03/09/2010 5:00 PM MST
VANCOUVER, WA (BRAIN)—SR Suntour has formed a new U.S. subsidiary to drive aftermarket growth, tapping longtime U.S. manager Darrell Voss to head up the operation and former FSA president Doug Stuart to oversee sales and marketing in North America.
SR Suntour North America will be run from Vancouver, Washington, as a division of the Chang Hua, Taiwan-based suspension and component manufacturer.
Voss, who has led SR Suntour’s U.S. activities for the past 11 years wil...read more
Topic: Business
03/09/2010 5:00 PM MST
WESTPORT, CT (BRAIN)—Annual sales for Fox Racing Shox fell 7.8 percent in 2009, but the company saw signs of recovery in the fourth quarter with double-digit growth during the last three months of the year.
Fox reported net sales of $121.5 million in 2009 compared with $131.7 million in 2008 and $105.7 million in 2007. In the fourth quarter, revenue rose 13.4 percent, from $30.6 million in 2008 to $34.6 million for the same three-month period last year.
Bookings fo...read more
Topic: Earnings/Financial Reports
03/09/2010 5:00 PM MST
LAGUNA HILLS, CA (BRAIN)—The Taipei Cycle Show gets underway next week and Bicycle Retailer & Industry News will deliver daily coverage of the four-day event. Each day manufacturers, suppliers and North American retailers will receive a link via email to a multi-page PDF newsletter filled with detail about trends and products, event coverage and newsmaker interviews.
Readers who visit the magazine’s Web site also can read the newsletters.
“We produced a similar s...read more
Topic: BRAIN News
03/09/2010 5:00 PM MST
COSTA MESA, CA (BRAIN)—Space is still available for retailers interested in attending the NBDA's March 15-16 Profitability Project in Atlanta, Georgia.
The fourth season of the Profitability Project kicked-off in Florida, Feb 17-18. The dynamic process brings together successful industry retail leaders from non-completing markets across the country to learn, brainstorm, evaluate and strategize together to create more successful models for each of their retail stores.
...read more
Topic: Events
03/09/2010 5:00 PM MST
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Posted: Mar 01, 2010
Here are the award winners from this year's handmade bike show that took place in Richmond, Virginia, over the weekend:
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Posted: Feb 26, 2010
With its unique mix of bikes and brew, the Angry Catfish Bicycle and Coffee Bar is the latest hub of Minneapolis’ thriving bike... Read the entire post!
Phoenix Dealer Tour Feb. 23-25
Sponsors and participants share their impressions of the Phoenix Dealer Tour.
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GlobalShop brings you the latest in retail and store design, store planning and the best technolo ... see details
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We are staging Alberta’s first Battle of the Bikes to raise awareness and support for the Enbridg ... see details
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The most famous cycle show in the world, with regular participants of internationally renowned b ... see details
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