All Bike & eBike articles – Page 56

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    Portugal is the largest bicycle producer in the EU for the second consecutive year

    2021-07-21T13:31:00Z

    According to 2020 data released by Eurostat on July 20, Portugal is the largest bicycle producer in Europe for the second year in a row, with a total production of 2.6 million units. In 2019, the country had risen to the number one position in Europe for the first time. ...

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    New global campaign: Oakley wants you to be who you are

    2021-07-21T09:46:00Z

    Eyewear brand Oakley has launched a new campaign, “Be Who You Are,” a short film featuring a slew of sporting superstars including Oksana Masters, Patrick Mahomes, Francisco Lindor, Pauline Ferrand-Prevot and Nigel Sylvester alongside everyday athletes and is narrated by chef and celebrated rapper turned media-mogul, Action Bronson. The film’s ...

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    Learning from experience: How one startup discovered what’s in a (brand) name

    2021-07-21T07:05:00Z

    The underlying goal of a brand name is to trigger a reaction. How do you make sure it’s the right one?

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    ENOS initiates Outdoor Sports Inclusion Award

    2021-07-20T07:44:00Z

    In partnership with the EOG and the It’s Great Out There Coalition, the European Network of Outdoor Sports (ENOS) is organizing a new award series to promote greater participation in the outdoors by under-represented groups, including those with disabilities. The new Outdoor Sports Inclusion Award will recognize the brands developing ...

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    Pinarello announces new sales team organization

    2021-07-19T18:06:00Z

    After the investment fund L Catterton, which joined Italian bicycle equipment manufacturer Cicli Pinarello srl as majority shareholder in 2016, introduced a new organizational structure at management level together with Pinarello founding partner and CEO Fausto Pinarello (son of company founder Nani Pinarello) earlier this year, the sales team has ...

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    DDK Group increases production capacity with new factories in Vietnam

    2021-07-19T08:09:00Z

    Like all Asian manufacturers, the Taiwanese bike saddle manufacturer DDK Group has been overwhelmed by much higher production demand than expected. Not only is DDK’s factory in Changhua, Taiwan, running at full capacity, but the group’s factories in Nantong, China, and in Thủ Dầu Một, Vietnam, are also overloaded. The ...

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    G-Motion e-bike store opening with Storck Bicycle

    2021-07-18T19:59:00Z

    On July 15, the German Glinicke Automotive Group celebrated the opening of the “G-Motion” e-bike center in Kassel. Markus Storck, founder and CEO of Storck Bicycle, attended the festivities. His brand is the driving force behind the new store. With the cooperation between G-Motion and Storck, the bicycle supplier is ...

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    USWE expands offering with premium cycling apparel through acquisition of VOID Cycling

    2021-07-18T17:42:00Z

    On July 16, USWE Sports AB, founded in Skåne, Sweden, in 2007, signed an agreement to acquire VOID Cycling, founded in Gothenburg in 2014, from Tenson BV and Color Group BV. Both USWE and VOID are strong in e-commerce and have each established a global presence. In early 2021, the ...

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    ​New U.K. distributor for Sigma Sport

    2021-07-15T08:00:00Z

    Oxford Products Ltd. has taken over the distribution network rebuild for German cycling components and accessories manufacturer Sigma Sport in the U.K., effective July 1, 2021. The company based in Witney, Oxfordshire, has been active in sales for almost 50 years and has become one of the largest distributors of ...

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    ​La Passione successfully closes another funding round

    2021-07-15T07:43:00Z

    Italian DTC cycling apparel brand La Passione Cycling Couture (La Passione Srl), founded in 2015, has raised €7 million in another round of financing. This cash injection comes partially from existing investors – Milano Investment Partner (MIP), Club Italia Investimenti 2, Club Digitale and Cyclo Club – who have been ...

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    New CEO at Magura

    2021-07-14T08:31:00Z

    Effective June 1, Michael Funk has joined the management board of German brake expert Gustav Magenwirth GmbH & Co. KG (Magura Group) as the company’s new CEO. Funk succeeds Olaf Müller, who left the company earlier this year. Ralph Berndt had taken over the duties as CEO of the Magura ...

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    ION strengthens marketing team

    2021-07-13T13:08:00Z

    Sara Bassano (left) and Rebecca Volz Bike, surfwear and accessories company ION, part of Boards & More, has strengthened its marketing department with two new team members, Rebecca Volz and Sara Bassano. Volz has a master’s degree in sports management and worked for six years as a ...

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    CONEBI’s publishes Bicycle Market Report 2021

    2021-07-13T07:54:00Z

    “The European bicycle industry is booming.” That is the headline the Confederation of the European Bicycle Industry (CONEBI), the umbrella organization for national industry associations, is using to promote its BIMP Edition 2021 (“European Bicycle Industry and Market Profile”), unveiled June 12, with the latest figures for 2020. ...

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    Shimano with new factory in Singapore, new machines in Japan

    2021-07-12T08:11:00Z

    A few weeks ago, Japanese bicycle component manufacturer Shimano Inc. had to close its Malaysian plant, forced by the Malaysian government’s Covid lockdown. The Japanese company now announced that it would invest in a new factory in Singapore and new machinery in Japan. All this is being done with an ...

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    Pierer Mobility reports strong two-wheeler sales in the first half of the year

    2021-07-12T08:10:00Z

    With total sales of 176,045 motorcycles and 53,378 e-bikes and bicycles worldwide, Austrian two-wheeler giant Pierer Mobility AG has closed the first half of 2021 on a strong note. While the motorcycle sales under the KTM, Husqvarna and GasGas brand names almost doubled with an increase of 94.9 percent compared ...

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    Portugal officially inaugurates Europe’s first large-scale carbon frame factory

    2021-07-12T08:10:00Z

    Led by Portugal’s minister of state for the economy and digital transformation, Pedro Siza Vieira, Carbon Team’s new production facilities were officially inaugurated on July 9 in Camoia, in the Portuguese municipality of Vouzela. Carbon Team is the first European automated carbon bicycle frame factory outside Asia. Hardtail monocoque carbon ...

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    German DTC bicycle supplier Rose Bikes pushes expansion in brick-and-mortar retailing

    2021-07-12T08:10:00Z

    End consumers have been able to test and buy bicycles from German DTC bicycle supplier Rose Bikes at Lengermann & Trieschmann in Osnabrück, Breuninger in Stuttgart, Sport Reischmann in Kempten and the four Globetrotter stores in Cologne, Frankfurt, Wiesbaden and Dresden since April 2021. Rose Bikes models “across all bicycle ...

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    U.S. wholesaler QBP adds Benno Bikes to portfolio

    2021-07-08T08:13:00Z

    U.S. bicycle wholesaler Quality Bicycle Products (QBP) will be the sole domestic distributor for California-based Benno Bikes’ bicycles, parts and accessories, beginning with the 2022 model year. With home market distribution centers in Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Nevada and Colorado, QBP serves a network of more than 5,000 independent bicycle dealers across ...

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    Portugal Bike Value goes digital

    2021-07-08T07:38:00Z

    On July 20, the very first digital platform to promote the Portuguese conscious mobility sector will be launched. With this tool, the national bicycle industry association ABIMOTA aims to promote, on behalf of its members, the path taken to internationalize the domestic bicycle production sector. Source: ABIMOTA PBV ...

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    Gruppo sets course for the future with new majority shareholder and CEO

    2021-07-07T14:58:00Z

    U.S. investor Asobi Ventures Inc. has acquired a majority stake in Italy’s Gruppo Srl, the parent company of bicycle manufacturer Cinelli and (bicycle frame) tube producer Columbus. Further details of the transaction were not disclosed. At the same time, Gruppo has appointed Marcello Segato as CEO. Source: Gruppo ...