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Posted November 30, 2016

SAN MATEO, Calif. (BRAIN) — GoPro announced Wednesday that it will cut 15 percent of its workforce and close its content-focused entertainment division to reduce costs as the action camera maker works to return to profitability in 2017.

Posted November 30, 2016

MT. KISCO, N.Y. (BRAIN) — Eddy Merckx Cycles has appointed Tom Van Cauwenberghe as its new CEO as the brand's parent company and board continue to execute a multi-year plan to make it profitable. 

Posted November 30, 2016

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany (BRAIN) — Organizers of the Eurobike show have decided the 2018 event — which will its first in the new time frame of early July — will be a three-day event, with no consumer day.

The 2018 event will be Sunday, July 8, through Tuesday, July 10. 

Posted November 30, 2016

DALLAS (BRAIN) — Zevlin, a Dallas-based manufacturer of custom and non-custom handlebar tape, as well as cycling skincare productshas hired industry veteran Tim Jackson to provide PR and marketing support.

Posted November 30, 2016

BOULDER, Colo. (BRAIN) — SmartEtailing has hired Bryan Smith as its national campaigns manager. Smith will be responsible for managing marketing campaigns for major brands through the SmartEtailing retailer network.

Posted November 30, 2016

AUSTIN, Texas (BRAIN) — Triathlon Business International has announced that Lance Armstrong will be the opening speaker at its seventh annual TBI Conference in January. TBI also announced that it is extending early bird registration through Dec. 9.

Posted November 29, 2016

IRVINE, Calif. (BRAIN) — This Saturday Bosch eBike Systems is organizing public ride with 1984 Olympian Nelson Vails at the Santa Monica Electric Bike Expo in Southern California.

Posted November 29, 2016

ALISO VIEJO, Calif. (BRAIN) — Highway Two has promoted Brendan Gecik to North American outside sales manager. Gecik has most recently been Highway Two's territory manager for Northern California.

Posted November 29, 2016

RAPID CITY, S.D. (BRAIN) — Strider Bikes has announced dates and locations for its 2017 Strider Cup, a national Strider Bike racing series for toddlers and children.

Posted November 29, 2016

SAN FRANCISCO (BRAIN) — Spinlister — a peer-to-peer system that matches bike owners with people who want to rent bikes — is launching a program to help bike shops rent out bikes.

Posted November 29, 2016

CARLSBAD, Calif. (BRAIN) — Australia-based compression clothing brand 2XU has named Brian Anderson the president of its North American subsidiary. 

Posted November 29, 2016

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (BRAIN) — Praxis Works has appointed Antoine Berte to the newly created position of European sales and marketing director. The company said the creation of the position was in response to increasing global demand for Praxis' line of cranksets, chainrings, wheels and bottom brackets.

Posted November 29, 2016

WASHINGTON (BRAIN) — The U.S. Senate on Monday passed H.R. 4665, the Outdoor REC Act, which would instruct the Department of Commerce and federal land management agencies to provide statistics on how the outdoor industry, including bicycling, contributes to the U.S. economy. The legislation, which the House passed earlier this month, now goes to the president's desk.

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