BRAIN Staff

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May 12, 2026

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (BRAIN) — A woman filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Rad Power Bikes and an authorized dealer in Florida after one of the brand's e-bikes ignited in her garage and killed her husband.

Posted in Industry News
May 12, 2026
What can distributors do to better support your shop?
Jeff Mitchell.

BOULDER, Colo. (BRAIN) — For our May magazine edition, we asked our State of Retail panel members: How have post-pandemic shifts in distributor supply and the rise of customer-supplied parts influenced your sourcing strategy?

Posted in Industry News
May 11, 2026

SAN MATEO, Calif. (BRAIN) — In what it's calling a "strategic process," the GoPro Board of Directors announced Monday it's considering selling or merging the company to maximize its value for the stockholders.

Posted in Industry News
May 11, 2026

TAICHUNG CITY, Taiwan (BRAIN) — Following last week’s release of Giant Group’s first-quarter financial details, the company’s April revenue statement showed a decline year-over-year, albeit a smaller decline than in the first three months of the year. 

Posted in Industry News
May 8, 2026
Barkan wrote and stars in the play. Photo credit: Nancy Adler

NEW YORK (BRAIN) — Bike Shop, the Musical, first staged in 2014 as a one-woman show, is playing at the Theater for a New City through May 17 with a full cast and new music.

Posted in Retail News
May 8, 2026
Giant says the US Customs issue has entered its final stage.

TAICHUNG CITY, Taiwan (BRAIN) — Giant Group is noting that new product launches helped increase its gross margin rate in the first quarter, when the manufacturer recorded a net loss after tax of NT$200 million ($6.37 million). 

Posted in Industry News
May 8, 2026
Merida team bikes at the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya 2025. Getty photo.

TAIPEI (BRAIN) — Taiwanese bike makers Merida Industry and Ideal Bike are each reporting sales declines in April, following on declines reported for the first three months of the year

Posted in International
May 8, 2026

OTTOBRUNN, Germany (BRAIN) — Citing "fundamentally changed market conditions for e‑bike drive systems," Porsche AG announced Friday it is closing its e-bike subsidiary Porsche eBike Performance GmbH.

Posted in Industry News
May 6, 2026

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (BRAIN) — Titanium frame maker Lynskey Performance Products, LLC, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on April 30, saying the cashflow challenges after launching an e-commerce business with Shopify contributed to its troubles.

Posted in Industry News
May 4, 2026

SEATTLE (BRAIN) — REI Co-op announced Monday that net sales for 2025 increased slightly year-over-year, the same day the union representing 11 stores said its workers voted to boycott the chain's biggest sale of the year that begins May 15 after contract negotiations ended last week.

Posted in Retail News

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