BRAIN Staff

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September 10, 2025
Swrve co-founders Muriel Bartol and Matt Rolletta.

LOS ANGELES (BRAIN) — Swrve announced Wednesday that it has a new owner and will relaunch in 2026 more than a year after the 20-year-old cycling and outdoor apparel brand said it would close.

Posted in Industry News
September 10, 2025

SAN FRANCISCO (BRAIN) — Rad Power has reached a settlement with a man who said his Rad Runner Plus e-bike caused him to fall and sustain injuries and damage property. The case is in the Superior Court of California in San Francisco.

Posted in Industry News
September 9, 2025
Brett Thurber & Karen Wiener.

BOULDER, Colo. (BRAIN) — For our September magazine edition, we asked our State of Retail panel members: How much of your square footage is dedicated to apparel, and how strong of a category is it? What are your key challenges and best practices with apparel sales?

Posted in Industry News
September 4, 2025

PORTLAND, Ore. (BRAIN) — Backcountry.com has acquired Velotech Inc, the parent of e-commerce retailers BikeTiresDirect, Western Bikeworks, and TriSports. 

Posted in Industry News
September 4, 2025
A lugged DH prototype photograhed during a Pinkbike visit in June 2024.

MORGAN HILL, Calif. (BRAIN) — Specialized Bicycles is closing its California Auburn Innovation Center that opened last year and moving employees there to the brand's primary headquarters to enhance collaboration.

Posted in Industry News
August 28, 2025
Roman Arnold.

KOBLENZ, Germany (BRAIN) — Canyon founder Roman Arnold is returning to an operational role at the company on Sept. 1 as Nicolas De Ros Wallace, who has been CEO, steps down.

Posted in Industry News
August 20, 2025

NEW YORK (BRAIN) — Firefighters extinguished a lithium-ion battery fire Sunday in the cellar of a Queens home operating as a battery repair business, according to the Fire Department of New York.

Posted in Retail News
August 12, 2025
Sandy Whitman Talley.

BOULDER, Colo. (BRAIN) — For our August magazine edition, we asked our State of Retail panel members: Which point-of-sale system do you use, and how well does it meet your needs in terms of performance, features, and cost effectiveness?

Posted in Industry News
August 8, 2025
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Stuart Walsworth.

BOULDER, Colo. (BRAIN) — Stuart Walsworth, husband of PeopleForBikes' president and CEO, Jenn Dice, died following a mountain bike ride Aug. 1 in Colorado. Funeral services for Walsworth, who was 58, will be Sunday at Greenwood & Myers Mortuary in Boulder.

Posted in Industry News
August 6, 2025

TOKYO (BRAIN) — Shimano has revised its full-year forecasts due to a discrepancy between its second quarter results and the results it forecast for that period. The company also said a proposed settlement to a U.S. class action lawsuit over its crank recall is "reasonable."

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