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GREENSBORO, N.C. (BRAIN) — REI Co-op workers here voted to unionize, becoming the 11th store location to join the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU).
Editor's note: A version of this article ran in the January issue of Bicycle Retailer & Industry News.
KORTRIJK, Belgium (BRAIN) — Pablo Carrasco and Ignacio Estelles, the co-founders of the Rotor Bike Components, launched a new component brand called QO at the Velofollies bike show in Belgium last week.
CHICAGO (BRAIN) — Radio Flyer is expanding its independent bike dealer network by hiring Justin Gottlieb as e-bike sales director and adding several sales agencies.
WASHINGTON (BRAIN) — The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a recall of about 684 NQDTPBOR mulit-purpose helmets sold on Amazon for failing to comply with federal regulations.
MURRIETA, Calif. (BRAIN) — Pierer New Mobility GmbH — the e-bike business unit of Pierer Mobility AG — says it will consolidate its functions to headquarters in Munderfing, Austria, and Murrieta, California, and phase out its operations in South Africa, Germany, and the United Kingdom.
SEATTLE (BRAIN) — REI Co-op CEO and President Eric Artz announced Wednesday morning that he will retire at the end of March and will be succeeded by former co-op board director Mary Beth Laughton.
FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif. (BRAIN) — One of the first moves by Pedego’s new CEO, Larry Pizzi, will be to set up a program allowing Pedego dealers to access other brands of e-bikes for the first time.
PRAGUE (BRAIN) — Indoor cycling app Rouvy has acquired its fellow app brand FulGaz from the IRONMAN Group. Rouvy has added the 20 most popular FulGaz courses, including courses from real-world Ironman and Ironman 70.3 events.
FulGaz users can continue to use the platform as usual for now.
SECAUCUS, N.J. (BRAIN) — We sent New York-based journalist JP Partland to CABDA East last week to talk to retailers about what they expect for 2025 and how recent trends might affect their business. This is what he heard from a group of mostly optimistic — and happy — retailers.
(BRAIN) — Tern has opened its first European distribution office in Cologne, Germany. Tern Zentrale will stock the urban mobility company's full range of bikes, accessories, and parts.
TAIPEI, Taiwan (BRAIN) — Giant Group's 2024 operating revenues were down 7.4% from the year prior, but are still above pre-pandemic levels.
LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. (BRAIN) — Dominic Phipps is the first to concede that his new book — a 7-pound, 560-page, $70 oral history of the freestyle BMX movement — is more of a passion project than a business plan.
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