WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (BRAIN) — Wheels, a startup electric bike share company, has raised $50 millionin an investment round led by DBL Partners. DBL's founder, Ira Ehrenpreis, was an early investor in Tesla and is on the electric car company's board.
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Posted October 15, 2019
The staff, including director TJ Juskiewicz, disagreed with the newspaper's stance on fundraiser Carson King, who made racially insensitive comments when he was 16. The staff said it will launch its own event next year.
DES MOINES, Iowa (BRAIN) — The staff that produces The Register's Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa has resigned over a decision by the event's owner — Gannet-owned daily Des Moines Register — to prevent event staff from speaking their minds about the paper's handling of a story.
Posted October 15, 2019
BOULDER, Colo. (BRAIN) — For years, Buy Local Now has allowed brands to push consumers from their brand website to bike shops. Now SmartEtailing is taking it another step: The new BuyLocalNow.com site lets consumers browse products that are available from nearby shops.
Posted October 15, 2019
LOS GATOS, Calif. (BRAIN) — Beeline Bikes, which provides software that helps bike retailers schedule service work and fulfill online bike sales, has been acquired by an investment group that includes technology and bike industry veterans.
Posted October 15, 2019
BETHPAGE, N.Y. (BRAIN) — Polar had added several significant new features to its Vantage V and Vantage M multi-sport watches via a firmware update. The company also has announced a new blue wristband option and a black copper colorway for the Vantage M.
Posted October 15, 2019
As an industry, we have gone too long only looking at what we do and talking about it among ourselves in small groups.
Posted October 14, 2019
DENDERMONDE, Belgium (BRAIN) — Cycling legend Eddy Merckx was admitted to the emergency room at a Belgian hospital Sunday following a heavy crash while riding his bike, the Belgian daily Het Nieuwsblad reported.
Posted October 14, 2019
DURANGO, Colo. (BRAIN) — A bonus episode of the Channel Mastery podcast features Amazon expert Larry Pluimer, who examines recent Amazon policy changes and how they relate to specialty retail this holiday season.
Posted October 14, 2019
Defining retailers by their primary brand is a poke in the I. Specifically, the one at the beginning of IBD.
Posted October 13, 2019
BOULDER, Colo. (BRAIN) — The Boulder Valley Velodrome, built by a partnership that includes Boulder retailer Doug Emerson, is likely to close by the end of the year.
Posted October 13, 2019
It’s now dawning on most companies as well as dozens of dealers that Interbike’s withering away has been a colossal mistake.
Posted October 12, 2019
DURANGO, Colo. (BRAIN) — Ed Zink, the owner of pioneering mountain bike store Mountain Bike Specialists and a founder of the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic, died Friday of a heart attack. He was 71.
Posted October 9, 2019
ARCADIA, Calif. (BRAIN) — Over the years Bicycle Retailer & Industry News has conducted Dealer Tours in most major markets in the U.S. and Canada, riding bikes from store to store and learning about the market and local cycling community. This week we are on our first retailer tour via e-bikes, visiting shops in the Los Angeles area.
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