Posts by Phil Latz
KRUSH Announces Grassroots Scholarships Scheme
A group of Australian bicycle companies have collaborated to create a unique scholarship scheme for up and coming young cyclists. Industry participants included Sea Otter Australia, KRUSH, Bikecorp, Pushys, GravityOZ, Ridemore and Fist Handware. The program was to have been launched at Sea Otter Australia. Unfortunately, as we detailed elsewhere, that event has been postponed…
Iconic Italian Brands Acquired by US Investor
Trek Announces Big Plastic Packaging Reductions
Popular Australian Founded Website Sold – Again…
CyclingTips was founded in Melbourne by Wade Wallace. It was a classic ‘bootstraps home business start up’ which became one of the most popular cycling websites not just in Australia but globally. It was later bought by another Melbourne based business, BikeExchange. In 2019 BikeExchange sold it to Canadian based global mountain bike site Pinkbike.…
Porsche & Yamaha Invest in Online Bike Retailer
Bianchi Invests to Quadruple Italian Production Capacity
As most Australian bicycle trade members, but perhaps not so many consumers realise, most of the famous European brands shifted the bulk of their production to Asia years ago. But faced with ballooning delays and freight costs, plus tight ‘anti dumping’ tariffs, more recently there has been a growing trend to move at least some…
Kids Bicycle Products: Distributors in Australia
The Latz Report YearBook lists any organisation that supplies goods or services to bicycle retailers or interacts with them in some bike industry related way. For details of the Kids Bikes, BMX, Helmets, Scooters and other kid-related products distributors in Australia, please follow this link to our Yearbook and use the Search function or Direct…
Next Month: Clothing, Helmets, Eyewear, Bags & Protective Gear
Our October Annual Guide will feature products and brands from the bicycle accessories range. These products are high turnover P&A categories within the bicycle industry that also offer retailers the potential of high margins. If you have a new product or you would like additional exposure for your brand to the bicycle retail trade, why…
Keep Front of Mind with Your Customers
Customer newsletters are hard work! Many business owners start writing newsletters with the best of intentions, but they peter out after a few months due to the sheer amount of time and thought they require. In this video, I share with you some keys to successfully building your mailing list and regularly sending out effective…
Why Your Website is Still Important
Although social media is more immediate for many of your customers and websites are almost old fashioned in comparison, there’s still an important place for a well-designed, user-friendly website for all but the smallest of businesses. Remember that you own and control your own website, whereas your Facebook page or your page on any other…