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New BikeExhange Partnerships Aim For Better Online Customer Experience
Melbourne, Victoria Online marketplace BikeExchange (BEX) is embarking on new partnerships with industry-leading e-commerce software companies in a bid to improve the experience for its consumers and retailers. The Melbourne-based company this month announced it is partnering with German firm commercetools and NZ organisation Overdose to upgrade its “technology stack to a best-in-class, composable commerce…
Queensland Families Increasingly Turning to Electric Mopeds
Brisbane, Queensland A steady stream of Queensland families is turning to electric scooters to save money amid rising fuel prices and other costs of living, but not just the type of scooters most commonly associated with micromobility. Australia’s first all-electric vehicle concept store, EV Motors Brisbane, is selling a growing number of electric moped scooters.…
BikesOnline Bringing Thok to Australia
Alba, Italy A new player in the Italian e-bike sector, Thok, is collaborating with Sydney-based online retailer BikesOnline to make the brand available in this country. The e-bike specialist has experienced rapid sales growth since its debut in Europe five years ago, with aggressive designs inspired by motorsport. The company reported selling 60% more bikes…
Ride Kola Adds Recycled Flavour to Subscription Market
Melbourne, Victoria Melbourne will soon be host to a new recycled e-bike subscription service its founder and long-standing environmental advisor Chris Arnott believes is a world first. Chris has created the Ride Kola subscription service, which will provide analogue bikes sourced from the Netherlands and re-equipped with front-hub motors, batteries, other integrated features and a…
Folding Bike Giant Seeks Supply Solutions to Global Challenges
Greenford, UK Mounting predictions of a possible invasion of Taiwan by China is one of several reasons folding bike pioneer Brompton is shifting parts of its supply chain away from those two countries, the company has revealed. Additional global challenges such as Brexit, transportation through the Suez Canal and the impacts of Covid have all…
Mate’s First SUV Wins Design Award
Copenhagen, Denmark In the wake of Mate.Bike Australia’s launch in June, the parent company in Denmark has struck gold with its first e-cargo bike. The Mate SUV last week won the Gold distinction award at the German Design Award, the premier award of the German Design Council. The SUV was nominated because of its features…
How’s Business – December 2022
Welcome to our monthly column in which we call a wide range of independent bike shops across Australia and NZ and start by simply asking “How’s business?”. We always ask a follow-up question. This month’s was: How do your sales figures since the Covid boom ended compare to your pre-Covid figures? Will Arnott from My…
US Court Upholds Fraud Claims Against BikeExchange Subsidiary
North Carolina, US A US court has upheld claims of fraud, misappropriation of trade secrets and common-law unfair competition against BikeExchange’s bike delivery service, Kitzuma. The US General Court of Justice – Superior Court Division refused submissions by Kitzuma and two of its founders to have the claims dismissed. The hearing on 30th November was…
Teschner Promises Carbon Revolution in the Fine Print
Balhannah, South Australia Veteran frame builder Peter Teschner is aiming to revolutionise custom frame construction, with ambitions to unveil industry-ready 3D printed carbon lug sets next year. The former Byron Bay manufacturer, now operating out of the Adelaide Hills, has always taken a unique approach to bike construction, including earning a legion of fans for…
TEBCO Partnership Restores Sight for 1,000 People
Melbourne, Victoria A partnership between Melbourne-based e-bike importer TEBCO and the Fred Hollows Foundation reached a major milestone last month, with its accumulating donations topping a figure that would fund sight-restoring operations for 1,000 people. The two groups celebrated the milestone when Hollows Foundation corporate partnerships manager Bronte Phillipps visited TEBCO’s stand at the Micromobility…