Retail
Ex-Amazon Executive to Guide BikeExchange Seller Success
Melbourne, Victoria Former Amazon executive Joe McArdle has been appointed as BikeExchange’s Global Head of Seller & Merchant Success, to help sellers and merchants find the right product mix and maximise their sales on the BikeExchange website. Joe held various key operational roles at Amazon in Australia and the UK, across online sales, stock and…
Sydney Electric Bikes Opening Two New Stores
Pyrmont, NSW Sydney Electric Bikes is about to open two new stores which will take their total number of locations up to nine. Founder Jake Southall recently spoke to The Latz Report and started by summarising his rapid growth from the humblest of beginnings. “We opened up the first little concept shop on Pyrmont Bridge…
Will Your Next Competitor be a Surf Shop?
Wollongong, NSW I recently walked past the shop window of a well presented surf and ski shop and there front and centre were a couple of e-bikes. Looking inside, there were a few more on prominent display. After receiving permission from the owner, I took the two photos that accompany this article. The bikes are…
10 Tips to Help Your Store Through Lockdown
As we compile this article during the second half of August 2021, more bicycle shops in more states and territories face tougher restrictions than at any time since the start of Covid restrictions in Australia 18 months ago. Here is a brief summary, focusing only on the restrictions specifically related to the bicycle industry. In…
E-Bikes Attract More Women – Study Suggests
A new study of electric bike use in New Zealand has found that pedal assistance has acted as an enabler to empower women to ride. Ebikes could be the catalyst for bike retail environments becoming more female friendly. Part of the reasoning for the shift put forward by the bike shop managers interviewed for the…
Aussie Cycling Apparel Brand Opens ‘Shop in Shop’ in Harrods, London
MAAP, the Melbourne-based cycling apparel brand, is now available for purchase, in-store and online through a click and collect service, at Harrods one of London’s and the world’s most famous high-end department stores. MAAP commissioned leading London-based retail design consultants Brinkworth to design a bespoke ‘shop in shop’ retail kit to translate the brand into…
Inside NSW’s Newest Bike Shop
Trek Australia Buys WA’s Top Retailer, Expands in NSW
Trek Australia have purchased Western Australia’s largest specialist bicycle retailer, The Bicycle Entrepreneur (TBE). TBE started as a single shop in the Perth suburb of Belmont in 1983 and steadily grew to six locations, all in Perth, including an online store and a central warehouse / mechanical servicing department. TBE is already a Trek dealer,…
Adelaide City Bike Shop Closes
Claude Altin has run bike shops under the name of Megabike in a succession of Adelaide locations for many years. Recently he decided to retire and close Megabike which in its final location has been in Rundle Street, the main shopping street in the city centre of Adelaide. Their last day’s trading was Saturday 15th…
First Look Outside Melbourne’s Newest Bike Shop
On Monday 24th May, Melbourne’s newest bike shop opened its doors for the first time. Glow Worm Electric Bikes Melbourne is a sister shop to the long established Glow Worm Electric Bikes in Sydney which was founded in Marrickville in 2009. The new Melbourne store is also in an inner-city location at 1/73-77 Wellington Street,…