Posts Tagged ‘Highlight’
Latest Australian Ebike Sales Data Shows Almost 50% Growth
Each year most of the companies that import ebikes into Australia share their sales data on a confidential basis. The figures are collated by an independent third party and only a total number is released by Bicycle Industries Australia (BIA). The numbers only relate to the participating companies which in 2018/19 were: Advance Traders, Adventure…
How’s Business – December 2020
Reports of stock shortages are certainly sounding like a broken record in our monthly ‘How’s Business?’ column. But that’s what was top of mind for every retailer we spoke to this month. With Christmas looming our follow up question for this month was, ‘How do you think this Christmas season will compare to previous years?’…
Will Ride’s Electrified Acceleration
Will Ride founder, Will Rischbieth (pronounced ‘rish-beth’) grew up riding mountain bikes in the Adelaide Hills. “I’ve loved bikes for as long as I can remember,” Will said. “My childhood was spent building tracks and racing around the Adelaide Hills with my friends, many of whom are now working alongside me. “My love of riding…
Harley-Davidson Ebike Launch Generates Blaze of Publicity
Famous American motorcycle manufacturer Harley-Davidson has just launched its first production ebike and with it, a whole new brand and company division. Known as Serial 1 Cycle Co., the brand takes its name from “Serial Number One,” the nickname for Harley-Davidson’s first motorcycle. As you can see from the photos accompanying this article, the bike is aimed…
How’s Business? – November 2020
Welcome to our monthly conversation with bicycle shop owners across Australia and New Zealand. It would be lovely to have a break from talking about the Covid-19 impact upon the bicycle industry, not only for the relatively trivial reason of editorial variety, but because, as the pandemic drags on, it’s really starting to put a…
“I Don’t Want Bikes to Become the Next Hand Sanitiser!”
We recently visited Pon.Bike Australia, the only major bicycle wholesaler to be headquartered in Adelaide, SA. Pon’s major bike brands include Focus, Cervélo and Kalkhoff. It is a subsidiary of Pon Holdings, one of the Netherlands largest companies with over 12,000 employees worldwide and business units across automotive, bike and various industrial and engineering services.…
Bianchi Creates Australian Distribution Business
Effective from 1st November 2020 a newly formed entity, Bianchi Australia Pty Ltd will be taking over distribution of Bianchi Bicycles from the previous distributor, SOLA Sport. They will be based in a new head office in Sydney, NSW. In a press release, Bianchi CEO Fabrizio Scalzotto stated “The creation of Bianchi Australia will enhance…
POC Launches Australian Subsidiary
On 8th October POC announced in a press release that they were creating a new Australian subsidiary to distribute all of their products. POC Sports Australia became operational from 12th October. POC will distribute via third party warehouse in Sydney and will have a dedicated B2B platform ready early next year. POC has been most…
How’s Business? – October 2020
Welcome to our monthly chat with bike shop owners across Australia and New Zealand. Unfortunately, stock shortages continued to dominate the dealers’ concerns and comments. This month our follow up question was, “How do you see this new season going and have you made any changes to your usual new model year bike orders?” Steve…
Bike Supply Won’t Fully Recover Before Mid-2021 – At Best!
A lengthy article recently published in the USA trade magazine Bicycle Retailer and Industry News (BRAIN) is a sobering reality check for bicycle dealers around the world. Factories across China and Taiwan are not suffering from shut-downs due to Covid-19. They’re open and running at full capacity. But the problem is that even maximum factory…