Posts Tagged ‘Highlight’
$12.4 Million Loss, Three NZ Stores Closed & New Gold Coast Store – Mixed Fortunes for Pedal Group
Coomera, Queensland Pedal Group will enjoy a moment of celebration in a generally tough year, when it opens a new store on the Gold Coast in the coming weeks. Amid recent news about sizeable losses and a drop in valuation for the organisation, and speculation the organisation is about to close multiple Australian stores, Pedal…
Staff-Starved Store Finds Solution as Shop With No Bikes
Geraldton, WA Northern WA bike store owner Leighton Thomas has received plenty of puzzled expressions in recent weeks, as he outlined plans to reinvent his business as a “bike store with no bikes”. “I’ve never stumped so many people before,” according to the industry veteran of 33 years, including stints as some of bicycle retail’s…
How’s Business – October 2023
Welcome to How’s Business, brought to you by Knog – Australian designed and lighting up the world. Even though it’s one of the first things dealers talk to me about, it has been six months since we last specifically asked our How’s Business participants about the ‘d’ word … discounting. So for this month’s follow-up…
Inside Australia’s Largest New Bike Shop
Lilydale, Victoria The Latz Report recently wrote about Yarra Valley Cycles purchasing a 1,500 square metre premises to be transformed into one of Australia’s largest bike shops. On 13th September, we had the chance to visit the almost completed store to take photos and interview co-owner Ash Swann. Lilydale is 42km east of the Melbourne…
It’s Time for the Tour Down Under to Say No to Santos
Adelaide, SA If you look back through the Opinion section of The Latz Report, you’ll see I use my prerogative as publisher to voice an opinion very sparingly. There are only a couple of dozen opinion pieces since we started in 2019, most of which are non-controversial and two of which were written by guests.…
How’s Business – September 2023
Second Eastern Conquest for WA Mobility Assist Specialist
Melbourne, Victoria A WA e-bike importer and retailer with a focus on mobility assist vehicles is preparing to open its first outlet in the eastern States. Future Bicycle Innovations has been operating its eBikers store in Fremantle for 16 years and has purchased the iBikes store in Melbourne as a platform for its eastern seaboard…
Kids Ride Shotgun launches Magura equipped off-road balance bike
~ Sponsored Content ~ Kids Ride Shotgun has entered the bike game with the launch of its new high-spec Dirt Hero off-road balance bike. Known for introducing kids to mountain biking through its shotgun child seats, the brand’s new runner bike is the next step in a parents’ pathway to raising an MTB kid –…
Pirelli Product Recall for P Zero Race Tyres
~ Sponsored Content ~ Pirelli has issued a product safety recall for its P Zero Race TLR and P Zero Race TLR Classic road tyres because of the potential for the bead to become unseated. The recall is for two tyres manufactured between 6th March and the 18th June 2023: Retailers and consumers are advised…
How’s Business – August 2023
Welcome to How’s Business, brought to you by Knog – Australian designed and lighting up the world. With stock levels and discounting still a frequent topic of conversation in the bike trade, for this month’s follow up question we asked, “How does your current number of bicycles in stock compare with where you’d like it…