All Canyon Bicycles articles – Page 2

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    Canyon Bicycles appoints former road bike athlete as COO

    2022-11-26T11:21:00Z

    Source: Canyon Alison Jones, new Canyon COO As part of the company’s executive leadership team, German DTC bicycle supplier Canyon Bicycles GmbH has brought Alison Jones on board. She fills the open position of chief operations officer (COO). In this role, the former road bike athlete will ...

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    Canyon receives reported $30m in new investment

    2022-07-29T14:18:00Z

    Various press outlets are reporting that Canyon Bicycles has received an estimated $30 million in new capital from two investors. One is LRMR Ventures, the investment group run out of Akron, Ohio, by the NBA player LeBron James and his longtime associate Maverick Carter. (James took a minority interest in ...

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    Canyon Bicycles hires Ben Hillsdon as new global communications manager

    2022-03-18T08:36:00Z

    Source: Canyon Bicycles Ben Hillsdon German DTC bicycle supplier Canyon Bicycles GmbH has hired Ben Hillsdon as its new global communications manager. He will be based out of a new Canyon location in Amsterdam. Hillsdon brings more than ten years of experience in public and private sector ...

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    Former Jordan Brand GM to become CEO of Canyon Bicycles

    2022-01-26T14:41:00Z

    On March 1, bike industry newcomer Nicolas de Ros Wallace will join German DTC company Canyon Bicycles GmbH as its new CEO. He replaces CFO Winfried Rapp, who has served as interim CEO since October 2021 following the departure of Armin Landgraf. Rapp will continue to be a member of ...

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    Canyon Bicycles CEO to leave the company

    2021-09-22T12:37:00Z

    Source: Canyon Taking over as CEO on an interim basis on October 1: CFO Winfried Rapp Canyon Bicycles CEO Armin Landgraf has decided to leave the D2C bicycle supplier for personal reasons at the end of September. He agrees to continue to assist the company as an ...

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    ​Changes in Canyon Bicycles’ communications team

    2021-06-15T13:23:00Z

    After four and a half years as global communications manager at Canyon Bicycles GmbH, Thorsten Lewandowski will officially leave the German D2C provider at the end of June, but is currently already on residual leave. Lewandowski will, however, remain with the industry. We expect more information in July. Prior to ...

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    Canyon welcomes new CFO

    2021-05-31T09:49:00Z

    Source: Canyon Winfried Rapp While current business is humming along with new records, German D2C bicycle supplier Canyon Bicycles has announced a change in its top management. Winfried “Winni” Rapp will assume the position of CFO. At the same time, current CFO Lothar Arnold (brother of Canyon ...

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    Canyon launches in Canada

    2021-03-16T15:18:00Z

    Following its successful entry into the U.S. market in 2017, and just days after Belgian investor group Groupe Bruxelles Lambert (GBL) and co-investor Tony Fadell invested in the company, German bicycle supplier Canyon Bicycles – claiming to be the “world’s leading DTC bicycle brand“ – has announced its entry into ...

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    Bike stocks 2020: Corona gives the bicycle industry a turbo boost

    2021-01-05T14:39:00Z

    Same same but different – 2020 has been a real rollercoaster. Not only for the world economy but for each individual: Corona set the course. 2020 saw the most extreme stock market movements ever. What it finally taught us above all: whether economic, trade or other wars, political crises or ...

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    Canyon temporarily pauses shipments to the U.K.

    2020-12-27T09:19:00Z

    Canyon Bicycles has announced that it will not ship orders to the U.K. from Dec. 19 until Jan. 11 in connection with Brexit transition and due to the “uncertainty and potential bottlenecks at the border.” The company is currently modifying its processes in order to comply with new legislation as ...

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    German bike company Canyon bought by Belgian Adidas shareholder

    2020-12-17T05:48:00Z

    Groupe Bruxelles Lambert (GBL), a major Belgian-based investment company, has agreed to take over majority control of Canyon Bicycles, the German bike producer known for its direct-to-consumer approach. Roman Arnold, a former supplier of bike components who founded the brand in 2002, will reinvest a significant part of the proceeds ...