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Eurobike Spezial 2020 canceled
Organizer Messe Friedrichshafen has canceled the Eurobike Special 2020 event scheduled for Nov. 24 - 26 due to the current situation and the resulting restrictions due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Messe Friedrichshafen will automatically reimburse visitors for purchased tickets via the payment method chosen at the time of purchase. No ...
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Sigma Sport and Hermann Höhing receive German Packaging Award
The Deutsche Verpackungsinstitut e.V. (German Packaging Institute) has awarded Sigma Sport and Hermann Höhing GmbH the German Packaging Prize 2020 in the category “Design and Finishing.” The packaging of the iD.Free multi-sport watch convinced the jury with its unusual shape and design. The prize has been awarded annually since 1963 ...
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Wintersteiger launches bike maintenance services
Wintersteiger, the Austrian company known for its ski maintenance equipment, has entered the growing bike category as a counter-seasonal business. After two years of market research and product development, it launched a new Bike Services division in an inaugural YouTube Livestream, offering a package for bike rentals that includes the ...
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Eurobike will be trade-only, limited to 10,000 visitors per day
Physical attendance at the special Nov. 24-26 edition of the Eurobike show in Friedrichshafen will be limited to 10,000 trade-only visitors per day. Only 400 exhibitors will participate in the leading European bike show, compared with more than 1,400 in September 2019. Described by the organizers as ”The Place to ...
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MIPS presents its own team of sponsored athletes
MIPS, the Swedish supplier of helmet-based safety and protection of the brain, has announced the formation of its first professional athletic team, “Team MIPS.” The team will serve as an “ever-growing global force of helmet safety advocacy,” with athletes from around the world with a wide range of backgrounds and ...
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Norrøna opens factory in Lithuania
On its blog, the Norwegian brand Norrøna revealed that it has just opened its own new factory in Kaunas, Lithuania, which has been developed and built since 2018 to make highly functional products with premium quality more sustainable. “Having our very own factory also allows us to improve innovation and ...
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Changes in the team at Chris sports
Chris sports, a Swiss distributor for numerous sports, bike and outdoor brands such as Giro, Kari Traa, Keen, Elevenate, Evoc and Mountain Hardwear, is reorganizing the business unit hardgoods/bike in the same way as its softgoods/shoes department – with only one sales manager – due to the departure of Hubert ...
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German bicycle and e-bike industry defies the Corona crisis
In its latest “sentiment barometer” for the first half of 2020, the German Bicycle Industry Association (Zweirad-Industrie-Verband e.V.; ZIV) comes to the conclusion that bicycles and e-bikes have been the winners of the coronavirus crisis in Germany, while many other industries have suffered as a result of the global measures ...
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Bicycle donations make a difference in developing countries
As part of the company’s corporate responsibility program, the Danish shoe brand Ecco is donating bicycles to children in Vietnam. While this is just one of the aid projects - others include donating school supplies to schools in Thailand or funding mobile libraries in Indonesia - it is a great ...
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Giant benefits from the cycling boom
The Giant Group posted revenues of $33 billion Taiwan dollars (€1.0bn-$1.1bn) for the first six months of this year, representing a 7.5 percent increase as compared to the first half of 2019. Sales were boosted by increased global demand for bicycles following the coronavirus lockdown period, as many consumers have ...
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Globetrotter starts equipment rental service
Globetrotter, the German outdoor retail chain that is part of the Fenix Outdoor Group, is now offering the rental of outdoor equipment. The offer will initially cover the categories of water sports, backpacks & bags, tents, bicycles, outdoor kitchens and children’s equipment, but is likely to be expanded after a ...
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Eurobike offers Digital Days in September
Eurobike is complementing its special edition (Nov. 24-26) with Digital Days, a live online conference taking place on the original show date (Sept. 1-3). Messe Friedrichshafen had to postpone the date of the trade show by almost three months over the Covid-19 pandemic. The three digital conferences in September will ...
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Eurobike Award 2020 is open for applications
Industry registration for the 16th Eurobike Award is open until Oct. 1, 2020. The organizers are looking for innovations and new products that can shape the bicycle market. In addition to products in the “standard categories” of bicycle & e-bike, components, accessories and clothing, awards will also be granted to ...
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POC extends e-tailing team
Source: POC Ines Radacher POC, the Swedish manufacturer of helmets, goggles, body protection, clothing and accessories, is expanding its internal online retail (e-tailing) division due to the increasing digitalization of the retail sector. Therefore, Ines Radacher was appointed to the new position of “online account manager, DACH” ...
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Rossignol to sell Raidlight except for Outdoor Experiences division
The Rossignol Group has announced the sale of Raidlight Vertical, a French company specializing in footwear, apparel and equipment for trail running and ski touring, with an annual turnover of around €8 million. It will only keep and expand its Outdoor Experiences division, which organizes trail running, Nordic walking, mountain ...
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POC launches European partner program
POC, the Swedish specialist for protective gear for snow sports and cycling, will begin a mandatory selective distribution system in January 2021, which will provide a uniform and high-quality range of products for its entire European retail network. This will ensure, for example, that authorized retailers have the appropriate technical ...
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Schöffel enters the bike segment
Schöffel, the German manufacturer of outdoor and ski clothing, is expanding its range and presenting a new bike collection. The new collection is aimed at both enthusiastic hobby cyclists and performance-oriented riders in the segments of gravel, trail and travel. According to Schöffel, the new apparel is geared to the ...
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More details on Eurobike’s business focus
The organizers of the Eurobike show in Friedrichshafen said that this year’s new, later November date (Nov. 24-26) due to corona is tailored to the needs and requirements of the bicycle industry. Eurobike, as a working trade show for industry and trade without end-user days, has been well received, according ...
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Eurobike Award gets adapted to Covid-19 situation
Bicycle and mobility companies, designers and developers have been submitting their product innovations for the Eurobike Award 2020 since April. Following the postponement of the Eurobike trade show until November, the organizers are now relying on tried and tested mechanisms for the award process, which are adapted to the situation. ...
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Eurobike 2020 postponed to November and trade only
As Germany has a ban on major events until Aug. 29, logistics will preclude opening the Eurobike show on schedule to run Sept. 2-5. Instead, there will be a one-off Eurobike Special show – a “pure B2B concept,” not open to the public – on Nov. 24-26. A videoconference on ...
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