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David Wilson has left Parkers of Bolton to start up a new bakery products business on behalf of Sainsburys.
Read More »Bird takes a flyer on becoming a Blairs Babe
Elaine Bird of Fat Birds Dont Fly, a three year old Norfolk bike shop, has been selected as the prospective parliamentary Labour candidate to fight the marginal Boston Skegness seat. Husband Richard Bird, a former pilot, wants to work fulltime on the election campaign so the shop is up for sale
Read More »Oz bike industry shapes up
BITA, the Australian equivalent of the BA & ACT has set up a bike promo fund and is seeking a full-time director to expand the Aussie cycling market
Read More »Better the devil you know?
So, you think discounting product to the bone is a disease specific to the bike trade? Think again, and thank your lucky stars you dont work in the rag trade...
Read More »Raleigh ditches childish graphics on new Junior range
Children are adults-in-training, believes Raleigh, and the styling for the new Junior range is similar to the graphics and colour on adult bikes
Read More »A database to die for?
Imagine having a database which listed all of the products of all of the main suppliers which you could easily add to your website, pictures included. Then imagine that any changes were modified automatically, keeping your website bang up to date. Furthermore, imagine that this database was dynamically linked to your EPoS system. It could all be a reality soon thanks to Mane Systems and Simon Watts
Read More »Tools for the trade from IBD-friendly website
The new Shop managers button on Bikemagic.com takes you straight into the IBD section where you can update details on your shop and for free customise an online customer creation and retention programme. And the long-promised free microsite web space is now up and running.
Read More »BikeLive gets TV plugs
This weekend's BikeLive witnesses one of the best ever collections of downhill stars on UK soil. And it's attracting the media...
Read More »No win, no fee encourages freeloaders
Nigel Wiggett of the UK Trailer Co. and Bridge Bike Hire in Cornwall wanted his day in court but he didnt get it. Hes now hopping mad. Why?
Read More »These pedalling Playmates love Lycra
The US branch of Castelli emailed BikeBiz to tell us about their new shorts insert and their new designs for the Italian racing team in the Olympics. Fascinating. But then the bit at the bottom caught our attention: the company is also sponsoring the PLAYBOY XTREME TEAM. Now thats news! (NB This article contains images and may take a while to download)
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