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Interbike has released the findings from a survey done on its behalf by International Cycle Works, Inc. The majority of show visitors want Interbike to stay in Las Vegas not move to Denver. 86 percent of the exhibitors and 87 percent of visitors indicated that they plan on participating in Interbike 2004. As a result, over 80 percent of the available booth space at the 2004 event has been reserved, the most exhibit space Interbike has ever booked this early in the season, said show director, Lance Camisasca.

In mainstream retail, that is. In the UK bike trade, May was largely "excellent" and June 2003 was better than June 2002. The Confederation of British Industry’s latest Distributive Trades Survey reveals that mainstream retailers are suffering in the heat (and no doubt the wet start to July helps nobody but umbrella shops…)

On Monday, staff at M&S HQ on Baker Street in London will be shown how and why to cycle in to work. The retailer is keen to stress its green credentials and getting more staffers on bikes makes a lot of congestion-charging sense for a central London business. The training and advice package has been arranged through BikeWorks, part of Jim McGurn’s Company of Cyclists.

Some mainstream mail-order catalogues have scaled back their bike divisions. And Halfords is still trying to get key suppliers to sign up to its dictat-driven new trading terms. Many suppliers are stalling for better, individually-negotiated terms. If Halfords tries to tough it out, the market-dominating corporate could find its supplies of 2004 brand and own-brand bikes are delivered woefully late. In theory, there could be a 2-3 month gap when IBDs could capitalise on any strangulated supply.

War, weather and worry are the main blockages stopping consumers spending in the US, just as in the UK, but the latest Jay Townley authored report for the National Bicycle Dealers Association finds some silver linings, including the bigger US IBDs doing what those in the UK are doing: expanding. And there are opportunities for all ‘speciality bicycle retailers’, even in a downturn, argues Townley.

And the juiciest bit of info has to be that 89 percent of ACT members (and IBDs in general perhaps?) are now able to access the internet on a regular basis…

Sustrans has today published a fully updated and revised edition of its ‘Official Guide to the National Cycle Network to coincide with the beginning of the school holiday season.

In a survey said to have been conducted by Motor World, but which is far more likely to have come from the fertile imaginations of the bright young things at Motor World’s new PR agency, the 200-store chain is supposed to have identified 12 customer-types, many of them less than complimentary to cyclists. Thanks, Motor World!

An early Easter, good Spring weather and no FMD access restrictions are leading UK IBDs to feel confident about the future. The BikeBizBarometer is showing that turnover is up on the same period last year, but profits are either static or dipping. This is mirrored in mainstream retail and industry results as released by the British Retail Consortium and the Institute of Directors

The success of the recent Ordnance Survey sponsored The Outdoors Show at Birmingham’s NEC has kicked off a debate in the outdoor trade about the pros and cons of the NEC and Harrogate, and trade shows versus public shows. This is a debate the bike trade has been battling with for years!

The Bicycle Association has created a ‘business confidence’ survey for suppliers, BikeBiz is about to trial one for bike retailers.

Just when you thought show fever was over, along comes this story about the Haymarket/Future Bike 2002 show and the Ordnance Survey Outdoors Show. Both events are in March, both are at the NEC