Reaction to C2W cap lift: “This will open up cycling to more people”
Cycle advocates, charities and alliances have started to react to the UK government’s removal of the £1,000 cap on the
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Trade Opinions
Ask the trade: Are bike shops holding less stock and/or focusing more on services since 2016?
In the third part of our Brexit-themed Ask The Trade (check out part one and part two here), CIN asked
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Ask the trade: The impact of the pound’s fall on bike prices & stock fears, post-October
In the second part of our Ask The Trade questions on Brexit (read part one here), we quiz bike shops
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Ask the trade: Are bike businesses fearful of Brexit? Is uncertainty deflecting consumer spending?
It’s three years since the UK went to the polls to vote on EU membership. While parliament is overdue on
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Repair Shop #2: “But we’ve always done it like that” and other phrases worth ditching
Sales training expert Colin Rees’ has some fresh new ideas for bike shops to boost profits through the workshop, in
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Vosper: Four things bike shop owners can do right now to increase 2019 revenues
Last time we looked at beefing up the service department and using bike fitting as ways to drive new revenues
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CIN Podcast: Urban mobility & sustainability with Tern Bicycles
CIN sat down with Tern Bicycles Team Captain, Josh Hon, and Sales & Business Development Director, Matt Davis, to discuss
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Cycling at a ‘tipping point’: EU spending on cycling & e-bikes are ahead of projections
The cycling sector is at a potential tipping point towards major growth, led by infrastructure investments and e-bike use, according
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Is the cycle market ripe for a decent second hand cycle trade?
Was your first car second hand? Why hasn’t the bicycle industry managed to import the part exchange model so successfully
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Retailers should collaborate to survive: “You can’t do it alone”
Sir Stuart Rose, speaking at the World Retail Congress, has said fears the high street is dying are “overblown” and
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How Minx-Girl.com rode the dot com bubble & changed perceptions
The internet’s effect on cycle retail goes beyond the clichéd ‘bricks and mortar vs online’ view. Duncan Moore speaks with
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