Major bike brands are now choosing to sell directly to customers (D2C) through their websites instead of relying on local bike shops (LBS). This shift is driven by the rise of online shopping, where ...
Profitability-wise, bicycles have long been a borderline proposition for bike shops. For at least ten years, according to the NBDA’s Cost Of Doing Business studies, retailers have barely broken even ...
There are some very large players with global networks of bike shops. Others are niche, specialising in one type of bike or ...