OFF TRACK | NUMBER CRUNCHING 30%
Finance-funded sales rose 30 per cent in bike retail (in July and September) according to ActSmart.
3.9%
Cycle and leisure sales rose 3.9 per cent for Halfords in its half-year financials, positive news in a period where group revenue fell 0.1 per cent for the retailer.
OUR BIGGEST TEN STORIES ONLINE IN NOVEMBER
1. Chain Reaction and Wiggle ‘guilty of exploitation’, says US store
/news/read/chain-reaction-wiggle-guilty-of- exploitation-says-us-store/012250
2. Argos Christmas TV advert re-ignites bicycle shaped object debate
/news/read/argos-christmas-tv-advert-re-ignites- bicycle-shaped-object-debate/012258
17%
Audiences for the Tour of Britain continued to rise, with 2011’s edition up 17 per cent in viewers of the daily ITV4 highlights.
3.
Confused.com stirs up cyclist hate debate /news/read/confused-com-stirs-up-cyclist-hate- debate/012239
4. Car website becomes viral hit with cyclists /news/read/car-website-becomes-viral-hit-with- cyclists/012193
5. Cyclist seeks compensation after alleged Halfords bodge job /news/read/cyclist-seeks-compensation-after-alleged- halfords-bodge-job/012187
6. Ultra Motor goes into administration /news/read/ultra-motor-goes-into- administration/012177
7. Secondhand bike sales market gets another third party agent /news/read/secondhand-bike-sales-market-gets- another-third-party-agent/012216
8. Journo has a go at ‘bastards’ who work in bike shops /features/read/journo-has-a-go-at-bastards-who-work- in-bike- shops/012276
46%
Confused.com courted controversy by publishing a survey which found 46 per cent of motorists were ‘annoyed by cyclists being on the road’.
BIKEBIZ.COM
9. Is the electronic bike market shifting? /
index.php/news/read/is-the-electric-bike-market- shifting/012134
10. Not commuting by bike or on foot? Then it’s bad for your health /
index.php/news/read/not-commuting-by-bike-or-on- foot-then-it-s-bad-for-your-health/012127
BIKEBIZ JANUARY 83
100 miles
The Scottish Bike Show announced its own sportive for its 2012 return, with 100- mile and 65-mile options for riders
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