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Formerly with Fisher Outdoor Leisure, the US lubes-and-tools brand with an Austrian warehouse, has gone multi-distributor in the UK, echoing the multi-distributor model it has in the US and much of Europe.

Joe Mogg was appointed as sales director at Falcon Cycles in 1998 and now after over 12 years at the company he has decided to move on to pastures new.

Wheel2Wheel of Lee on the Solent was applauded by the judging panel for its enthusiasm for the business, for developing positive relationships with County Councils, suppliers, business partners and for using a Si Watts designed website to boost business.

Sport specific socks are nothing new but the latest range from X-Socks boasts enough tech features to make them reassuringly expensive...

In the summer of last year, the ACT commissioned consultant Mark Walmsley of Consult 2000 to compile a market share report to track the performace of IBDs against the 'opposition'. BikeBiz.co.uk has previously carried extracts from this report but here's an updated Excel file to download and digest...