It was announced that Bike Factory, a seller of Specialized products for over 20 years, will open the first Specialized stand alone store in the UK. Modeled after the new US concept stores, the UK based store will feature Specialized bicycles and equipment exclusively, but will stock non-competing items like locks, and lighting. The UK store is expected to have over 3,500 square feet of retail space that will span two floors, and should be open by November…or just in time for the holiday shopping season.

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The Chinese Economic News Service (CENS) has said that bicycle exports from Taiwan have declined – 4.9% for complete bicycles, and 7.3% for parts. The report sites various factors that include EU tariffs on Chinese / Vietnamese bicycles which are impacting the Taiwanese supply chain, delays from Shimano, and a supply shortage of carbon-fiber – though you would never know it looking at the supplier booths at Eurobike. To make it through these harder times Taiwanese bike manufactures are planning to focus on sales at home, as well as products that appeal to women and older riders.

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