“More and more local retailers are now openly admitting to buying more and more of their stock from the very companies they despised and railed against (and still outwardly do).”
Category: International Brands
Top Ten Taipei Cycle Show Tips – Part 2. For a successful day at the Show.
No.7. Remember that the walls have ears. The amount of errant intel and useful competitor insights I’ve picked up whilst queuing in the toilets or on the shuttle bus always amazes me.
Top 10 Taipei Cycle Show Tips: Part 1
“where the backroom and bar room chatter reveals the machinations, rumours and insights circulating the global bike industry”
Selling cycle clothing in Australia? No hotpants or white Lycra for starters.
“And those pages in your catalogue with the tanned folk wearing white bibshorts or shorts? Tear them out before you ship them to Australia. Save yourself the freight cost.”
Australia. The lucky country; or why it isn’t for many cycling brands.
“So few global brands think to ask honest questions of their potential Australian partners and their realistic likelihood to gain footprint in the local retailers.”
The cycling brands who are eating themselves
“The brands that ignored complaints from their distributors and retailers disappeared not only in physical stores, but fairly quickly, in online stores as well.”
Better Bike Business 