Ask any retailer. We were blessed with great spring weather in North America this year, and now there aren’t nearly enough bikes in the channel to meet demand. Dealers blame suppliers for not building the right number. Suppliers blame retailers for not ordering the right number. But guess what? This is a seasonal business. The [...]
Archive | July, 2012
Three Big Reasons There Aren’t Enough Bikes This Year (Part One)
By rickvosper on July 17, 2012 in 3-Rule Marketing, Bike Biz History, Bike Idustry Stats and Analysis, bike marketing 101
Smart Cookies: Electra Bikes And Some Tantalizing Hints About Marketing To Non-Enthusiasts
How does Electra Bicycles turn a tidy profit marketing products to a nonenthusiast customer base the rest of the industry is largely content to ignore? Electra Marketing Director Elayne Fowler knows. But aside from a few tantalizing hints, she’s not telling. Elayne Fowler is one smart cookie. While the rest of the industry has been [...]
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