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Rapha Clubhouse London

Rapha slashes valuation by £102m amid £15m loss and eighth straight year in the red, but insists “great work being done” to turn business around

Premium cycling clothing brand has lost £35m in the past two years, with turnover dropping by £14m in 2024 — but new CEO Fran Millar insists "we know the things we need to change and we are already making bold moves in the right direction"

Mon, Oct 20, 2025 14:00
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Endura posts £4.7m loss as Scottish cycling brand blames “continuation of challenging market conditions” year on from massive £14m loss

The latest figures mark Endura’s second successive year in the red, after three profitable years at the start of the 2020s

Thu, Oct 16, 2025 15:29
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Bike manufacturer Merida changes its migrant worker policy after Giant’s imports blocked by US over forced labour allegations

Taiwan-based bike brand introduces zero-fee policy for migrant workers and insists it "strictly complies" with country's labour laws

Tue, Oct 07, 2025 09:20
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Beeline Bicycles, Oxford

“Cycle industry in a major recession”: Independent bike shop enters liquidation and claims summer heatwave saw sales plummet to off-season winter levels

Sales doubled during pandemic bike boom but yet another cycling business closes for good as demand eased and costs rose in recent years

Tue, Sep 30, 2025 15:46
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Sigma Sports 2025

Cycling retailer Sigma Sports halves losses to £925,000 and insists 2024 was “positive” despite cost-of-living crisis, inflation and inventory woes battering bike industry

Sigma Sports confident it is "leading premium retailer" in the bike industry but predicts "backdrop of UK's economy to remain challenging" this year

Mon, Sep 22, 2025 16:40
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Trump tariffs led to bike sales “free fall” says Chinese brand, as US imports plunge in first half of 2025

Bicycle imports to the United States fell by 25 per cent year-on-year in the first half of 2025, while China’s June shipments to the US dropped by a staggering 74 per cent

Fri, Sep 05, 2025 11:58
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Is China ready to take over the cycling industry? We chat to Chinese bike brand Yoeleo about challenging the old guard, changing Western perceptions, and “pushing the limits”

As well as your usual cycling chit-chat to kick things off, Ryan sits down for a fascinating chat with Yoeleo's marketing manager about China's role in the current bike industry, and what's in store for the future

Fri, Aug 29, 2025 07:15
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Orbea factory

Bike industry on hold as uncertainty around Trump’s controversial tariffs continues

Cycling groups predicted US bike industry may not recover from "devastating consequences" of Trump tariffs until end of the decade

Tue, Aug 19, 2025 11:34
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Bike industry challenges continue as Giant and Canyon profits down 66% and 30%, while Shimano downgrades 2025 outlook

Giant says inventory levels back to "healthy pre-pandemic standards" and Shimano's sales are up 12 per cent, but industry's biggest brands still face unpredictable and tricky market

Mon, Aug 11, 2025 11:50
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Giant’s revenue slumps by 25% in spring after positive start to 2025, as bike brand takes £102m less than first half of last year

Revenue plummeted by a third in May and June, and by a quarter overall in Q2, leaving bike brand down 12 per cent on last year

Mon, Jul 14, 2025 10:17
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