Make Owner’s Manuals: The Little Idea
Something as simple as a self-produced owner’s manual helps them keep rolling dependably, and opens the lines of communication to your staff.
3 Steps to Make Your Website Pay Off
Attract more visitors and close more sales—both online and in-store—with these key strategies
Let My People Go Riding: Taking on Bike Tours
Diversify your business—and deepen customer relationships—by offering bicycle tours
Dealer to Dealer: Cell Phone Use on the Sales Floor
Necessary sales tool, or nuisance on the job? See where your colleagues stand on cell phones…
Shop Profile: Wheat Ridge Cyclery – Growing Up
This family-owned Denver shop went big while keeping customers first.
The XX Factor: 4 Ways Women Are Good For Business
Catering to women isn’t about flowery comfort saddles and pink accessories; it’s about being a modern, relevant, more successful retailer.
Treat Your Website Like a Second Store
Would you trust an amateur to build your next shop location?
A Tale of Two Bike Shops
The internet disrupted retail, so what? Find your niche, respect your customers, and adapt.
5 Reasons to Get Social Media Now
With social media, small businesses can give their local word-of-mouth global reach
Tariffs: Caught in the Trade War Crossfire
The bike industry—and IBDs, in particular—could be collateral damage under Trump’s proposed tariffs