Switzerland – Recant statistics released by VeloSuisse, the association on Swiss bicycle suppliers, reveal that in a predominantly flat overall Swiss bicycle market, E-MTB are showing the most market growth.
Germany – Leading European bicycle show, Eurobike has released a final report on visitor and exhibitor numbers from the recently closed 2016 event in Friedrichshafen. All in all 42,720 industry visitors came to Lake Constance down nearly 7% from the 45,870 industry visitors in 2015. In its first year of running two consumer days, an additional 34,400 bike fans visited Eurobike on Saturday and Sunday, up from 20,730 in 2015. International participation rose to 106 countries, and 1766 journalists
USA – Organizers of Interbike have sent out and email to exhibitors and retailers asking for feedback about moving the dates of the event to either June or July, and moving location away from Las Vegas.