BikeBiz Bicycle and cycling retail news

BikeBiz rubs shoulders with the leaders in web retailing at eretailing2000.

No trade news for two days because Carlton Reid, editor of BikeBiz, is currently attending e-retailing 2000, 15-16th February 2000, the £900 a head e-commerce conference in London. (B2B = business to business internet interaction; B2C = business to consumer, and C2B = consumer to business ­ these three acronyms are the buzz words at this conference...)

Early last year Julian Chappell hadnt even used email before, never mind surfed the net; now hes got a shop website that has won an e-commerce award, has partnerships with major sites such as lastminute.com and is featured in computer mags as site of the month.

I havent seen the little gizmo in the flesh yet, but I know I want one. Its going to be a massive hit, a must-have for every shop and every kid (of whatever age).

Freewheel Sheffield is to close in order for owner Simon Gershon to concentrate on Freewheel Leeds and the virtual Freewheel shop (and, of course, Orbit).