Mercian shut up shop sort of

DeVlaeminck

https://www.merciancycles.co.uk/2018/11 ... vIzc_DsZZ4

Shutting the shop but frame building business to continue

ugo.santalucia

shut down?

DeVlaeminck

Basically they had a normal bike shop which did sell a lot of their own bikes but also Specialized etc and then the workshop/factory place which was a mile or two away and they are shutting the shop but doing some limited retail from the workshop.

Vino'sGhost

That’s a nicely phrased blog. I wish them all the best.

cycleclinic

Good luck to them. The showroom model of bicycle retail is a dead. The repair workshop model can work.

The model canyon use direct to customer for bikes I think is the way forward.the sad truth is with the space needed for bicycle retail, the staff, and all the overheads there is a very poor to no return on bikes.

Its not much better on the web but at least you don't have to unpack them which take a long time and display them. Me and business partner are going to try the workshop only model out in Cambridge.

All the shops that I visited that have sucessfull workshops The retail side does not seem to add profit to there business. That's the feeling I get anyway. As Mercian says you might as well strip out all the activities that only add turnover and stick to what makes profit

ugo.santalucia

thecycleclinic wrote:

Good luck to them. The showroom model of bicycle retail is a dead. The repair workshop model can work.

The model canyon use direct to customer for bikes I think is the way forward.the sad truth is with the space needed for bicycle retail, the staff, and all the overheads there is a very poor to no return on bikes.

Its not much better on the web but at least you don't have to unpack them which take a long time and display them. Me and business partner are going to try the workshop only model out in Cambridge.

All the shops that I visited that have sucessfull workshops The retail side does not seem to add profit to there business. That's the feeling I get anyway. As Mercian says you might as well strip out all the activities that only add turnover and stick to what makes profit

Well said

campag531

a shame, i have been in to the shop a couple of times, a proper bike shop!
their customer service and knowledge on technical issues first class.
i once wanted just a cone, lock nut and nine bearings, no problem, arrived next day.

good luck to them in their new venture.

campag 531.

p.s. whats going to happen to all that old campag stuff they always seemd to have?