Web/Internet

MELBOURNE, Australia (BRAIN) —BikeExchange is launching a new Webstore product that the company said will enable retail members to efficiently improve their online presence and functionality and reduce the usual pain of development and ongoing maintenance.

DENVER (BRAIN) — Primal Wear Inc. has acquired online women’s clothing retailer Team Estrogen and its Doyenne apparel brand. Team Estrogen will now be led by Primal Wear executives Jessica Lozano, chief operating officer, and Shawna Edwards, chief financial officer.

LAGUNA HILLS, Calif. (BRAIN) — The majority of IBD sales still take place inside the four walls of a brick-and-mortar store, and many retailers don't believe that will change dramatically over the next few years, according to a survey conducted by Bicycle Retailer & Industry News.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (BRAIN) — Park Tool announced it has surpassed 100,000 subscribers to its YouTube channel, where viewers can learn how to tweak, adjust and fix their bikes from Calvin Jones, the company’s director of education and master mechanic.

WASHINGTON (BRAIN) — The National Sporting Goods Association and the National Retail Federation — along with the attorneys general from 35 states and the District of Columbia — have signed on to support South Dakota’s efforts to overturn a key ruling that exempts online retailers from collecting state sales taxes.

HAMDEN, Conn. (BRAIN) — Velotooler, a web-based program that matches up consumers with independent bike mechanics, is getting off the ground with a trial run in New England, where about 80 transactions have been completed this month. The company now offers its mechanics a group insurance program.