THE HPS MAY LETTER: BIG TRENDS FOR APRIL 2023
4/07/23 Can we call monetary policy a “blunt tool” anymore … Marketplace. The Fed raised interest rates from basically zero…
HOW INTEREST RATES AND CREDIT POLICIES ARE IMPACTING THE BICYCLE INDUSTRY
The recent failure of two banks, Silicon Valley Bank in California and Signature Bank in New York, didn’t have much of…
NBDA NEWS HOUR – MAY 2023 PODCAST
The NBDA News Hour focuses on the news and articles contained within The Micromobility Reporter, getting a more in-depth view…
SCORCHED EARTH AND THE FUTURE
Rick Vosper’s Op Ed in the March 13 online issue of BRAIN shined a bright light on the fact that…
THE HPS MARCH LETTER: THE MAJOR TRENDS FOR EARLY 2023
2/28/23 Trying to replace china’s supply chain? Don’t bother. Vietnamese factories were supposed to save globalization. It doesn’t look like…
CHANGING THE GAME
Electric bicycles have fundamentally changed the bicycle business in America. Europe has a mature e-bike business and country markets, compared…
SIGN OF LIFE
It’s Wednesday, January 11, and I am walking down an aisle of the CABDA West Expo with my long-time friend,…
GOOD DECISIONS DEMAND GOOD DATA
This is the slogan of the Pew Research Center that refers to itself as a nonpartisan fact tank: Good Decisions…
JAY TOWNLEY RECOGNIZED FOR DEDICATION TO IMPROVING THE BICYCLE INDUSTRY
At the CABDA Midwest Expo Awards Ceremony February 7, Jim Kersten, CABDA show director, presented a special award to 66-year…
IT IS OUR PROBLEM!
54 years ago, the American bicycle industry faced the specter of the federal government regulating bicycles as products sold to…
CONFRONTING SHRINKING SALES AFTER A PANDEMIC-DRIVEN BOOM
All the news and factual bits and pieces that float to the surface indicate the American bicycle business is in…
TURMOIL AND DOWNSIZING SEEN IN CYCLING AND OTHER SPORTS MEDIA PLATFORMS
The following is taken from The Outer Line, December 14, 2022. While the audience is primarily adult enthusiast cyclists, HPS…
CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS: E-BIKES, BATTERIES AND UL2849
On January 4, 2023 Human Powered Solutions will attend a virtual public meeting between the United States Consumer Product Safety…
COVID-19 IS TEARING THROUGH CHINA
There are several things going on relative to this headline, including the fact that COVID-19 and its variants are still…
THE BIG IF
I am writing this on the last day of 2022, a year that literally went from a supply chain nightmare…
CHANGING THE GAME
Half of adult e-bike riders (50.7 percent) started (39 percent) or returned (17.1 percent) to riding a bicycle during the…
LETTING GO OF CHINA
A November 24 article from The Economist reported that “Multinational firms are finding it hard to let go of China.”…
THE BRUTAL TRUTH ABOUT RESHORING
There has been a lot of chatter in the bicycle business of late about reshoring bicycle and e-bike manufacturing to…
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF BENTONVILLE
Last month I wrote about my planned trip to Bentonville, Arkansas, for the SHIFT’22 Conference October 18-20. The original plan…
WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH E-BIKE FIRES IN NEW YORK CITY?
Human Powered Solutions (HPS) analysis points to e-bikes and micromobility, including e-scooters, as the future of sustainable transportation. We are…