Originally Posted by
dbf909
9 Bike stores have closed in my area (Broward and Palm Beach counties) in the last year: 7 Bike America stores and 2 Performance Bike stores (technically one is still open but is probably days away from locking up). In that same period of time, we have had one new store open here - Conte's.
These 9 stores probably represent about 20-25% of the total stores in these two counties (not really including Miami Dade county) and serve about 3.5 million people.
Not alot of choices here right now. Most of the remaining shops are sitting tight and none are really slammed with business. A totally different scene than 2 years ago.
The 9 stores that closed represented 20-25% of the shops in your area.
Forgive my quick math but I calculate that leaves around 30 shops still open?
And you feel that doesn’t leave you a lot of choices?
Good stuff.