COMPANY HISTORY
BikeSportz Imports this year celebrates its 10th Anniversary
as one of Australasia's leading, premium suppliers and importers
for the Australian Bicycling Retail Industry.
The company was founded by it's current Managing Director,
David Cramer, as a successor to the much loved and prominent
Cecil Walker Cycles Imports, which itself was created in July 1987 as
part of the Cramer family's well known retail outlet in Melbourne,
Australia.
The growth in business and industry respect, here in Australia
and around the World, for both David Cramer and the company
he started 18 years ago, is clear to see. From the days
of working out of the back office of his family's bicycle shop,
to today, where a company of over twenty employees supply
nearly a thousand retail outlets all over Australia with many
of the World's leading bicycle and bicycle accessory brands.
WELCOME TO BIKESPORTZ
From the moment you step into the foyer display area of
BikeSportz Imports it is clear that this is not just another
wholesaler. All our products are professionally displayed for
both retail customers and consumers to view.
The offices that immediately surround the foyer are staffed by
a professional and dedicated team who deal with all enquiries
from wholesale to retail, marketing to shipping, warranties to
sales and just about anything to do with a growing Australian
Bicycle Industry.
Step into the board room and you are greeted by framed, autographed
jerseys from the likes of Marco Pantani, Mario Cipollini,
Felice Gimondi, Robbie McEwen, Jan Ullrich and many
more legends of the sport of cycling. This helps to set the tone
for discussions about many of the World's leading, quality cycling
brands.
Walk out into one of the biggest and busiest warehouses in the
Australian Cycling Industry and you're sure to be impressed
with the scale, size and professionalism of this market leading
operation.
A FAMILY OF BRANDS
BikeSportz prides itself with having one of the leading
"families" of brands in the Australian bike industry. All of
them are "A" brands or indeed, market leaders. The quality,
image and strive for excellence here at BikeSportz is reflected
in the brands that we represent.
With this collection of companies, we are able to offer to bicycle
retailers an unsurpassed menu of products that cover the
full spectrum of consumer needs and desires. From everyday
requirements to pure exotica, from Europe's finest to Asia's
best, BikeSportz represents them all.
Like our customers, all of our products are treated with the
same enthusiasm and professionalism. So, all parties can be
confident that BikeSportz Imports is supporting and representing
both, the products and companies we distribute for and the
shops and consumers we distribute to.
THE BIKESPORTZ "ENGINE ROOM"
A large, professional warehousing and logistics operation is
coordinated by warehouse and dispatch staff who get literally
thousands of BikeSportz products out to hundreds of retail
customers every day. We are always working harder to
improve order and dispatch systems and work closely with
freight companies to see that the right goods get to the right
people as quickly and correctly as possible.
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SELLING PARTNERSHIPS & PRODUCTS
Our professional Sales Team consisting of in-house product
managers and field representatives work hard to not just sell
and explain our products but also to build longstanding partnerships
and relationships with all our customers.
Whether it be on the phones at Head Office, at Trade Shows and expos
or out on the road and in the stores, BikeSportz is dedicated
to seeing that all our brands are proactively promoted, explained
and backed up.
INVESTING IN OUR DEALERS
Whilst all of our brands are market leaders and desirable to
stores, we realise that this is not always enough to guarantee
that our products will do well. It is how the products are presented
in-store and merchandised that separates BikeSportz'
brands from our competitors.
We have invested heavily in developing multi-use and modular
point of sale systems and displays for all our products and
proactively distribute these to any store that wishes to professionalize
their merchandising. This gives our brands guaranteed
visibility, prominence and priority in stores and allows
us to also invest in the continuing prosperity of all our dealers
who clearly benefit from these shop-in-shop displays.
TRADE SHOWS & EXPOS
As well as the annual Bicycling Australia Show, we are regularly
involved at expos such as at the Melbourne F1 GrandPrix
and at many of the top cycling and triathlon competitions.
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