Recession brings health about turn
Cycling is becoming more and more popular as residents take up the healthy pursuit as an alternative to using the car for work or pleasure, with Cycle dealers enjoying encouragingly strong sales.
An increasing number of people are taking to cycling and the feeling on the ground is that the health sea change is due to both local and surrounding residents being more conscious of the cost of motoring as a recession starts to bite.
Even recent colder snaps in weather window are failing to deter hardy enthusiasts making the most of grabbing a breath of fresh air.
Ian Hunter, branch manager of Halfords, Westmorland Retail Park, says "Whereas the summer month saw lots of families coming into our store buying cycles for leisure, we are now seeing an additional increase in customers purchasing the higher-end cycles, indicating that customers are taking cycling more seriously."
Halfords year-on-year [group] sales growth for the 26 weeks to 26 September 2008 is 2.2%.
David Wild, Chief Executive, who joined the business on 4 August 2008, said: "In my short time with Halfords, I have been impressed by the calibre of the people and reassured by the strength and resilience of the business..."
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