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Friday, January 27, 2012

Una tienda local sigue pedaleando en medio de la crisis económica

A pesar de la continua recesión, Elías Bicycle Shop tiene éxito en sus negocios debido a varios factores: El alza en los precios de la gasolina, los beneficios del ciclismo para la salud y los nuevos modelos de bicicletas para todos los gustos.

Read the English version.  A pesar de que la mayoría de pequeños empresarios continúan sufriendo en un clima económico sombrío, Elías Bicycle Shop, en el bulevar Long Beach de South Gate, ha obtenido un comercio sorprendentemente favorable. "Pensé que las cosas irían más despacio durante la recesión, pero ha sido constante", dijo Bryan Elías, de 18 años, administrador de Elías Bicycle Shop, un negocio fundado hace tres años y propiedad de su padre. "Hay bicicletas por todas partes." El negocio de ventas de bicicletas ha continuado muy saludable durante este turbulento mercado. De hecho, un total de 19.8 millones de bicicletas se vendieron en los Estados Unidos durante el 2010, la más alta cifra en aquella década, según la National Bicycle …

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Local Bicycle Shop Unscathed By Slow Economy, Elias Bicycle Shop, and Los residentes contribuyen en la propuesta del plan para bicicletas

Local Bicycle Shop Unscathed By Slow Economy

Business for Elias Bicycle Shop in South Gate is booming as gas prices spike, awareness of cycling's health benefits spreads and certain bike models grow popular.

Presione aquí para leer la nota en español. While most business owners are experiencing a gloomy economic climate, South Gate’s Elias Bicycle Shop on Longbeach Boulevard has found itself in a surprisingly favorable market. “I thought that things would slow down during the recession, but it has been steady,” said Bryan Elias, 18, the manager of Elias Bicycle Shop, a three-year-old business owned by his father. “There are bikes everywhere.” The bicycle industry has remained quite healthy during this difficult economic market. A total of 19.8 million bicycles were sold in the United States in 2010, the highest annual number sold in a decade, according to the National Bicycle Dealer Association. Sales at Elias Bicycle Shop have grown since its…

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Elias Bicycle Shop, Residents Give Input on City's Proposed Bicycle Transportation Plan, and Una tienda local sigue pedaleando en medio de la crisis económica

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