ACT Shop of the Month
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Each month the ACT recognises one cycle retailer as the Shop of the month.
The Shop of the month benefits from appearing on the home page of The
Cycling Experts and the ACT websites, accessible by up to 600,000 web
visitors a month.
The Cycling Experts benefits from traffic directly from British Cycling, Why Cycle, Bike Hub, Sustrans, Bike Week and Bikesoup, which all utilise or link directly to the Experts Business Listings. The combined traffic from all of these sites exceeds 4 million unique visitors a year.
To be considered as a future Shop of the Month, make sure your promotional listing is up to date. All cycle retailers have a basic entry with the option of creating their own extended, unique, promotional listing, click here to find out more.
ACT Shop of the Month | June | Mick's Cycles
ACT member shop, Mick's Cycles celebrates its 44th anniversary this year after being founded in 1970 by Mick Hailstone as Micks Mopeds, operating from a yard in Victoria Street before moving to a shop in Out Risbygate.
Over the years, as the demand for mopeds fell, the business decided to concentrate on bicycles and it became Micks Cycles around 25 years ago, moving to its current premises in St Johns Street in 1993.
The shop is still family owned, with Mick's son Derek taking over the business after Mick sadly passed away in 1991. Mick's granddaughter Chloe has followed him into the business too and Mick's widow Jessie is very much involved with the business and can still be found behind the counter from time to time.
The business has recently expanded to include a bike fit studio and modern workshop facilities with qualified technicians specialising in repairs and servicing. Meanwhile the retail range is spread over two floors and also has an extensive range of clothing, shoes and accessories alongside the bikes themselves. The shop offers customers 0% Finance through the ACT's Ride it away scheme.
A keen cyclist herself, Chloe added: "We like to think that we can cater for every type of cyclist from those who want a serious competition bike to cycles more suited to family leisure and offer a range of leading bike brands which include Specialized, Marin and Whyte."
Mick's Cycles is open seven days a week and can be found at 68-69 St Johns Street, Bury St Edmunds.
Don't forget to vote!
As
members of the Independent Retailers Confederation (IRC), the ACT
nominates the chosen shop of the month to represent the cycles industry
in the IRC Shop of the Month.
Site visitors have the opportunity to vote for their favourite Independent shop of the month, which will then have the honour of being recognised as the Independent Retailer of the Month throughout the whole of the UK.
Please support the ACT Shop of the Month by voting in the Independent Retailers Confederation (IRC) poll throughout the month
Click here to visit the site and vote for your favourite indie retailer.
If you are chosen as the ACT shop of the month, be sure to encourage your customers to visit indieretail.org and vote!