A Short History of Schwinn: In 2022 Pon Holdings Purchases Schwinn

If they cannot, vertical integration and the elimination of small independent competitors are likely to follow. Meanwhile, the Court has, sua sponte, created a bluntly indiscriminate and destructive weapon which can be used to dismantle a vast variety of distributional systems — competitive and anticompetitive, reasonable and unreasonable. The Greenville plant was not a success,… Continue reading A Short History of Schwinn: In 2022 Pon Holdings Purchases Schwinn

A Short History of Schwinn: In 2022 Pon Holdings Purchases Schwinn

For the Aerocycle, F. W. Schwinn persuaded American Rubber Co. to make 2.125-inch-wide (54.0 mm) balloon tires, while adding streamlined fenders, an imitation “gas tank”, a streamlined, chrome-plated headlight, and a push-button bicycle bell. The bicycle would eventually come to be known as a paperboy bike or cruiser. The boom in bicycle sales was short-lived,… Continue reading A Short History of Schwinn: In 2022 Pon Holdings Purchases Schwinn

A Short History of Schwinn: In 2022 Pon Holdings Purchases Schwinn

With no buyers, Excelsior-Henderson motorcycles were discontinued in 1931. Putting all company efforts towards bicycles, he succeeded in developing a low-cost model that brought Schwinn recognition as an innovative company, as well as a product that would continue to sell during the inevitable downturns in business cycles. W. Schwinn returned to Chicago and in 1933… Continue reading A Short History of Schwinn: In 2022 Pon Holdings Purchases Schwinn