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Chapel Hill, NC (Vocus) 11 October 2010

Performance Bicycle today announced the appointment of retail veteran Tom Tolworthy that

President and Chief Operating Officer.

Tolworthy connected nationality? largest specialty retailer of bicycles, including more than 90 branches nationwide, its catalog and website. Tolworthy in terms of performance at a time when the retailer increased its presence in Germany and high-performance brand as a destination for avid cyclists and even traditional.

during three decades of a career in retail management, led Tolworthy growth and expansion of some of the best known brands in the country. The former CEO of the Vitamin Shoppe and chairman of Barnes & Noble has helped to reach the milestone mark to save services in the form of revenue growth, innovation and successful development of management skills. His efforts to help Barnes & Noble on the second operator of coffee bars in the United States and the introduction of a new store concept in more than 400 branches of Vitamin Shoppe has become.

â? Tom could Tolworthy is one of the best managers we add the performance of the team, â? said Jim Thompson, CEO of Performance Inc. â? It is a very exciting time for the company, we deducted from the growing popularity of cycling across the nation. Our mission is to demystify and cycling more accessible to more people. As power continues to grow and strengthen its presence through direct and retail, Toma? The experience and leadership to ensure that we execute against our plan. I am very pleased with> ????

Tolworthy for performance after the exercise COO and Managing Director with the Vitamin Shoppe, where he transfer ownership of the company and sales growth helped to more than 0 million. Before Vitamin Shoppe Tolworthy served in a variety of management positions at Barnes & Noble, whose company president from 1995 to 2,001th During his term, B & N more than 400 hypermarkets opened and successfully used in the distribution of music and DVDs. Tolworthy has also held senior positions at B Dalton Booksellers and Duckwall-ALCO Stores instead.

â? Performance has a bold vision brand and an excellent base for future growth and a put? Tolworthy said. â? ATI? s and a dynamic part, and the time has come for this market. I think society has the right combination of elements to a name, create the equivalent to the Cycling> retail.â ????

Tolworthy attended the University of Massachusetts. He is married and has two children and five grandchildren.

about performance bicycles

Performance Bicycle is a leading specialty retailer of cycling in the United States and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Performance Performance Inc. offers the experience of a bicycle multi-channel retail catalogs that span, a website and www.performancebike.com more than 90 branches nationwide that meet both cycling fans and avid recreational runner. Performance Inc. is owned in majority-owned by North Castle Partners of Greenwich, Connecticut. For more information on the performance bicycles, please visit www.performancebike.com.


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