Chris Zane Email & Phone Number

At age 56, Christopher J. Zane is a 40+ year veteran of the retail bicycle industry. His story includes getting a state tax ID number at age 12, buying his first bike shop at age 16 and before he reached the age of 30, built Zane’s Cycles into largest bicycle shop in Connecticut. Today, with only one location, Zane’s Cycles is one of the largest retail bicycle stores in the nation.Zane’s unique approach to marketing includes strategies such as continual learning, the lifetime value of a customer, guerrilla marketing, bootstrapping, community-relations, cost-controlled customer service, and image branding. Zane has positioned himself at the forefront of the industry by continuously setting standards in customer loyalty and creative marketing. Since 1985, he has been accumulating awards such as; the BBB Award of Recognition for Customer Service/Outstanding Business Practices; he was voted one of “the 30 most influential people in the bicycle industry.” Zane’s Cycles currently holds the status of Trek Bicycle Co.’s largest dealer worldwide. Chris was inducted into the JA Business Leader Hall of Fame, named the Customer Champion, 1to1 magazine and the CT Climate Change Leadership Award.

Listed skills include Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Leadership, Marketing Strategy, and 46 others.

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