Tag: Mobility scooters
eFOLDi eyes ‘biggest market’
March 8, 2024Liz Beaulieu, Editor
SURREY, England – eFOLDi has cracked into the U.S. market with its lightweight folding scooter through a new partnership with Afikim, an Israel-based distributor with a warehouse in Florida and a network of more than 200 dealers across the country.
eFOLDi is also talking up the scooter’s appeal directly with DME providers.
“We have done a survey of customers in the U.K. and their average age is 78,” said Sumi Wang, founder and CEO. “It’s mostly...
Q&A: Jordan Flowers
January 24, 2018Liz Beaulieu, Editor
WEST DEPTFORD, N.J. - Jordan Flowers has grown up in the scooter business, working for four different family run, mobility related businesses over the years. His latest, Vintage Vehicles USA, which officially launched in January, combines his passions for function and aesthetics. Here's what Flowers had to say about why it's the right time for a company that sells nearly $7,000 scooters that look like vintage vehicles.HME News: How did Vintage Vehicles come to fruition?Jordan Flowers: I met Vinzenz...
Consumer mobility intensifies retail focus
June 26, 2017John Andrews
With reimbursement dollars drying up for standard power chairs under Medicare, it's no surprise that the category is becoming more retail-oriented in scope for mobility providers. Meanwhile, the scooter business—which has been a strong retail category for years—continues to expand and augment its product offerings.
Charting the decline of third-party provision for standard power wheelchairs, Chris Blackmore notes that “the number of providers willing and able to provide standard...