Halfords speeds ahead as sales given boost from Tour de France July 10, 2014 Chris Froome and Mark Cavendish might have crashed out of the Tour de France, but sales at Halfords have raced ahead. The bike-to-car parts retailer yesterday posted a 7.9 per cent jump in like-for-like retail sales in the quarter to 27 June thanks to “exceptional” sales in cycling, which surged 21.3 per cent. Chief executive [...]