DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,713

PERFORMANCE DIRECT, INC.
PERFORMANCE BICYCLE DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF AE BICYCLE LIQUIDATION, INC.
F/K/A ADVANCE SPORTS ENTERPRISE, INC.
SOPHIA, WEST VIRGINIA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the
workers in such workers' firm have become totally or
partially separated, or are threatened to become
totally or partially separated;
(2)(B)(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers'
firm to a foreign country in the production of
articles or supply of services like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by the
workers' firm; OR
(II) there has been an acquisition from a
foreign country by the workers' firm of
articles/services that are like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by
the workers' firm; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have
contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on April 9, 2019 on behalf of workers and former workers
of Performance Direct, Inc., Performance Bicycle Division, a
subsidiary of AE Bicycle Liquidation, Inc., formally known as
Advance Sports Enterprise, Inc., Sophia, West Virginia
(hereafter referred to as "Performance Direct-Performance
Bicycle Division"). The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to retailing of performance bicycles. The subject worker
group (Performance Direct-Performance Bicycle Division) is
engaged in activities related to the supply of call center
customer support services. The subject worker group does not
include on-site leased workers.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioners and workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in Performance Direct-
Performance Bicycle Division have become totally or partially
separated, or are threatened to become totally or partially
separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the workers'
firm has acquired from a foreign country the supply of services
like or directly competitive with the call center support
services supplied by the subject workers which contributed
importantly to worker group separations at Performance Direct-
Performance Bicycle Division.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Performance Direct-
Performance Bicycle Division, who are engaged in activities
related to the supply of call center customer support services,
meet the worker group certification criteria under Section
222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with
Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following
certification:
"All workers of Performance Direct, Inc., Performance
Bicycle Division, a subsidiary of AE Bicycle Liquidation,
Inc., formally known as Advance Sports Enterprise, Inc.,
Sophia, West Virginia, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after April 8, 2018 through
two years from the date of certification, and all workers
in the group threatened with total or partial separation
from employment on the date of certification through two
years from the date of certification, are eligible to apply
for adjustment assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of
the Trade Act of 1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 24th day of May 2019.

/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance