All Fitness articles – Page 19
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Stroops' elastic fitness bands are going to be distributed in...
Stroops' elastic fitness bands are going to be distributed in Spain by Tecnosport España
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Implus, the acquisitive U.S. company that owns numerous sports, fitness...
Implus, the acquisitive U.S. company that owns numerous sports, fitness and footwear accessories brands, has enlarged its fitness category to form the Implus Fitness & Wellness Division, after the purchase of Trigger Point Performance, Harbinger Fitness and Fuel Belt earlier this year. The move is meant to accelerate expansion in ...
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Misfit, the U.S. maker of wearable fitness trackers, is to...
Misfit, the U.S. maker of wearable fitness trackers, is to be taken over for $260 million by Fossil Group, a watchmaker based in Texas. Fossil sells its own brands, Fossil and Skagen, and it holds licenses for several others, from Adidas to Michael Kors and Diesel. Sonny Vu, chief executive ...
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The launch of the Spark, a sports and fitness watch...
The launch of the Spark, a sports and fitness watch integrating a heart-rate monitor and permanent activity tracking, among other features, supported sales growth of 5 percent to €146.0 million in the third quarter for the consumer product division at TomTom, excluding automotive hardware. Coming in several versions, the Spark ...
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Brunswick plans expansion in fitness
Brunswick Corporation, the owner of Life Fitness, is targeting sales of $5.0 to $5.3 billion in 2018, compared with about $4.1 billion this year, relying chiefly on expansion in its marine and fitness divisions. The U.S. group said on its investor day earlier this month that the expansion would include ...
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Athos, a U.S. start-up specializing in smart fitness apparel, has...
Athos, a U.S. start-up specializing in smart fitness apparel, has raised $35.5 million in investments led by Social Capital. Other investors in the fundraising are MAS Holdings, an apparel manufacturer from Sri Lanka, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Felix Capital, along with existing shareholders DMC, True Ventures and Joe Lacob, the ...
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Lolë, the brand of fitness women's wear owned by Coalision,...
Lolë, the brand of fitness women's wear owned by Coalision, has announced the arrival of Géraud Maréchal as vice president for Europe, in charge also of distributors in Africa and the Middle East. He succeeds Pierre-Louis Lacoste, who has left to oversee Etsy France. Maréchal will report to Bernard Mariette, ...
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Chris Clawson, president of Life Fitness, has been elected president...
Chris Clawson, president of Life Fitness, has been elected president of the Sports & Fitness Industry Association (SFIA) of the U.S.
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Growing the fitness sector through innovation will be the topic...
Growing the fitness sector through innovation will be the topic of the third European Health and Fitness Forum, which will be held in Cologne in April just ahead of Fibo, the international trade fair for the fitness industry. The forum is organized by Fibo and Europe Active, the former European ...
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Sales in the fitness division of Brunswick Corporation, the owner...
Sales in the fitness division of Brunswick Corporation, the owner of the Life Fitness brand, advanced by 4 percent to $197.5 million for the third quarter. They were driven by increased sales to U.S. health clubs, local and federal governments, and they included an acquisition finalized in the third quarter. ...
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Johnson Health Tech (JHT), the Taiwanese fitness equipment maker that...
Johnson Health Tech (JHT), the Taiwanese fitness equipment maker that owns the Matrix, Vision and Horizon brands, has acquired Stak Fitness, a leading distributor of fitness gear in Canada. It will operate as a separate subsidiary for JHT, with current management and staff. Established in 2004 by Karim Toupin-Chaieb, Stak ...
