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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 ...
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According to a new report by the Norwegian Health Directorate,...
According to a new report by the Norwegian Health Directorate, the number of people doing sufficient physical activity in Norway has risen by 4 percent over the past five years. In terms of inhabitants, the figures mean that over 200,000 people are more physically active now than five years ago. ...
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Johnson Health Tech turned around to a net loss of...
Johnson Health Tech turned around to a net loss of 161.8 million Taiwanese dollars (€4.4m-$5.0m) from NT$157.9 million in net profits for the second quarter. Sales increased by one percent to NT$ 3,479 billion (€95.5bn-$107.5bn) during the period, but the gross margin fell by 3.22 percentage points to 43.2 percent.
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Stadium CEO to leave healthy Nordic retailer
Gustav Öhrn, chief executive at Stadium for the last seven years, is preparing to leave the Swedish sporting goods retailer at the end of September, after a robust set of results for the last financial year and Stadium's move into the German market.The company reported sales of 5,048 million Swedish ...
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Johnson Health Tech reached revenues of 16,646 million Taiwanese dollars...
Johnson Health Tech reached revenues of 16,646 million Taiwanese dollars (€480.4m-$529.0m) in the year ended last Dec. 31, up from TWD 15,428 million in the previous year. The Matrix Fitness line of fitness equipment boosted its sales by 19 percent globally.
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Nautilus plans to integrate new digital health and fitness platforms...
Nautilus plans to integrate new digital health and fitness platforms across all its Bluetooth Smart-enabled fitness equipment. It is introducing the new Apple Health kit into its Bowflex Max Trainer this month and will follow with the new 616 line of cardio equipment. The company is also taking its first ...
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Icon Health & Fitness has agreed to pay $3 million...
Icon Health & Fitness has agreed to pay $3 million to settle charges by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission that it violated a 1997 consent order to stop making claims that three minutes a day of exercising on its Pro-Form Glider would result in “significant” weight loss
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Icepharma, a distributor of healthcare and sports products, has started...
Icepharma, a distributor of healthcare and sports products, has started to distribute Speedo in Iceland, replacing Tomas Rorfasson who has represented the brand in the country for 51 years
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Johnson Health Tech experienced a 203 percent jump in net...
Johnson Health Tech experienced a 203 percent jump in net income to 349.2 million Taiwanese dollars (€8.56m-$11.65m) in the first quarter on 10 percent higher revenues of TWD 3.66 billion (€89.75m-$122.08m). Sales grew by 20 percent at the company's commercial arm, Matrix Fitness, with growth of 24 percent in North America, ...
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The European Health & Fitness Association (EHFA), which represents the interests...
The European Health & Fitness Association (EHFA), which represents the interests of the health & fitness sector at the EU level in Brussels, and FIBO, international German-based trade show for health and fitness, have agreed on the development of a number of joint activities, which are set to take place from ...
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Icon Health & Fitness pointed to several key factors leading...
Icon Health & Fitness pointed to several key factors leading to lower sales in 2012, from record-setting heat in the first quarter and the two final months of the year to the widespread decline in consumer confidence. Looking ahead, however, the U.S. manufacturer of exercise equipment, based in Logan, Utah, ...
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German Sport 2000 retailers post healthy growth for 2012
Sport 2000 Deutschland reports a sales increase at retail prices of 4.3 percent to €1.55 billion in 2012 compared with the previous year. The figures are for German retailers alone and exclude affiliated retailers in Switzerland. The increase is in line with the average increase of 4 percent over the past ...
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Sports and health-related companies are preparing to take part in...
Sports and health-related companies are preparing to take part in the Health Forum organized by Ispo Munich to explore the so-called healthstyle market: This is a fast-growing segment that could be regarded as the intersection of sports and health care. The forum will bring together representatives of sports retailers, sporting ...
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Loubsol is sold to a health and beauty firm
Loubsol, the French maker of sports sunglasses and goggles based in the Jura region of France, has been sold to Batteur, a specialist in health and beauty products. Sport-Guide.com reports that its owner, Robert Clément, now 70 years old, has been looking to sell the company for several years. He ...
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Matrix Fitness, one of the divisions of Johnson Health Tech,...
Matrix Fitness, one of the divisions of Johnson Health Tech, has become the official supplier of fitness equipment to the Red Bull Racing automotive team. Matrix has equipped an on-site gym in the team's head office for use by the drivers and team employees.
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Fibo, the fitness and health trade show that has been...
Fibo, the fitness and health trade show that has been held in Essen since 1991, closed its four-day run on April 22 with a record 65,800 visitors, up by 13.2 percent from last year. There were 612 exhibitors from 35 countries, up from 581 exhibitors in 2011. Sixty-five percent of ...
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The World Federation has become healthier
Overcoming all its previous financial problems, the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry managed to post a profit of around 200,000 Swiss francs (€165,900-$218,300) last year on revenues of CHF 1.3 million (€1.1m-$1.4m). It's been a quantum leap from the situation in 2007, when Robbert de Kock took over ...
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Nautilus strikes an exclusive global licensing deal with Core Health...
Nautilus strikes an exclusive global licensing deal with Core Health & Fitness, allowing it to use patented technologies of its own TreadClimber in the latter's commercial machines. Core Health already licenses the Schwinn brand for commercial cycling products.
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The National Health Service of the U.K. has forbidden hospital...
The National Health Service of the U.K. has forbidden hospital workers from wearing Crocs or similar rubber clogs while working, having found numerous instances of sharp objects penetrating their soles. The Telegraph reported that the U.K. is just the latest of many countries, including the U.S., Canada, Sweden and Austria, ...
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Nautilus is sueing Icon Health & Fitness for breach of...
Nautilus is sueing Icon Health & Fitness for breach of contract in a federal court in San Antonio, Texas. It complains that Icon failed to make timely and accurate payments of royalties on patent licensing agreements between July 2006 and Sept. 2010. The contract stipulated a royalty fee of 4 ...
