All Health & Wellness articles – Page 5

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    Icon Health & Fitness, which has not been doing well...

    2007-02-09T00:00:00Z

    Icon Health & Fitness, which has not been doing well in Germany, is shutting down its German subsidiary in Düsseldorf. It was headed by Mark Richards, responsible also for the UK and recently promoted as European senior operations manager. Instead, the American fitness brand will work from July 2007 through ...

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    Icon Health & Fitness’ consolidation of some of its production...

    2007-01-23T00:00:00Z

    Icon Health & Fitness’ consolidation of some of its production in Utah will result in about 250 people losing their jobs in mid-March, when the company will close its factory in Clearfield and fold them into its facility in Logan. Icon is eliminating a total of 450 positions at its ...

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    Icon Health & Fitness has applied for a patent on...

    2007-01-08T00:00:00Z

    Icon Health & Fitness has applied for a patent on a system to integrate games into its fitness products, such as a GameFit console attached to its ProForm 20.0 elliptical, which allows the exerciser to play a “Fat Blocker” or a “Calorie Destroyer” game as a workout activity.

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    Nordica and Icon Health & Fitness are again in a...

    2006-12-22T00:00:00Z

    Nordica and Icon Health & Fitness are again in a legal dispute over trademark rights, as Nordica filed a complaint in a U.S. court stating that Icon breached a 3-year-old contract by continuing to pursue the NordicTrack trademark for certain items in some countries. In a 2003 settlement it was ...

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    Icon Health & Fitness filed last month a lawsuit against...

    2006-08-29T00:00:00Z

    Icon Health & Fitness filed last month a lawsuit against a rival company, Keys Fitness, and its subsidiary Keys Backyard LP, alleging that Keys infringed on its patent for home exercise devices. The complaint also claims that Keys is infringing on Icon’s Weslo trademark for items like exercise machines, skateboards ...

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    Johnson Health Tech has promoted its managing director in Germany,...

    2006-02-28T00:00:00Z

    Johnson Health Tech has promoted its managing director in Germany, Mathias Kiehn, as vice president of commercial sales for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. In the USA, its Horizon Fitness subsidiary has made several appointments at its U.S. headquarters in DeForest, Wisconsin. Among others, Chris Wells, who comes from ...

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    The French edition of Men’s Health has been stopped due...

    2006-02-17T00:00:00Z

    The French edition of Men’s Health has been stopped due to insufficient circulation.

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    Health Magazine has given the “Best of Fitness” award to...

    2006-02-17T00:00:00Z

    Health Magazine has given the “Best of Fitness” award to illumiNITE’s “Aspira Softshell” jacket for women.

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    In its 2nd quarter ended Dec. 3, 2005, Icon Health...

    2006-01-23T00:00:00Z

    In its 2nd quarter ended Dec. 3, 2005, Icon Health & Fitness posted a net loss of $5,885,000, as compared to a loss of $18,051,000 in the year-ago period. Sales dropped by 6.4 percent to $265.4 million. For the 1st half of its financial year, Icon reported a net loss ...