All Fitness articles – Page 5
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News briefsCompostable yoga wear from Wellicious
As reported by 1st Blue, German yoga wear brand Wellicious has launched its first “Cradle-to-Cradle Certified Yoga Collection” – compostable yoga wear – after six years of research into sustainable materials. The elasticity of the Wellicious fabrics, which is necessary for yoga, comes from a new type of biodegradable elastane, ...
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News briefsIntersport launches new Energetics brand, bearing new sustainability logo
Source: Intersport Intersport’s Energetics brand, a new collection for training, running and yoga, focuses on sustainability. Every third product in the collection for FW 22/23 for training already bears the new “Green Series” logo that Intersport introduced this summer for its exclusive brands. “The new sustainability label ...
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News briefsLululemon to open 700-square-meter store on Paris’ Champs-Elysées
Lululemon has signed a lease for a 700-square-meter space on Paris’ Champs-Elysées, according to Sport-Guide.fr. Zara Home previously occupied the space. The Canadian sports retailer reportedly plans to open the new Parisian store for Christmas 2022. Lululemon already has three stores in downtown Paris and a shop-in-shop at the Bon ...
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News briefsDubai’s F5 Global to open first international pop-up in London
F5 Global, a sustainable athleisure brand based in Dubai, has announced the opening of its first-ever international pop-up store. It will be open in London at 58 Oxford Street on Aug. 22-28. F5 Global’s pop-up will sell the brand’s signature sustainable athleisure collection for adults and children, which includes hoodies, ...
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News briefsNautilus appoints new board chair
Source: Nautilus, Inc Anne Saunders Anne Saunders, a longtime board member at Nautilus, was appointed company chair last week to replace the retiring M. Carl Johnson, III, who has held the position since 2011. Saunders had previous senior executive positions with global florist FTD, Starbucks and NakedWines.com.
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News briefsEngo Eyewear unveils connected glasses for endurance athletes
Engo Eyewear, a specialist in connected eyewear for endurance athletes, has introduced the Engo 2, described as “the lightest and most technologically advanced eyewear created specifically for endurance athletes.” It features Engo’s ActiveLook 2.0 technology, designed to give users greater ability to customize the data projected into their field of ...
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ArticleGlobal gym accessories market growing at 6.2% CAGR to 2031
The global gym accessories industry was estimated at $6.51 billion in 2021 and is expected to reach $12.01 billion by 2031, registering a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.2 percent from 2022 to 2031, according to a new report by Allied Market Research. The experts said that the growth ...
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ArticleTechnogym H1 results pumped up by B2B, North America
Technogym total revenues lifted 17 percent higher in the first half to €325,223,000 from €276,255,000, bolstered by a 35 percent increase in B2B sales to €241.4 million and a nearly 53 percent revenue gain in the North American region to €45.3 million on growth in the hospitality & residential and ...
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News briefsXponential Fitness signs master franchise agreement with CycleBar for Japan
Xponential Fitness, a global franchisor of boutique fitness brands based in California, has signed a master franchise agreement in Japan for the indoor cycling brand CycleBar. The deal, signed with Xponential’s master franchisee for Club Pilates in Japan, allows the new master franchisee to license at least 30 CycleBar studios ...
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News briefsFITEX Paris, a new fitness show
FITEX is a new trade show and congress experience that will debut in Paris later this year. The event’s first edition is scheduled to take place at the Parc Floral, in the 12th arrondissement of France’s capital city, from Oct. 6 to 9. The show will be open to professionals ...
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News briefsSportsArt announces worldwide fitness partnership with Accor Group
Source: SportsArt Ruben Mejia, executive vice president, SportsArt Americas SportsArt, a U.S. provider of fitness solutions, has been chosen by Astore – the French multinational hospitality company Accor Group’s procurement organization – as a global preferred vendor outfitting their fitness centers with SportsArt’s patented ECO-POWR cardio equipment. ...
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News briefsPeloton announces corporate wellness program
Peloton announced the expansion of its Peloton Corporate Wellness program, unveiled in June 2021, through which Peloton content or connected fitness products can be offered to companies and organizations in the U.S., U.K., Canada and Germany, with Australia joining later this year. The offering makes all Peloton experiences available to ...
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News briefsSports Alliance: Fitness industry is male-dominated
The international fitness industry is male-dominated, and leadership positions are mainly held by men. This is the conclusion of a study conducted by Sport Alliance and Women in Fitness Association (WIFA). A total of 679 participants from the fitness industry took part in the (non-representative) global online survey. The results ...
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News briefsGym+Coffee closes financing round and raises €17 million to grow internationally
Irish athleisure clothing and accessories brand Gym+Coffee has closed a funding round, raising a €17 million investment by CastleGate Investments, led by Roy Barrett and Tommy Kelly, alongside California investment and marketing firm West Ventures. According to the Irish newspaper Independent.ie, Castlegate is headed by former Goodbody Stockbrokers managing director ...
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News briefsRenewed speculations about an Athleta spin-off from Gap
A recent report by Forbes has suggested, based on a comment by a Credit Suisse analyst, that the chances for an Athleta spin-off have risen “significantly” following the departure of Sonia Syngal, Gap Inc.’s former CEO. Syngal suddenly resigned effective immediately July 11 as Gap struggles with declining sales. She ...
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News briefsNautilus’ JRNY members surpass 360,000, number continues to grow
Source: Nautilus JRNY Nautilus, Inc., provided an update on the growth of JRNY®, the company’s personalized connected fitness platform. As of June 30, 2022, JRNY membership exceeded 360,000, the company said, representing growth of approximately 13 percent in the seasonally slower quarter ended June 30. As a ...
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News briefsBH Fitness posts double-digit growth in the professional channel
Exercycle, the company behind Spanish fitness equipment company BH Fitness, saw global sales in the professional channel increase by 20 percent in the first half of 2022 compared to the first half of last year, CMD Sport reported. The company would normally expect sales in the professional channel to account ...
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AnalysisHow COVID-19 has impacted the Fitness Market – Insights and Trends 2023
Thanks to vaccination and a bit more harmless variants of COVID-19, the fitness market is on the rise again. Booming for years before the pandemic caused a sudden halt, the branch is rearranging itself. In our fitness insights, we take a look at the situation before Corona hit, the changes ...
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News briefsWayne Edy to hand over leadership of Inov-8 this autumn
U.K.-based running, hiking and fitness brand has announced that Mike Snell will join the company as its new CEO this October. Snell will leave his current role as commercial director of supermarket chain Asda in September before joining Inov-8. Before joining Asda, Snell was chief commercial officer at Wiggle and ...
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News briefsGymshark with new VP of marketing
Sportswear brand and fitness community Gymshark has appointed Carly O’Brien as vice president of marketing, whose role will be to make the brand “a household name,” according to media reports. In addition to driving growth and brand awareness for the online activewear giant in the U.K. and internationally, O’Brien will ...
