Nautilus, the American fitness equipment company, said that its sales should have reached about $65.0 million for the quarter until the end of December last year, based on preliminary results. This amounts to an increase of about 8 percent from the same quarter in 2011, driven by the company's own retail business. The sales jump in the last quarter should lead to an increase of 7.5 percent for the full year to about $194.0 million. Nautilus' fully diluted earnings per share from continuing operations should reach $0.21 to $0.23 for the quarter, up from $0.11 in the last quarter of 2011. For the full year they should amount to $0.32 to $0.34, against $0.08 per share for 2011. The group's full results are to be published in early March.

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