All Wearables articles
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ArticleGarmin lifts outlook as fitness drives growth
Garmin has posted record Q3 revenue of $1.77 billion, up 12 percent year over year, driven by strong Fitness and Marine sales.
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ArticlePolar releasing fitness tracker for the privacy market
The Loop is designed to be worn around the clock for eight days at a time, at which point the battery will need charging. The memory, for its part, can hold four weeks’ data.
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News briefsATP introduces fitness-tracking for players
Players on the ATP Tour and ATP Challenger Tour have, since July 15, enjoyed the ATP’s permission to wear certain wearables in competition. This apparent redundancy refers, of course, to fitness trackers, specifically the devices made by StatSports and Catapult. The data that these wearables generate – heart rate and ...
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News briefsSmart wearables and navigation app announce partnership
Smart wearables brand Amazfit, owned by Zepp Health, is now offering routing and navigation connectivity with the popular outdoor activities app Komoot. Amazfit’s proprietary operating system, the Zepp OS, already enables supporting smartwatches to connect to external apps such as Adidas Running, Strava, Relive, Apple Health or Google Fit. ...
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SponsoredFuture of sporting goods: Investing in technologies will be essential to stay relevant
Data and the use of technology is a valuable asset in sports, and still has huge potential to grow. We discover the potential with a rising player in that field.
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SponsoredWearable Technologies Conference to take place in Munich
The focus of the 43rd Wearable Technologies Conference Europe, to be held in Munich, has been announced. This year’s event focus will be on three topics: “Augmentation of Humans,” “Deep Tech and Innovation,” and “Enabling the Future of Healthcare.” As part of the latter, conference goers from the sporting goods ...
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Infographics & DataSporting goods deals 2016-2021
What was the average deal size and which category had the most deals 2016-2021? Find out in our latest interactive graphic.
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News briefsNike launches training club workouts on Netflix
Streaming from Dec. 30, 2022, Nike is to offer Nike Training Club (NTC) content for Netflix members. Users will have access to more than 90 NTC workouts from a dozen Nike trainers, catering to all fitness levels. An estimated 223 million Netflix members worldwide will have access to NTC programs ...
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News briefsMetabolism measurement technology provider Lumen raises $62m
Source: Lumen Israeli company Lumen, founded in 2014, has raised $62 million in a Series B funding round led by Pitango Growth. Participating investors include Hanwha Group, Resolute Ventures, RiverPark Ventures, Unorthodox Ventures, Almeda Capital and Disruptive VC. Lumen focuses on a handheld device and a connected ...
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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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Wearables surge despite supply problems
The Covid-19 pandemic has boosted demand for wearable devices to the point of restraining the supply of their components, some of which are common to smartphones and computers, but the biggest sports-specific brand, Fitbit, did not take advantage of this trend. Drawing from the Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker set ...
