ELife Fitness Wins AwardsBy: Jennipher Shaver Chicago Life Fitness, Chicago, received three awards in appliance DESIGN magazine's 21st annual Excellence in Design Competition. Taking home gold, the... Fiserv Wins Best Employer AwardBy: Jennipher Shaver Brookfield, Wi The National Business Group on Health (NBGH), a national non-profit organization of large employers, awarded Fiserv Inc., owner of Checkfree,... Gerflor Taraflex Goes to BeijingBy: Jennipher Shaver Atlanta Through International Table Tennis Federation and International Volleyball Federation agreements, Gerflor Taraflex, Atlanta, will supply courts... Expresso Fitness Gets FundingBy: Jennipher Shaver Sunnyvale, Ca Expresso Fitness has raised $12 million in a Series C-2 round of funding. The financing will be used to expand the company's product portfolio... Titan Fitness Selects Retention ManagementBy: Jennipher Shaver Cornelius, Nc Titan Fitness selected Retention Management to provide services to all of its Gold's Gym locations in Minnesota and North Carolina. Retention... SportsArt's Escape Ordinary Campaign Pays Off for CompanyBy: Pamela Kufahl Woodinville, Wa For club owners who think outside the box, Scott Logan has a proposition: Why not Escape Ordinary? Escape Ordinary is the theme of the... Sales Growth Leads Paramount Fitness to Expand FacilitiesBy: Jennipher Shaver Los Angeles Growing pains at Paramount Fitness Corp. is causing the manufacturer to expand its manufacturing and warehouse facilities in Los Angeles to... SCIFIT Launches New SiteBy: Jennipher Shaver Tulsa, Ok In late May, SCIFIT launched an updated Web site (www.scifit.com), which features the company's full line of commercial cardio equipment. The... True Fitness Outsources ProductionBy: Pamela Kufahl St. Louis, Mo TRUE Fitness is restructuring and consolidating its plant operations, the company announced last month. For the past 27 years, TRUE products... Fort Bragg Gets Functional With Fitness AnywhereBy: Jennipher Shaver Fort Bragg, Nc In late April, Fitness Anywhere Inc. (FAI) went to Fort Bragg, NC, for two days to teach more than 100 soldiers and unit fitness leaders... SportsArt Fitness Launches CampaignBy: Jennipher Shaver Woodinville, WA SportsArt Fitness recently launched the Healthy Homes campaign, which educates homeowners on how to create a space at home that motivates... Polar, Virgin HealthMiles Form PartnershipBy: Jennipher Shaver Lake Success, NY Polar and Virgin HealthMiles, a health incentive rewards program that connects health clubs, health care and corporations by motivating... Despite First-Quarter Loss, Nautilus CEO Voices OptimismBy: Stuart Goldman Vancouver, WA Several events in what has already been a busy 2008 for Nautilus Inc. factored into the company's first-quarter loss of $6.4 million, which... Cybex Net Sales Grow 15 Percent to $39.8 MillionBy: Pamela Kufahl Medway, MA John Aglialoro, Cybex International chairman and CEO, has reason to be pleased. The company's net sales for the first quarter of 2008 beat... NCCA Accredits NESTA for Five YearsBy: Jennipher Shaver Rancho Santa Margarita, CA The National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA) accredited the National Exercise and Sports Trainers Association (NESTA)... Cybex Net Sales Grow 15 PercentMEDWAY, MA -- Cybex International’s net sales for the first quarter of 2008 increased by 15 percent to $39.8 million compared to $34.7 million in the same period last year, the company announced yesterday. ... Nautilus Re-OrganizesVANCOUVER, WA -- Nautilus Inc. has re-organized into three stand-alone business units: direct, commercial and retail, according to an announcement from the Vancouver, WA-based company. These three business units and Nautilus International will now report to Tim Joyce, senior vice president and general manager of Nautilus Inc. Joyce will oversee daily operations of these groups.... Matrix Raises More Than $11,000 for ALS ResearchBy: Jennipher Shaver Cottage Grove, Wi Matrix Fitness Systems raised $11,220 by raffling a Harley-Davidson motorcycle at the International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association... Star Trac Expects Different CampaignBy: Jennipher Shaver Irvine, Ca Executives at Star Trac aren't just making more widgets, putting out another new product or coming up with a new theme for the company's catalog.... Equipment Market to Exceed Almost $12 Billion by 2010By: Pamela Kufahl San Jose, Ca A new report states that the world market for physical fitness equipment is projected to exceed almost $12 billion by 2010. The growth of... Four Manufacturers Help Nike, Apple Make iPod Nanos Compatible with Fitness EquipmentBy: Stuart Goldman and Jennipher Shaver Beaverton, Or Several fitness equipment manufacturers as well as 24 Hour Fitness and Virgin Active Health Clubs are working with Nike Inc. and Apple Inc.... New Media Is Growing Player in MarketingBy: Ed Tock Marketing for new members has become more challenging lately, requiring club owners to work a little harder and a lot smarter. Traditional forms of advertising... Falcone Out as Nautilus CEOBy: By Pamela Kufahl, editor VANCOUVER, WA -- Edward Bramson has made his way into the CEO position at Nautilus, just three months after Sherborne Investors, the group that Bramson is a partner in, won a proxy fight that put Sherborne Investors in control of Nautilus’ board and Bramson in as chairman of the board. ... Equipment Market to Exceed Almost $12 Billion by 2010SAN JOSE, CA -- As manufacturers gather at the International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association (IHRSA) show, which kicks off today in San Diego, a new report states that the world market for physical fitness equipment is projected to exceed almost $12 billion by 2010. ... Nike, Apple Making iPod Nanos Compatible with EquipmentBEAVERTON, OR -- Several fitness equipment manufacturers as well as 24 Hour Fitness and Virgin Active Health Clubs are working with Nike Inc. and Apple Inc. to make Apple’s iPod Nano compatible with cardio equipment, Nike and Apple announced yesterday.... |
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