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Fitbit, the world’s biggest seller of wearable technology, is being sued in the US over
claims that its heart rate monitors are inaccurate and place exercisers at risk.
news •
08 Jan 2016
Having been named the biggest fitness trend of 2016 by the ACSM recently, wearable tech
is continuing to dominate proceedings at the annual CES technology show which is now
underway in Las Vegas.
news •
07 Jan 2016
Brands today must challenge their customers to do and be better – but how? Global trend agency trendwatching.com offers insights into how this might be achieved
HCM issue 11 2015
The burgeoning wearable tech market is expected to triple in value over the next 10
years, according to a research forecast by IDTechEx.
news •
05 Aug 2015
Another day, another US fitness IPO. Following the news this week that budget chain
Planet Fitness is to go public, US-based boutique cycling studio operator SoulCycle has
confirmed it too will float on the stock market.
news •
31 Jul 2015
Low cost US chain Planet Fitness has announced it is to go public as it bids to turbocharge
growth and ultimately reach 4,000 sites.
news •
30 Jul 2015
The Wellness Lifestyle CRM platform allows members to track all their activity, and operators to base programmes on real-time data
HCM issue 8 2015
Wearable tech giant Fitbit will float on the New York Stock Exchange later today (18 June)
in one of the most highly-anticipated IPOs of the year.
news •
18 Jun 2015
Wearable tracking device, Fitbit, has filed for an initial public offering worth
up to US$100m (€87.4m, £63m) and intends to lists its shares on the New York Stock
Exchange.
news •
15 May 2015
VP and general manager EMEA for Fitbit, Gareth Jones, talks to Kath Hudson about motivating people through challenges and rewards
HCM issue 6 2015
FIBO week got underway in Cologne, Germany, this morning (8 April) with the start of the
one-day 2nd European Health & Fitness Forum (EHFF).
news •
08 Apr 2015
Fitbit activity trackers are to be used to measure exercise levels for a new study which
aims to use the data to help calculate a patient’s recovery time from spine surgery.
news •
16 Feb 2015
This year’s SIBEC Europe event opened with a lively discussion forum covering wearable technology and Sports Direct Fitness’ £5 membership announcement
HCM issue 1 2015
Games firm Nintendo is moving into the hardware market with a specific focus
on sleep tracking, following the company’s return to profitability after a period of
heavy losses.
news •
14 Nov 2014
Online fashion retailer Mr Porter has made moves to establish dominance
in the wearable technology sector, with the website becoming the exclusive
third-party retailer of Google Glass.
news •
19 Sep 2014
A new app for Technogym’s Unity console for cardio
equipment allows users to replicate their favourite outdoor
run on the treadmill and challenge their past performance.
product innovation •
07 Aug 2014
In this increasingly fast paced world of technological
developments, Life Fitness is investing heavily in LFopen,
recognising that operators need to be able to address an
insatiable demand from users to link personal mobile devices
to equipment consoles.
product innovation •
04 Aug 2014
A new research paper examining why as many as one in three people ditch
fitness trackers shortly after buying them, has found that better education of
the benefits is key to ensuring more “happily ever afters” between consumers
and their wearables.
news •
23 Jul 2014
People could be shifting their Christmas-list focus towards the wearable
technology market this year, as consumer interest continues to grow in the
booming fitness monitoring sector.
news •
16 Jul 2014
Given the recent boom in the wearable technology market, experts have
decided to research the effectiveness of a number of fitness bands, with results
showing that not all devices are as accurate as each other.
news •
13 Jun 2014
With today's activity tracking devices, reward schemes can acknowledge actual activity, not just attendance
HCM issue 4 2014
From wearables to measuring participation, microgyms to the
emergence of the public sector, TLDC's David Minton offers
insights based on the latest State of the Fitness Industry Report
HCM Handbook 2014
A fitness app called bounts, which has been created to motivate and reward
people for being active, has gone into partnership with Gladstone Health & Leisure.
news •
04 Dec 2013
Kath Hudson takes a look at the growing technological options available for tracking members' physical activity both in and out of the health club environment
HCM issue 8 2013
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New research has found BMI to be a highly inaccurate measure of childhood obesity, leading current thinking and policy based on it into question
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