Reebok and Les Mills, both pioneers in group fitness, are creating a series of one-day festivals that will see crowds of up to 6,000 people working out in unison at iconic venues across the world. Pumping music, state of the art ...
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WWE and Authentic Brands Group, LLC announced a joint venture for Tapout, a newly repositioned fitness lifestyle brand. Tapout is now the official fitness and training partner of WWE, and will be integrated across WWE’s global ...
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L. L.Bean expects to open its first Ohio store in November 2015. The store will be located at Legacy Village, a popular lifestyle center in Lyndhurst, OH , just outside of Cleveland. The 16,000 square-foot store will employ approximately ...
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Interbike will expand to fill a new exhibition hall recently completed at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center (MBCC) to accommodate several new amenities, including the addition of a new indoor test track, a new Product Innovation Zone, a ...
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The appetite for electronics among high-tech consumers appears endless as newer technology enters the market. This year, 3D printers and wearable fitness monitors have the spotlight. Next year, it may be smart eyewear. Revenue from sales ...
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Gildan has signed on as the title sponsor of Esprit de She The Spirit of Her Race Series, the premiere athletic event series for women run by Life Time Fitness. Since its inception in 2013, more than 25,000 women ranging in age from 5 to ...
Tags: Gildan, family apparel, T-shirts, fleece, sport shirts
The Apple Watch could launch within a month or so, according to the most recent batch of rumors and indications from the company itself. While the device is expected to have more health-tracking functionality than any iDevice before it, ...
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China's economic "new normal" can bring more opportunities for UK companies, British business leaders said on Wednesday. James Sassoon, chairman of the China-Britain Business Council, said China is undergoing a period of further ...
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Entering the realms of reality during the company’s MWC 2015 press conference, the N1s are a pair of hybrid headphones, combining an integrated MP3 player with Bluetooth call-handling capabilities and bundled sensors to keep tabs on ...
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Huawei is taking another stab at the wearables game unleashing the Huawei TalkBand B2 at MWC 2015. A reworking of its original effort, the 2014 released Huawei TalkBand B1, the B2 takes a left-field approach to the activity tracker game, ...
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A Mayer and A Bay of University of Namur in Belgium have applied a 'genetic algorithm' to the problem of finding optimal surface textures for light extraction from gallium nitride (GaN) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) [Journal of Optics, ...
According to a new report from Tractica, the global wearable devices market will grow from 17.0 million device shipments in 2013 to 187.2 million units annually by 2020, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 34 percent. The ...
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Industry expands as an increasing number of Chinese people opt for healthier lifestyle Even when she was in her 20s, Tiffany Tang says she never felt so full of energy and healthy. Since starting to jog with her family and friends over ...
Tags: Fitness Sector, Exercise Equipment
Posted in Mobile Health by Chris Newmarker on January 30, 2015 Why would two women who visit the doctor with identical early symptoms of multiple sclerosis have vastly different outcomes 10 years later? That’s what pharmaceutical ...
REI will open its fifth flagship store in the Washington D.C. area in late 2016 at the site chosen by President Eisenhower for his inaugural ball and by the Beatles for their first concert in the U.S. The REI flagship will serve the fast ...
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