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Did you hear?...Bally Total Fitness files for Ch. 11 reorganization – again
Dec 4, 2008
For the second time in less than 17 months, Bally Total Fitness has entered the bankruptcy court pipeline with another Ch. 11 bankruptcy reorganization – the first of which in mid-2007 culminated more than two years of company decline and stockholder bickering under past management.
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G.E.T. Fitness Enterprises acquires Keys Fitness assets
Dec 3, 2008
Relatively new Texas-based retailer G.E.T. Fitness Enterprises was awarded by U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Texas, Dallas, the assets for the Keys Fitness brand on Nov. 26. Those assets did not include the Keys Fitness' license to the Ironman brand.
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Fitness financials: Collective Brands' Q3 profit jumps 86 percent, plus Sears, Puma
Dec 3, 2008
Collective Brands' Q3 profit jumped 86 percent, Sears posted a larger Q3 loss on weak sales, and Puma said it would buy a stake in Dobotex.
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Rethinking Retail: What do exercise equipment and hunting gear have in common? More than you think…
Dec 1, 2008
Whoever thought that handguns and camo jackets would help sell ellipticals and weight plates. Or vice versa. But a complex of shops related to some kind of physical activity in Sacramento, Calif. -- to the casual passerby perhaps appearing to be odd bed fellows -- has proved that retail partnerships of all levels can help those involved find customers and sales.
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Available jobs decline, but companies still need to invest in key hires
Dec 1, 2008
As the crucial holiday shopping season begins this year, most of the nation's retailers are reporting double-digit declines in early fall sales. Instability in the economy has touched all wholesalers and retailers, from discount to luxury and everything in between. As a result, companies are reducing headcount, particularly in entry-level seasonal hiring, and looking for smarter ways to accomplish work before approving a new headcount or backfilling vacancies. Despite the contraction in jobs, many companies still need to make strategic external hires. Read this valuable report from The Generator Group exclusive to SNEWS.
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Fitness financials: Equity firm buys stake in Life Time Fitness, plus Nautilus
Dec 1, 2008
An equity firm bought a stake in Life Time Fitness, and Nautilus appointed a new CFO.
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Musical chairs in mid-Atlantic fitness retail market; Precor retailers shuffled
Nov 28, 2008
The dust of two months of disarray in the mid-Atlantic and Northeastern fitness retail markets has started to settle – but not without even more sudden changes in the last week. Changes involve LFI Holding, The Fitness Group, Precor and Busy Body/Gyms To Go.
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Fitness financials: Life Time Fitness leads small-cap percentage gainers
Nov 26, 2008
Life Time Fitness topped the list of small-cap percentage gainers.
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CDC study lauds community activity programs
Nov 26, 2008
You know the old saying, "it takes a village" to raise a child? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported community-based physical activity programs for adults are cost-effective in reducing heart disease, stroke, colorectal cancer, breast cancer and type 2 diabetes.
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SNEWS Reader Survey: Post-election business adjustments not norm; wait-and-see attitude is
Nov 24, 2008
Three weeks ago a new administration promising change was elected and will be sweeping into the White House in January; nevertheless, a majority of SNEWS® readers told us in another of our occasional Reader Surveys that they are not making adjustments to their business operation going into 2009 based on the election results.
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iFitness Belts
Oct 17, 2011
The iFitness belts SNEWS recently tested are great for runners who like to carry gadgets, keys and snacks with them.
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Fitnex E55SG Elliptical
Sep 14, 2011
So many ellipticals can be large and pricy, and the though the smaller ones may have a lower price tag, what they give up to get there makes for a more wobbly ride that’s not as much fun. The Fitnex E55SG elliptical manages to be rather petite but still can hold its own when a user pushes it hard.
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Finished Goods Coordinator - Spyder Active Sports
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Advertising Sales - Big Earth Publishing
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November retail, outdoor, online sales rise; NRF raises forecast
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Retailer At Home Fitness launches own product line to help boost online sales
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