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Article Thumbnail Fitness financials: Cybex jumps sales 17 percent, Icon posts profit, plus Brunswick/Life Fitness, Under Armour, Life Time Fitness, Everlast, Dick's, Puma, Wal-Mart
May 1, 2006
Fitness financials: Cybex jumps sales 17 percent. Icon shows profit despite lower sales. Life Fitness' sales up despite Brunswick's first-quarter profit slip. Under Armour's income surges 51 percent. Life Time Fitness revenue up 29.2 percent. Everlast sporting goods sales hit a record high. Dick's receives $18.5 million in financing to expand Indiana facility. Puma revenue up 30 percent for quarter, raises 2006 outlook. Wal-Mart says April sales rose 6.8 percent.
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Article Thumbnail Sports Club/LA and Bush twins caught in political spin
Apr 27, 2006
The same day the Bush administration canned spokesman Scott McClellan to repair its broken spin machine, Dubya's daughters Barbara and Jenna got involved in their own spinning controversy.
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Article Thumbnail Did you hear?... Recall hits Hoist popular fold-up benches
Apr 26, 2006
Hoist Fitness has recalled 48,000 of six models of its fold-up exercise benches sold under both the Hoist and Body Gear names due to the hazard of potential hand or finger laceration or amputation.
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Article Thumbnail Did you hear?... Florida, Arizona, Nevada attract most new residents as middle classes flee big cities, U.S. Census reports
Apr 26, 2006
The population of the United States is shifting quickly to the South and Southwest, with non-coastal states being the big draw as middle classes escape big cities for a lower cost of living.
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Article Thumbnail Fitness Movin' & Shakin': Icon staff changes, Curves, Nautilus, Physical Fitness Month, PE Day, IHRSA
Apr 25, 2006
Icon staff changes, Curves expands into Denmark, Nautilus looks to expand internationally, Bush names May National Physical Fitness and Sports Month, Sports Product of the Year named.
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Article Thumbnail SGMA launches Fitness Committee for industry-specific focus
Apr 24, 2006
To hone in better on the needs and interests of the fitness industry, SGMA has formed a Fitness Committee as a sub-community of association members. The committee will act as a sounding board and idea exchange to allow the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association to create better communication with its fitness members and to meet its needs.
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Article Thumbnail Did you hear?… Grandson of Everlast founder makes a go with Legacy boxing brand
Apr 24, 2006
John Golomb, the grandson of the man who in 1910 founded what would become the Everlast boxing equipment company in the Bronx, is trying to be a contender in the boxing world with his own brand, Legacy.
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Article Thumbnail Fitness financials: Amer Sports changes reporting structure, Bally, Forbes' CEO compensation ranking, Winmark/Play It Again Sports
Apr 24, 2006
Fitness financials: Amer reports changes in segment reporting. Bally receives waiver on filing report. Who ranks in Forbes' CEO compensation list? Winmark files for $50 million shelf in notes, reports Q1 income.
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Article Thumbnail Did you hear?… Plus sizes becoming more mainstream
Apr 24, 2006
In the GearTrends® Outdoor Winter 2006 magazine, we looked at the dilemmas that women who fall outside standard sizing face when buying sport apparel in our article "Fitting Challenge." Industry retailers and manufacturers should take notice that as waistlines expand across America, fashionable plus-size clothes are proliferating and moving into the mainstream, the Associated Press reported.
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Article Thumbnail Fitness Movin' & Shakin': Conti to Bodyguard, Lindenau new Diamondback president
Apr 20, 2006
John Conti joins Bodyguard. Steve Lindenau moves to Diamondback Fitness. Joanie Davidson takes on Horizon sales position.
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