Amazon news & features
A new integration between Xplor Gym and Technogym’s Mywellness
CRM powers highly personalised member experiences
HCM issue 10 2023
Members of Crunch Fitness gyms can now enter their club using the Amazon One palm
recognition service.
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09 Sep 2023
The largest generation, Gen Z is often dubbed ‘generation active’. Les Mills research has established the potential to engage this cohort, as Jak Phillips explains
HCM issue 7 2023
Zwift’s CEO, Eric Min, has announced Kurt Beidler has joined the company as co-CEO. Beidler
moves to Zwift after a 17-year stint at Amazon.
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07 Dec 2022
Aescape, a tech company building automated, data-driven massage tables that mimic human
touch, has announced a US$30m (£24.9m, €28.9m) Series A funding round.
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30 Nov 2022
Black Friday, which falls on 25 November, will be one of the busiest retail days of 2022,
marking the start of this year’s Christmas shopping season. Now extending into ‘cyber week’
and finishing on Cyber Monday, it's a time when shops and companies offer significant
discounts on their products.
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24 Nov 2022
Lululemon has released a new digital service, Lululemon Studio, for which the prerequisite to
join is owning a Mirror fitness screen.
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17 Oct 2022
Xponential Fitness has entered a five-year licensing agreement with Princess
Cruises that gives
guests access to its boutique fitness classes and workout channel, XPlus. The
tie-up is
managed by OneSpaWorld and also launches Xponential’s first corporate
wellbeing offering,
which provides subscription platform XPass to 30,000 employees at a
discounted rate.
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07 Oct 2022
Armah Sports CEO introduces his new smart club, B_fit, which uses AI, VR and Amazon Alexa
Fit Tech issue 1 2023
We hear about Les Mills’ latest strategy to drive mass market penetration, from the people making it happen
HCM issue 8 2022
The founder of kickboxing franchise 9Round and IKF Light Middleweight Kickboxing Champion has expanded a single site to 20 countries and 600 locations
HCM issue 7 2022
Amazon has acquired primary healthcare organisation One Medica in a US$3.9bn deal that will
see it moving further into the wellness market.
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29 Jul 2022
Tonal, the at-home strength-training startup backed by Amazon and athletes such as Serena
Williams, Maria Sharapova and Mike Tyson, has announced a restructuring, reducing its
workforce by 35 per cent as part of a move to sustainable growth and profit.
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18 Jul 2022
David Minton argues that planetary health and our personal health are inextricably linked. As we move forward in the build-back, we shouldn’t look to return to the status quo, but should use the same creativity and tenacity shown in the lockdowns to tackle climate change and inactivity
HCM Handbook 2022
The global pandemic has dwarfed the impact of any recession, but how is the UK market bouncing back? LeisureDB does a deep dive into the numbers for businesses with members on Direct Debits, with the latest State of the Fitness Industry Report 2022
HCM Handbook 2022
The inimitable Emma Barry, author of Building a Badass Boutique, gives us the benefit of her insights into customer behaviour and how it will shape trends; including hyper personalisation and micro segmentation
HCM Handbook 2022
If the fitness industry grew its membership base from 1 per cent to 15 per cent of members aged over 65, it would double the size and value of the industry. David Minton presents the business case for targeting mature people
HCM Handbook 2022
Different customers, omnichannel fitness, the need for more data, continued lobbying and to address racism, cost barriers and health inequalities...
HCM Handbook 2022
David Minton presents the findings of LeisureDB’s State of the Fitness Industry Report 2022
HCM issue 5 2022
Cross-platform fit tech business Fiit, has hit a £1 million crowdfunding target in seven days.
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11 Apr 2022
Creating an exciting, fully immersive digital ecosystem for members on the gym floor is all down to the latest tech. Top equipment suppliers show us how
HCM issue 2 2022
A number of big-name suitors are believed to be looking at making a bid for at-home fitness giant
Peloton.
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07 Feb 2022
At-home fitness brand NordicTrack from iFIT has launched what it says are the first voice-controlled,
adjustable dumbbells to work with Amazon's virtual assistant Alexa.
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19 Jan 2022
The founder of TRX talks about his new business venture – OutFit
HCM issue 11 2021
Armah Sports has opened the first of the B_fit chain of health clubs. Utilising AI, VR and the Internet of Things, it’s the first club in the world
to be Amazon Alexa-enabled
HCM issue 10 2021
Armah Sports has launched a new health club concept for the Middle Eastern market, which it
plans to roll out across the region – and beyond.
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04 Nov 2021
If the fitness industry grew its membership base from 1 per cent to 15 per cent of members aged over 65, it would double in value and size, says David Minton
HCM issue 9 2021
Amazon has made a major move to grab itself a bigger share of the digital fitness and wellness
market, by significantly expanding its Halo offer.
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03 Oct 2021
The co-founder of Auro on why audio-only is best
Fit Tech issue 2 2021
As the world grapples with climate change and prepares for COP26 in Glasgow, David Minton says it’s time for the fitness industry to step up and make its own contribution to saving the planet
HCM issue 8 2021
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