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Why Lululemon’s $500M Mirror Deal Is A Muscular Move Into ‘Contextual Commerce’
Why Lululemon’s $500M Mirror Deal Is A Muscular Move Into ‘Contextual Commerce’
July 01, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

In a move that caught much of the world off guard, athleisure giant Lululemon announced plans this week to buy home-exercise technology startup Mirror for...

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Infection Report Causes Drop In Planet Fitness Shares
Infection Report Causes Drop In Planet Fitness Shares
June 29, 2020  |  Coronavirus

Planet Fitness shares fell 6.3 percent following reports of possible coronavirus infections at a West Virginia location, Bloomberg reported. The popular gym chain, like other...

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24 Hour Fitness Seeks Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection
24 Hour Fitness Seeks Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection
June 15, 2020  |  Economy

24 Hour Fitness, the privately owned gym chain, announced Monday (June 15) that it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, according to a press release....

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Safety First As LA Fitness, Other Gyms Plan Reopenings
Safety First As LA Fitness, Other Gyms Plan Reopenings
May 18, 2020  |  Retail

Georgia is the first state rolling out the gym mat to LA Fitness and other exercise facilities that were forced to close in March amid...

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Retail Reopening Precautions Spell The End Of ‘Walk-Ins’
Retail Reopening Precautions Spell The End Of ‘Walk-Ins’
May 11, 2020  |  Retail

Retailers are opening their doors again during the pandemic to customers who have appointments. Some states have let businesses reopen while traversing new guidelines meant...

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Fitness Centers Stretch Their Business Models, Build New Strengths Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
Fitness Centers Stretch Their Business Models, Build New Strengths Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
May 08, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Shuttered gyms are seeing memberships and on-site retail sales plummet, prompting many to shift their services online. But an absence of seamless digital payment experiences...

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The New Digital Normal Rewards Peloton As Gyms Dim
The New Digital Normal Rewards Peloton As Gyms Dim
May 07, 2020  |  Commerce Connected

Surveying more than 12,000 U.S. consumers since March, PYMNTS has assembled the most comprehensive statistical view anywhere of the coronavirus pandemic and its effects on...

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Today In Payments: Frontier Retracts $39 ‘More Room’ Fee On Flights; Square Merchants Shift Online As POS Volumes Sink
Today In Payments: Frontier Retracts $39 ‘More Room’ Fee On Flights; Square Merchants Shift Online...
May 07, 2020  |  News

In today’s top news, Frontier Airlines retracted its $39 “More Room” fee to ensure an empty seat between passengers, and Square released a mixed earnings...

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Homebound Consumers, Connected Fitness Revs Up Peloton Earnings
Homebound Consumers, Connected Fitness Revs Up Peloton Earnings
May 06, 2020  |  Earnings

Predicting that U.S. consumers would not return to the gym anytime soon due to the pandemic, connected fitness brand Peloton smoked its quarterly earnings Wednesday...

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