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New Provider Ranking of Fitness Apps Keeping It Tight as Winter Descends
November 30, 2021

Winter is setting in. Unless you live in warmer climes, nobody wants to run or exercise in winter. That’s a mistake. Never stop moving, especially in winter. Unless you’re asleep. It’s okay then. In this latest Provider Ranking of Fitness Apps, what strikes us is...

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Are Consumers Really Giving up on Home Fitness?
November 17, 2021

Digital connected fitness is showing serious signs of weakness, with Peloton earlier this month lowering its expectations for subscription growth and revenue for the 2022 fiscal year. And while gym memberships are simultaneously on the rise, the question remains whether fitness can have as strong...

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Peloton’s Fall, Planet Fitness’ Rise Suggest Connected Fitness Boom Is Over
November 05, 2021

In early 2020, almost overnight, people’s houses were transformed from just being a home to also serving as the office, the happy hour locale and the gym — a boon for Peloton and other companies that were ready to step in and help provide consumers...

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Peloton Sales Growth Slows Amid Softening Demand, Supply Chain Issues
November 04, 2021

Peloton is lowering its projections for the next nine months after the first quarter of its fiscal year saw slowing growth and supply chain issues that are piling on more challenges for the embattled company. Officially, Peloton recorded $805 million of revenue in the first...

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Peloton Launches B2B Platform for Hospitality Industry
September 20, 2021

Peloton has created a B2B platform to let hospitality customers buy connected fitness equipment and Precor products online, CNBC reported. The effort sees the exercise company moving beyond the home. The company has been seeing demand from customers that had to remain indoors because of...

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Provider Ranking of Fitness Apps Breaks a Sweat With Sweeping Changes
September 10, 2021

You’re unfit. That’s right. We went there. But it’s for your own good. We mean physically unfit, of course — a charge we level equally against ourselves. Maybe you’re dropping the “COVID-19 pounds” and maybe not, but something’s going on. PYMNTS’ latest Provider Ranking of...

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Catapult Debuts Fitness Tracker For Athletes, Coaches
August 18, 2021

Sports performance analytics company Catapult on Wednesday (Aug. 18) announced the debut of its Catapult One fitness tracker, which provides athletes and coaches at varying levels the solution to monitor, evaluate and enhance athletic performance. The wearable technology was developed by the same team responsible...

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Rowing May Be Next Connected Fitness Frontier As Consumers Diversify Workouts
August 16, 2021

With gyms closed and COVID-19 keeping most people indoors in 2020, many people turned to connected fitness companies, including Peloton, Mirror and Tonal, to get their exercise and attend fitness classes. But Peloton’s 30- and 45-minute classes don’t work for everyone’s schedule — and even...

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Latest Fitness App Ranking Finds New Names Taking Victory Laps
August 04, 2021

Little late to be thinking about fitness apps for swimsuit season, you say? You’ve come to the wrong place with that attitude, friend-o. When it comes to PYMNTS’ Provider Ranking of Fitness Apps, it’s always three months before “the season” — and there’s never, ever...