Hints and tips:
...Genetic testing company 23andMe has grand ambitions for personalised healthcare....
...She asks for coffee and says she’s “really jetlagged” – though when I’d entered the sumptuous fitness centre at what I thought an unconscionably early hour for a weekend morning, she was already wrapping...
...The scheme will treat founders akin to high-performance athletes, tapping clinicians to treat their nutrition, fitness, sleep and mental health....
...Mindbody, Stollmeyer’s software business that powered the systems of gyms and fitness studios, announced just before Christmas 2018 that it had a deal to sell itself to Vista Equity Partners....
...fitness operators that entered bankruptcy during the coronavirus pandemic....
...“Other VC-backed companies are going to have very different financials....
...Other large positions cut include crypto-firm Coinbase, internet retailer Warby Parker, music group Spotify and connected-fitness bet Peloton Interactive, according to the filings....
...Over time, though, the technology’s improved, the battery life’s better, the applications are smarter [in] health and fitness and safety, and that’s a kind of augmented reality device that’s not a phone....
...It also significantly reduced its exposure to trading app Robinhood, selling almost 80 per cent of its stake, and Peloton, the beleaguered connected fitness company. Tiger Global declined to comment....
...If approved, the two companies will form a 50-50 joint venture valued at €19.6bn....
...of the company, after its share price collapsed more than 80 per cent over the past year....
...The EU has demanded that Google make major concessions relating to its $2.1bn acquisition of fitness-tracking company Fitbit if the deal is to be allowed to proceed imminently, according to people with direct...
...The EU is examining whether Google’s proposed $2.1bn takeover of the fitness-tracking company Fitbit will give the company more data to entrench its search engine and advertising businesses, as consumer...
...“For ‘jam tomorrow [companies]’, it’s been a wicked, wicked punishment all round.”...
...He previously represented the company on the boards of start-ups such as the fitness group Peloton....
...In the first month of the pandemic, average hours spent on mental health and fitness apps rose 30 per cent, according to PitchBook data....
...“They’re trying to figure out, what’s a good fitness routine — one that’s at my level?” he said....
...“Strengthen, Lengthen, Tone” — it’s the battle cry of Manhattan-based luxury fitness chain SLT, offering patrons gruelling workouts for $42 a pop. No pain, no gain....
...More than a year after the internet group announced the deal, the European Commission has approved its $2.1bn acquisition of fitness tracker Fitbit....
...This pledge includes location data from any fitness activity....
...Rival makers of wearable technology are ramping up their opposition to Google’s $2.1bn acquisition of fitness-tracking company Fitbit, arguing to the EU that it still poses a threat to competition and privacy...
...The European Commission has launched an in-depth investigation into Google’s $2.1bn bid for fitness tracking company Fitbit, citing fears that the takeover could harm competition in online advertising markets...
...The EU will open a full-scale investigation into Google’s $2.1bn bid for fitness tracking company Fitbit, according to two people with direct knowledge of the situation, in a sign that regulators are unsatisfied...
...public health experts are warning of a heightened risk of coronavirus transmission during US Independence Day celebrations, EU regulators are asking more questions about Google’s proposed $2.1bn takeover of fitness...
...The relative stability of annual gym memberships allowed companies like Equinox, 24 Hour Fitness, and New York Sports Club-owner Town Sports International to borrow heavily to fund expansion....
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