PRODUCT NEWS
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April 19, 2021
Feds warn against using Peloton treadmills after child’s death
Households with children and small pets should immediately stop using Peloton Interactive's Tread+ treadmills, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, which is investigating the death of one child and dozens of other incidents involving the exercise equipment. CBS News
April 18, 2021
Fitness drones are coming, if inventors can get all the kinks out of them
Researchers say that the recreational drone market — valued at $2.33 billion in 2020, according to data from Research and Markets — could come together with the $30 billion wearables market to produce what may one day be a fixture in personal health and wellness: fitness drones. Washington Post
April 15, 2021
Peloton cuts Apple Watch Fitness support back to just the cycling class
Peloton had acquired a company dedicated to developing fitness bands earlier in 2021. The Apple Watch would be in direct competition to their device, so removing features early may push customers to adopt the proprietary fitness band later. Apple Insider
April 14, 2021
Smartwool Will Recycle Your Old Nasty Socks, Even if They Didn’t Make Them
Smartwool will collect these socks and shred them into their constituent fibers. To make new socks, you say, yes, brilliant. Well, no. That is very likely way too expensive and maybe impossible. Smartwool is turning your old socks into dog beds. Which makes sense, because dogs love eating socks almost as...
April 12, 2021
Dick’s Sporting Goods Opens Interactive Store ‘House of Sports’
If you’re looking to get in a quick workout with gear off the shelf, you’ll want to check out the 100,000-square-foot building in the Eastview Mall. Called House of Sport, the store includes an indoor rock-climbing wall, golf driving bay, putting bay, and health and wellness store. A track-and-turf field sits...
April 12, 2021
Nike Will Soon Sell Refurbished Sneakers in Select Stores Throughout the U.S.
The athletic powerhouse revealed Nike Refurbished today, its latest initiative in sustainability. The brand described it as a “fully circular consumer offering” where it will refurbish by hand gently worn, like-new or slightly imperfect footwear, both performance and lifestyle, in men’s and women’s sizing. Footwear News
April 7, 2021
adidas’ New Sustainable Ultraboost Sneakers Are Made of Abandoned Fishing Nets
Each shoe is equipped with Primeblue — a high-performance material made partly with Parley ocean plastic, which is spun from upcycled plastic waste collected from beaches and coastal communities.
April 6, 2021
Alistair Brownlee’s sporting secrets snapped up by HarperColllins
Double Olympic champion Alistair Brownlee's book Relentless: Secrets of the Sporting Elite has been snapped up by HarperCollins. Executive publisher Oli Malcolm negotiated world all language rights for HarperNonFiction with Richard Downey at Blue Carpet Management. Relentless will be published on 8th July 2021. The book follows a four-year quest by Brownlee to discover the...
April 1, 2021
New York pop-up retailer brings rarely seen road brands to US cyclists
The pop-ups feature some high-end road cycling brands rarely seen in the U.S., such as Festka (from Czech Republic), Isadore (from Slovakia), MAAP (Australia), and Q36.5 (Austria). The store has no brick-and-mortar home, but makes online sales (with delivery by bicycle an option in New York City) and operates the pop-up...
March 31, 2021
Tonal Raises $250 Million in New Funding, Teases Upcoming IPO
At-home fitness startup Tonal raised $250 million in a new round of funding, giving the company a $1.6 billion valuation. The wall-mounted system, which launched in 2015, uses advanced technology to replicate equipment, exercises, and weights found at brick-and-mortar gyms. Front Office Sports