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A new corporate membership program from ClassPass offers access to more than 9,000 health club and studio partners as well as on-demand interactive workout videos.

Technogym Chairman and CEO Nerio Alesandri attributed the company's first quarter revenue increase to strong growth in each of its main geographic markets, fueled by its new Skill Line product series and various digital initiatives.

Subscription and services revenue increased 31 percent during the first quarter, while MINDBODY's payments revenue increased 21 percent.

Retail segment sales increased by 13.7 percent, while Nautilus' direct segment sales dipped due to an expected decline in TreadClimber sales.

Despite a revenue decrease in the first quarter, Fitbit recently entered into a partnership with Google, a collaboration that Fitbit's CEO said would "accelerate the pace of innovation to define the next generation of healthcare and wearables."

Amer Sports President and CEO Heikki Takala called Precor's quarterly development "very uneven," but the company had strong sales in North and South America.

Brunswick's Fitness segment, which includes Life Fitness and Cybex, closed the first quarter of 2018 with increased revenue but also with uncertainty over its exclusive vendor relationship with Planet Fitness.

Institutional exercise product sales were higher in 2017, but sales in the consumer exercise product sales were down, which left the overall fitness product sales category flat, according to a report from the Sports & Fitness Industry Association.

All of eGym's digital offerings will be built into the existing Netpulse app, according to a media release, beginning with specialized eGym activity tracking.

Aktiv Solutions will open the application process for its ambassadorship program at IHRSA on March 22.