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Is Apple Watch A Threat To Fitbit's IPO?

And the fitness tracker industry is set to almost triple from the $2 billion it reached in 2014 to $5.4 billion by 2019, according to Parks Associates, which sees more people buying these “connected health devices” — 30% in 2014 compared to 24% in 2014.

From the article "Is Apple Watch A Threat To Fitbit's IPO?" by Peter Cohan.

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