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Fitness Tracker Industry Awaiting Olympics Windfall

August 18, 2016

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Meanwhile, they'll also have one eye firmly fixed on Apple's smartwatch and devices of that ilk which are slated to overtake the sale of fitness-tracker devices by 2018 with 68 million sales compared to 50 million tracker sales, according to consumer tech analyst Parks Associates. That's quite a swing from when the latter accounted for 72% of the market in 2013, according to analysts NPD Group.

From the article "Fitness Tracker Industry Awaiting Olympics Windfall" by Martin O'Rourke.

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