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Fitness Tracker Industry Awaiting Olympics Windfall

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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