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COTTAGE GROVE, WI<\/strong> – Johnson Health Tech (JHT), one of the world\u2019s largest and fastest-growing fitness equipment manufacturers, and producer of the brands Matrix, Vision and Horizon, announced that it has signed an agreement to purchase Leisure Fitness, a Newark, Delaware-based specialty fitness retailer with 27 stores along the Eastern coast.<\/p>\n \u201cTogether, Johnson Health Tech and Leisure Fitness will continue to grow and shape specialty retail,\u201d said Nathan Pyles, President of Johnson Health Tech North America (JHTNA). \u201cWith the addition of Leisure Fitness, JHTNA has almost 100 specialty fitness retail locations in the United States. That distribution network, combined with the product design, engineering and manufacturing excellence of our global organization, gives us a unique opportunity to fuel continued growth.\u201d<\/p>\n With this acquisition, JHT, which is already the world\u2019s largest specialty fitness retailer, will bring its store count to 315 retail stores worldwide. Leisure Fitness will be merged into the existing JHTNA retail group but will operate as a separate entity with its existing management team.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re proud to be part of an organization like Johnson Health Tech that continues to invest in specialty retail,\u201d said Paul Bastianelli, CEO of Leisure Fitness. \u201cLike Leisure Fitness, JHT believes in investing in great people that can deliver outstanding customer experiences. With our shared vision and customer commitment, we\u2019ll continue to help grow specialty fitness.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cLeisure Fitness brings an organization with strong and diverse resources to JHTNA. We\u2019re excited to welcome them to our team,\u201d said Bob Zande, CFO\/COO of JHTNA. \u201cWith Leisure\u2019s strong East Coast presence, we\u2019ll be able to further enhance our service levels and distribution efficiencies in that region.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" COTTAGE GROVE, WI<\/strong> – Johnson Health Tech (JHT), one of the world\u2019s largest and fastest-growing fitness equipment manufacturers, and producer of the brands Matrix, Vision and Horizon, announced that it has signed an agreement to purchase Leisure Fitness, a Newark, Delaware-based specialty fitness retailer with 27 stores along the Eastern coast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":992,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[163,217],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1623"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1623"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1624,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1623\/revisions\/1624"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}