Elite Fitness Systems Celebrates Tenth Anniversary
and
Eighth Consecutive Year of Record Sales
London, Ohio (January 22, 2008) — Elite Fitness Systems (www.elitefts.com),
a recognized leader in high quality strength training products and
services, today announced the continued success of its long-term growth strategy
with an impressive 40 percent increase in sales for 2007. Revenue for the year
was more than $4 million.
This also marks the company’s 10th year in business, with
an average growth of nearly 70 percent per year for the past eight
years. EliteFTS.com, has many constituents to thank for its success,
including:
- Partners and suppliers, who have helped the company
expand its product line to include more than 3,000 items, including
its own signature brand line of gear and apparel.
- A growing client roster, which provides opportunities to
furnish weight rooms for collegiate athletic departments,
professional sports organizations and gyms all over the country
(clients last year included the Cleveland Browns, New York Jets, St.
Louis Blues, Arizona State University, Colgate University, Lafayette
College, Morehead State, and Stanford University.)
- An expanding retail customer base, that has opened
additional lines of business (from consulting services and
educational resources to supplements, customized strength products
and more)
- A more diverse team of professional strength coaches,
collegiate strength coaches, world class powerlifters, rehab
specialists and performance enhancements specialists, to provide
readers with even more resources and information.
“This growth achievement marks the perfect start to our 10th
year in business, highlighting our ability to sustain growth while
re-investing in the key areas of technology, product expansion,
marketing, sponsorships, and sales force growth,” said company Founder
and President Dave Tate. “In 1998, it was unthinkable for an online
strength and condition business to become both an industry leader and
a top-performing company.”
He continued: “We’ve proven that there’s more to our industry than
just dumbbells and weights. We strongly believe that the educational
resources we provide, in addition to the core products we offer, will
continue to shape the future of strength training—not only in the way it
is applied, but also in the way it is shared. Our sponsored team of
leading experts will continue to help lead this charge.”
Tate, a competitive powerlifter, renowned speaker and author, founded
EliteFTS.com in 1998 in an effort to dispel the multitude of
misinformation presented on the Internet with respect to training in
sports. Realizing the existence of a market of thousands of coaches and
athletes from all over the world seeking proper training advice, he
launched Elite Fitness Systems.
Today, the site is one of the leading resources in the strength and
conditioning field, attracting more than 800,000 unique visitors per
month. One of its top features is an interactive Q&A with more than 30
resident experts from a variety of sports disciplines, ranging from
football and mixed martial arts, to powerlifting, strongman and beyond.
Elite Fitness Systems strives to be a recognized leader in the
strength training industry by providing the highest quality strength
training products and services while providing the highest level of
customer service in the industry. For the best training equipment,
information and accessories visit us at
www.EliteFTS.com.
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