Parade of Homes | Spring 2021

LOUIS FISETTE AND HIS BABY DAUGHTER SHARE ACTIVITY SPACE.

NOW IT’S A COMPLETE 180, FROM POTENTIALLY DROPPING THE INTEREST IN HOME FITNESS IN MY (BUSINESS) TO GOING BACK EVEN BIGGER THAN I WAS BEFORE.

Demand for many products also increased at Fitness Experience. There have even been times when dumbbells and weight plates were out of stock, sales manager Louis Fisette says. But while the rise in residential sales was welcome, he notes that there was a negative flipside. “We’re seeing an influx of sales as far as the retail side of things for a home gym, but what people don’t really realize is how much our commercial department has suffered,” Fisette notes. Cont’d on page 54

“Now it’s a complete 180, from potentially dropping the interest in home fitness in my (business) to going back even bigger than I was before,” Carson says. “The challenge now for a business like ours is to be able to be competitive, but I am sensing — and this might be another spinoff from the pandemic — there is a little bit of a support- local feeling that we’re all getting.”

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