STRIDE Sprints To 50 Franchise Agreements
STRIDE, a boutique fitness franchise, signs over 50 franchise agreements, expanding its presence nationwide.
Xponential Fitness is a company in Burnaze's franchise knowledge graph, mentioned since 2017. 376 stories link here, each summarized from the original publisher. * Xponential Fitness' stock closed at $4.73 on October 8, up 21 percent from $3.92 on September 10, but still down 42 percent year-to-date [[2026-10-29 Mixed Year for Stock Performance at 2 Fitness Franchisors (802eeb)]]. * Xponential Fitness has adopted a limited-duration stockholder rights plan to prevent a potential takeover [[2026-10-12 Xponential Fitness Implements Stockholder Rights Plan (91758a)]]. * Pure Barre, owned by Xponential Fitness, is offering a Student Unlimited Membership with monthly pricing starting at $99 to make boutique fitness more accessible to students [[2026-10-02 Pure Barre Makes Play for Younger Fitness Consumers (9fc226)]]. * Xponential Fitness has appointed Jennifer Ryu as chief financial officer, effective October 19, as the company reviews strategic alternatives [[2026-09-11 Exec Moves New Hires as Xponential, The Vitamin Shoppe (e68f97)]]. * Club Pilates, the world's largest Pilates brand, has crossed 1,500 studios globally, with recent openings in Bangkok and Mexico City [[2026-08-06 Club Pilates Tops 1,500 Studios, Leaning Into International Growth (f901ea)]]. * Xponential Fitness reported a second-quarter net loss and cut its full-year outlook, with revenue falling 13% to $66 million and same-store sales declining 6.8% across its portfolio [[2026-08-07 Xponential Cuts Outlook, Stays Mum on Possible Sale (9668c2)]]. * Xponential Fitness will pay $3.9 million to resolve a New York investigation that found the franchisor misled prospective franchisees about studio opening times [[2026-06-10 Xponential to Pay NY $3.9M for Allegedly Misleading Franchisees (2d0c9a)]]. * Club Pilates has signed a 70-unit deal with Renew Fitness, a newly formed franchise group led by Saber Ammori and backed by Cohere Capital, to operate and grow locations in Michigan, Maryland, and New York [[2026-06-22 Club Pilates Signs 70-Unit Deal With Newly Formed Franchise Group (30b343)]]. Filed under Fitness / Gym & HVLP.
STRIDE, a boutique fitness franchise, signs over 50 franchise agreements, expanding its presence nationwide.

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