Gym & HVLP in Fitness. Gym, boutique studio and recovery franchise news: unit growth, ownership changes and the brands operators actually run.
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The low-price gym brand is teaming with the Kerry Holt Group and operators of its Cedar City club on a development agreement that will begin in Utah
Xponential Fitness has appointed Jennifer Ryu as chief financial officer, effective October 19, as the boutique fitness and wellness franchisor continues its review of strategic alternatives.
Crunch Fitness hosts 9/11 Tribute Stair Climb for National Fallen Firefighters Foundation
Workout Anytime is accelerating its growth toward a 400-club goal by acquiring existing independent and competing gym locations to convert into franchised units.
Major gym chains including Retro Fitness and Crunch are hosting memorial stair climbs and fundraisers to benefit first responders on the 25th anniversary of 9/11.
The tech-enabled basketball training franchise secured $7 million in growth capital to accelerate location expansion and product development across its 65-unit network.
The 72-location high-value low-price gym chain is integrating specialized Hyrox training environments into 10 initial clubs across five states.
The legacy strength-training franchise is expanding its digital ecosystem with Hone, a new mobile app focused on movement assessment, nutrition, and body composition analysis.
In recent years, the broader fitness landscape has shifted notably.
Sweepals is helping fitness and wellness brands drive growth by facilitating community events and cross-modality experiences for consumers.
Ian McClure of Gulf Coast Hotel Management has signed a development deal for over a dozen locations, becoming the first outside franchisee to join the brand in a decade.
The fitness franchisor is partnering with Your Reformer to integrate digital, instructor-free Pilates kiosks across its 32 Australian locations for Black Card members.
Snap Fitness CEO Ty Menzies discusses the global franchisor's strategy of positioning itself as a premium mid-tier player to capture post-pandemic consumer demand.
The Netherlands-based multi-brand operator, which manages over 60 clubs, has expanded into the Middle East through a joint venture in Dubai Marina.
Boutique fitness franchises and studios are shifting from seasonal pop-ups to permanent locations in the Hamptons to capture year-round market growth.
Industry counsel highlights five common legal and paperwork errors that can lead to significant financial liabilities for gym owners and fitness brand operators.
The new Recovery Lounge at Gold’s Gym Tampa Gas Worx showcases a growing industry trend toward integrating advanced wellness modalities like hyperbaric therapy and cryotherapy.
Tarek Mounir believes gyms aren’t making enough money from personal training.
Onelife Fitness is expanding its Alabama footprint through acquisition, adding two Phaze 3 Fitness clubs in Madison and Huntsville as the operator continues its broader push across the Southeast.
Every August and September, members’ routines change, gym attendance drops and cancellations rise.
Enhance, a Dubai-based personal training software platform for high-value, low-price (HVLP) gyms, has raised $18.2 million in equity and debt funding as it aims to scale in the U.S.
Hopeless Records has partnered with fitness music platform Feed.fm to launch Hopeless Pop-Punk Cardio, a limited-edition workout station that will bring music from All Time Low, Avenged Sevenfold, Pvris and…
In Q1 of this year, Workout Anytime launched a capital-efficient strategy of acquiring and converting existing gyms which has garnered the interest of sophisticated investors, experienced franchise operators and existing
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