On April 15, 2020, Gold’s Gym announced on social media the decision to permanently close 30 of its corporate locations in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. The bulk of these locations are in St. Louis, ...
STRIDE, a new boutique fitness franchise that is reinventing the definition of a runner through treadmill-based interval training, announced it has signed two agreements which will bring five new studios to the greater Chicagoland area. ...
Franchising can be a great opportunity for a fitness professional to own their own business or expand their portfolio. The industry is currently ripe with opportunities, ranging from big-box clubs to niche concepts. Here, use ...
Every month, Club Solutions sits down with an industry expert to share in their wealth of knowledge. In the March issue, the conversation features Josh Cherry, the CEO and director of franchising for Delta Life Franchising. 1. What was the ...
In July 2019, Retro Fitness appointed a new CEO: Andrew Alfano, who boasts 25 years of experience in the retail, hospitality and restaurant industries, including at Starbucks and The Learning Experience. Alfano was drawn to ...
9Round can now be found in 20 countries, recently celebrating its first grand opening in Spain. Throughout 2019, the brand saw 104 grand openings, 31 of which occurred outside the U.S. and Canada. Last year, ...
When the clock struck midnight on January 1, it signaled the close of Gold’s Gym’s strongest year of international growth in the brand’s storied history. The record-setting year included 22 U.S. franchise agreements and 35 ...
American Securities, a leading U.S. private equity firm, has acquired United PF Partners — a Planet Fitness area developer — from JLM Financial Partners and Eagle Merchant Partners. United PF is headquartered in Austin, Texas, and has ...
PF Growth Partners, LLC (PFGP), a franchise division of Planet Fitness, has promoted Justin S. Drummond to chief operating officer. Drummond is PFGP’s longest tenured employee, joining the company in 2010 as general manager of ...
Blink Fitness has opened its 100th gym since being founded in 2011 in Manhattan. Today, the brand can be found in nearly a dozen major metropolitan markets in states including New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, ...
