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Fitness equipment supplier Anytime Leisure has rebranded this week under the name
Origin Fitness, as the Scottish-based company seeks to kickstart a significant international
expansion.
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20 Apr 2016
Fitness supplier eGym has set out plans to ramp up the international expansion of its
product suite after raising US$45m (€40m, £32m) worth of investment in its latest funding
round.
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24 Mar 2016
Fitness technology giant Gantner has been acquired by the private equity backer behind
high street food chain EAT.
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19 Feb 2016
Virgin Active founder Sir Richard Branson has announced that the gym chain is gearing up
for a major international expansion over the next three years.
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16 Sep 2015
Is your business ready for post-demographic consumerism? Trendwatching.com explains why the old consumer models must go
HCM issue 8 2015
Who’s in the 20 leading fitness operators in Europe, and what have been the dynamics in market over the last year?
HCM issue 4 2015
We round up the expansion plans of a selection of key private sector operators around the world, and offer a snapshot of upcoming UK public sector developments
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As the economy improves, will fitness operators eye new markets or consolidate their existing bases?
HCM issue 10 2014
EuropeActive and Deloitte share the topline findings from their new European Market Report
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Women-only franchise Vivafit opened its fourth Singapore club in August.
The club adopts Vivafit’s new model, which focuses on group fitness.
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15 Nov 2013
The UK GM of low-cost operator Fit for Free talks to Kate Cracknell about how it can charge a membership fee and still be 'free'
HCM issue 11 2013
What are the challenges faced by fitness brands looking to expand globally? Is there an ideal model for international success? We ask our panel of experts
HCM issue 10 2013
David Lloyd Leisure (DLL) has been taken over by private equity group TDR
Capital. The new owners will inject investment to upgrade clubs and focus on
domestic and international expansion.
Though the terms of the deal haven't been disclosed, it's thought the business
was sold by London & Regional and joint shareholders Caird Capital for
around
£750m. The takeover sees TDR gain control of a chain of 81 clubs in the UK
and 10 in Europe, with membership figures standing at 440,000.
news •
06 Sep 2013
The Ascente Group, franchisers of Orangetheory Fitness – the US-based heart
rate-monitored interval fitness concept – have announced plans to expand the
franchise internationally, beginning with Canada in 2012.
news •
14 May 2012
US-based fitness franchise Anytime Fitness has continued its international expansion with the opening of
its first clubs in the Netherlands. The first club opened in July in Susteren, in the south of the country.
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22 Sep 2011
Peter Lorimer-Wing, joint chief executive of newly-launched easyGym, has revealed that the low-cost health club chain has long-term ambitions of expanding beyond the UK market.
news •
12 Jul 2011
Vivafit, the largest chain of gyms in Portugal, has signed a contract to open a club in Lepe, near the city of Huelva, southern Spain.
news •
30 Nov 2010
Awarding body Active IQ has expanded its reach by approving its first training centre in Eastern Europe.
news •
01 Nov 2010
US franchise operator Anytime Fitness opened its 1,000th club on 30 January.
Located in Wake Village, Texas, the US$240,000, 420sq m club offers Life Fitness and Precor cardio machines and Life Fitness strength equipment.
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24 Feb 2009
Whitbread has confirmed that it is looking to sell its David Lloyd Leisure division to focus on its hospitality portfolio.
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24 Apr 2007
The International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association (IHRSA) is recruiting a global network of volunteers to aid its international expansion.
news •
14 Mar 2006
The family-owned fitness chain, WOW! Work Out World, is continuing its international expansion with two new sites in Japan and a further three planned to open later this year.
news •
09 Feb 2006
Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group has bought back the 55 per cent interest in Virgin Active that it sold to Bridgepoint Capital in 2002 – for £134.5m.
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06 Oct 2005
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