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Global fitness franchise Curves International is set to open 50 new sites a month in Japan from July.
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18 May 2006
US-based franchise Anytime Fitness has announced a number of deals that will see the chain expand into Benelux and Japan, as well as into the UK and Ireland as previously reported in Leisure Opportunities.
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29 Jul 2010
Fast Fitness Japan, master franchisee of Anytime Fitness in Japan, has acquired Eighty-8
Health
& Fitness, giving the company master franchisee rights to Anytime Fitness in Germany.
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09 May 2024
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.
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09 Feb 2006
Konami Sports & Life has opened a new concept health club in Sapporo, Japan, which purports to be the country’s first ‘self-serve’ health club.
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11 Oct 2006
Up to 2,000 women-only fitness and weight-loss centres are expected to open in Japan over the next five years.
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15 Apr 2005
Japan has the third largest wellness economy globally – worth US$303 billion (£242.6 billion, €283 billion)
– according to data from the Global Wellness Institute (GWI).
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08 Sep 2023
Hot on the heels of a four-brand deal with Kuwait, John Kersh, chief international development
officer at Xponential Fitness, has brokered a master franchise agreement in Japan for Rumble
and AKT.
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08 Dec 2022
A new collaboration between Sport England, think tank Demos and care and housing provider
Anchor Hanover looks to get the over 55s in the UK more physically active inspired by a
Japanese initiative.
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20 May 2019
SportEx 2003, a leading trade show supported by the Sports Industries Federation, and designed to target sports, fitness and health buyers in the leisure industry, is only four months away.
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09 Jun 2003
A hotel dedicated to cyclists has opened in Onomichi – a coastal city in
Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan – allowing guests to check in while still on their
bikes.
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11 Sep 2014
Boutique studio UBX Boxing and Strength has partnered with Warner Bros. Pictures (ANZ –
Australia and New Zealand) on a Workout Like Creed fitness campaign based around the
upcoming cinema release of fight movie Creed III.
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20 Feb 2023
Western and Japanese concepts of spatial definition and
materiality merge in a newly
opened spa and health club in Tokyo, designed by COE
Architecture International.
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20 Jun 2016
Fitness and health are priority areas of expenditure for consumers in six key nations around the
world, according to a new report by McKinsey.
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28 Apr 2021
Lift Brands, the parent company of a portfolio of fitness companies, has appointed Weldon Spangler
as its chief executive.
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01 Oct 2019
Yoga Design Lab’s newest collection of yoga mats
for studio work has been launched into the UK and
Europe.
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12 Apr 2016
Corporate fitness sales specialist Gympass has secured additional financial backing believed to
be around US$300m (€265m, £237m).
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21 Jun 2019
Struggling health club operator Esporta has appointed John Cleland as its new chief executive officer.
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08 Dec 2009
Japanese architects are getting out of the blocks in terms of promoting active design
ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, with Narita Airport’s newly-opened Terminal 3 centred
around an indoor running track.
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16 Apr 2015
New research from Japan looking at cognitive performance in older men has found that
regular exercise can help the brain hold back the sands of time and perform in the same
way as it did in years gone by.
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28 Oct 2015
Growing economies are fuelling growth in Asia-Pacific,
opening up a wealth of opportunities in the less developed
markets, according to the second IHRSA Asia-Pacific Health
Club Report. Kristen Walsh reports
HCM Handbook 2019
The latest Asia Pacific research from
IHRSA and Deloitte shows significant
growth potential for the fitness market
in Asia, where penetration rates range
widely from 0.15 to 15.3 per cent
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Brazilian design studio MMBB Arquitetos and legendary architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha
have collaborated on the transformation of a disused tower block in central São Paulo into a
vibrant leisure destination for the city.
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28 Mar 2018
Janu, the much anticipated sibling brand to Aman, is gearing up to launch its debut site in
Tokyo this March, featuring one of Tokyo's largest gyms.
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04 Jan 2024
A health expert has called for a ‘Jamie Oliver of the gym’ to tackle the problem of childhood obesity.
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25 Jul 2005
Gym chain Anytime Fitness has retained its title as the world’s leading franchise as the US
company seeks to crank up international growth, particularly in the UK market.
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01 Jul 2016
Following the launch of its Siro wellness hotel brand, in the form of Siro One Za’abeel in Dubai,
Kerzner International has revealed it plans to create a global chain of properties under the
brand.
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05 Mar 2024
A team of researchers at the University of Tokyo, Japan, has developed a highly flexible, ultra-
thin electronic "skin display", which can be used to display the user’s health information.
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23 Mar 2018
Clark Hatch, founder and chairman emeritus of fitness club chain Clark Hatch International, has announced that the company plans to seek investors or a public offering in order to fund further expansion.
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11 Oct 2005
In an interview with Health Club Management magazine, Stephen Roma, CEO of American fitness chain Wow! Work Our World, said that pricing is the greatest issue the health club industry has to face.
news •
11 Oct 2005
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