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Dave Stalker, a former director of Leisure Connection and the Fitness Industry Association, has joined FitNation’s board of directors.
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01 Oct 2004
The market for health and fitness franchises has been growing strongly for the last 20 years, to the point where it's now a substantial part of the sector, drawing in substantial investment and scaling rapidly. Kath Hudson looks at how centralised systems and a mature business model underpin success.
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VivaFit, the largest fitness chain in Portugal, will expand its brand into Northern Cyprus after agreeing a master franchising deal with two local entrepreneurs.
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12 Aug 2011
Boutique fitness studio operator Digme Fitness will begin offering its business model to
franchisees, as it looks to grow its brand in the UK and internationally.
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27 Jun 2019
The énergie Group has launched a new franchise product which aims to offer personal trainers and fitness instructors the opportunity to own and operate their own businesses.
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02 Oct 2007
Portugal-based women-only fitness chain Vivafit has signed a franchising deal with entrepreneur Cecile Jamoulle-Ogren which will see 100 Vivafit-branded sites open in Singapore by 2020.
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26 Jan 2011
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
Wellness operator and fitness tech company LIT Method (low-intensity training) is ramping up
expansion after launching into the franchising market.
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18 Jan 2022
énergie Fitness has tasted success at the bfa HSBC Franchise Awards, winning the Brand Awareness
& Innovation category.
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03 Jul 2019
A number of high-profile gym chains and businesses will be demonstrating the
potential for health and fitness industry profits by featuring at The National
Franchise Exhibition.
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14 Aug 2014
Fitness entrepreneur Tom Marien is looking to take his fitness and social brand One
Element outside
London for the first time.
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31 Aug 2018
A new fitness franchise launches its first location tomorrow in Irving-Las Colinas, Texas (9 September 2023),
looking to establish itself as "the world’s smartest fitness studio".
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08 Sep 2023
The franchise sector has investors keen to back businesses with the potential to grow
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CG Funk, vice president of industry relations and
product development at Massage Envy on the art of
franchising.
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08 Jan 2014
Trib3 is making a play for the lucrative US fitness market.
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08 Mar 2022
Franchise operator Anytime Fitness has revealed plans to enter the highly competitive German
fitness market.
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05 Apr 2019
Fitness operator Gold's Gym has named Craig Sherwood as its chief development officer.
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07 May 2019
Basic-Fit – which has been scaling rapidly across Europe –
is considering franchising to ramp up growth further afield
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The Bodystreet founders on EMS franchising
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Portugal-based women-only health club chain Vivafit has signed a master franchise deal for 20 clubs in Uruguay – paving the way for further expansion into other South American countries.
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30 Jun 2011
Anytime Fitness will open clubs in the Middle East following an Area Development Agreement with Qatar-based Almuftah Group - a privately held company based in Doha, Qatar.
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08 Apr 2011
Be Military Fit (BMF) is planning to diversify its offer – and then expand globally through franchising,
according to its managing director Tommy Mathews.
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08 Oct 2019
Holmes Place Health Clubs is expanding in Spain and Portugal with the launch of a new franchising concept.
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18 May 2006
UK-based health club chain, Fitness First – which operates around 400 clubs throughout Europe, Australia and the Far East – has signed a franchise deal to move into the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
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12 Nov 2004
Vivafit, the Portuguese chain of women’s express workout centres, opened six new clubs in the last two months of 2008 to consolidate its position as private fitness sector leader.
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13 Jan 2009
US-based health club operator Anytime Fitness has secured a franchising deal which could see up to 350 new clubs open in Australia and New Zealand within the next five years.
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03 Sep 2008
US-based fitness operator D1 Training has revealed plans to open 25 new clubs in Texas over the
next five years.
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27 Sep 2018
Independently-owned budget chain truGym is to open its fourth health and fitness
club in Bromley, Kent at the end of February.
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12 Jan 2012
US-based women's fitness club franchise Curves International Inc has announced plans to open up to 250 fitness centres in India.
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11 Jun 2010
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D2F had updated its brand styling to keep pace with
business growth. MD, John Lofting and operations
director, Matt Aynsley, explain the rationale
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Francesca Cooper-Boden says
health assessment services can
boost health club retention
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GymNation is pioneering the future of
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to power and sustain its growth
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Operators, prepare to revolutionise the way members connect with personal
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Basic-Fit – which has been scaling rapidly across Europe –
is considering franchising to ramp up growth further afield
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Members are telling us they need support with their mental and spiritual health and the industry is starting to see this need. Now’s the time to fast-track our response
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Egym has announced deals designed to position it for growth acceleration, as Kath Hudson reports
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Industry suppliers are responding to the exponential increase in
consumer demand for strength training with a raft of new and
innovative launches and concepts, as Steph Eaves reports
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