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23 Feb 2024
As Planet Fitness announces strong year-end results there are reports the company is planning a
14 Feb 2024
Industry insiders have confirmed to HCM that parts of the US health and fitness sector
Back for its fifth year, the Connected Health & Fitness Summit (7-8 February 2024, Los
08 Nov 2023
Flynn Restaurant Group, the world’s largest fast food franchise operator, with ambitions to be the
16 Sep 2023
The board of Planet Fitness has ousted Chris Rondeau from his role as CEO, effective
08 Aug 2023
Planet Fitness has posted strong results for Q2 2023, with revenues up US$62.5m on 2022
Elevate, the premier event in the physical activity, fitness, sports therapy and performance sector, is
08 Nov 2022
Planet Fitness has reported record results, with 16.6m members globally, according to its Q3 results.
03 Nov 2022
Antonio Iozzo, founder and CEO of Body Action Gym in Johannesburg, South Africa, has announced
10 Aug 2022
Fitness markets around the globe are demonstrating "reassuring signs of recovery" following the pandemic disruptions
19 May 2022
Ness, a US startup that is developing a range of wellness-driven credit cards, has launched
11 May 2022
Planet Fitness saw its Q1 2022 revenue increase by 66.9 per cent (to US$186.7m) on
10 May 2022
Planet Fitness is offering high-school students free access to any of its 2,200 locations in
PerformX Live, the premier business of fitness event, has announced Dr Jonathan Leary, founder and
17 Jan 2022
Planet Fitness has signed an agreement to acquire Sunshine Fitness – an operator of 114
09 Dec 2021
The Global Wellness Summit (GWS) has honoured respected spa industry trainer and figure Christine Clinton
08 Nov 2021
Planet Fitness says a surge in people returning to gyms has helped it recover from
27 Feb 2021
People placing increased emphasis on their physical fitness, the advances made in digital fitness and
22 Sep 2020
The Global Wellness Summit (GWS) has announced the appointment of C. Victor Brick, CEO of
09 Sep 2020
A study of gym visit data from the US suggests that health clubs and fitness
Study Active has legally acquired the name “Premier Global” and select Premier Global branding assets
02 Sep 2020
Announcing the company's half-year results today (2 September), Richard Darwin, CEO of The Gym Group
06 Aug 2020
Planet Fitness' share price on the New York Stock Exchange has remained steady at between
04 Aug 2020
Two of the largest health club operators in the US have announced that members and
01 Jun 2020
Corporate broking and advisory firm, Peel Hunt, has issued a 'buy' recommendation for shares in
22 May 2020
The number of people signing up for memberships at Planet Fitness has been at 2019
06 Apr 2020
A number of US gym operators are facing lawsuits over their handling of membership fee
17 Mar 2020
The leisure industry is increasingly feeling the pressure as countries introduce measures to tackle the
30 Jan 2020
Planet Fitness has opened its 2,000th health club in Colorado Springs, Colorado, US. The fitness
15 Nov 2019
Franchised operator Planet Fitness has unveiled plans to expand its footprint into Australia. The first
09 Aug 2019
Planet Fitness has reported a 29.3 per cent increase in revenue for the first half
03 Aug 2019
Bridges Fund Management has completed a deal to buy franchise gym operator, énergie Fitness. The
28 Jun 2019
United PF Partners has acquired 26 Planet Fitness locations and development rights, taking the number
11 Jun 2019
Les Mills International (LMI) has joined forces with health club mobile app provider Netpulse to
26 Apr 2019
Health Club operator Planet Fitness is offering high school students aged 15 to 18 years
12 Mar 2019
Les Mills International (LMI) has joined forces with health club mobile app provider Netpulse to
05 Mar 2019
Many a family business has looked to keep itself fresh by handing control down from
25 Feb 2019
Boutique gyms and the rising trend of the pay as you go (PAYG) model is
30 Jan 2019
Philip Newborough, co-founder of investment company Bridges Fund Management, has claimed that capitalism "risks losing
05 Apr 2018
Fitness kit and software supplier eGym has appointed Justin Smith, the former managing director of
22 Mar 2018
Fitness kit and software supplier eGym has announced the acquisition of fitness app specialist Netpulse
17 Jan 2018
Planet Fitness will continue to grow its brand internationally by entering the Mexican fitness market
08 Jan 2018
Planet Fitness has opened its first gym in Hawaii, giving it a presence in all
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Esther Fairfax
Founder, The Lotte Berk Foundation“My mother was the first person to take dance and create an exercise programme out of it”
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New laws are about to come into force that will oblige health club operators to offer consumers better membership terms. It will be disruptive, but tackled well, will change the sector for the better
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Absenteeism and presenteeism is
taking a huge economic toll, with
musculoskeletal problems and poor
mental health the biggest issues.
Can workplace wellness make
a difference? Kath Hudson investigates
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Property experts say it’s a golden moment for health and fitness operators
to secure leases, as the sector has come through the pandemic with its
reputation largely intact and clubs are seen as desirable anchor tenants.
Kath Hudson finds out why landlords want to talk
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Dr Paul Bedford talks
to Jak Phillips about
the double-edged
sword of the strength
training trend and his
ambitions for the sector
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Although there’s much talk about working with
health services, research from SLC suggests
there’s much work to do before the sector is
ready for the challenge. Kath Hudson asks the
experts to identify barriers and solutions
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Liz Terry looks at which operators
are most recognised by consumers,
using Kantar’s latest brand insight
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Remember when there was mass hostility about London hosting the 2012 Olympics? Huw Edwards, CEO of UK Active, was there. He talks to Kath Hudson about the lessons he learned
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Jennifer Maanavi
Founder, Physique 57“Our ‘why?’ is to improve the lives of our clients, not to make them feel defeated”
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A new study from researchers at Yale shows HIIT can reverse nerve damage caused by Parkinson’s
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