During the past year, certain events have occurred in the fitness industry that give me hope that we will see more growth next year. The dark cloud that has hung over the industry for the past two or three years seems to be lifting....More
The recent LA Fitness-Bally deal likely will cause a shift in next year’s rankings on the Top 100 Clubs list. LA Fitness will have more than 500 clubs in operation by the end of this year. 24 Hour Fitness reported 420 clubs at the end of 2010....More
As Life Time Fitness grows its portfolio nationally, Lifestyle Family Fitness is drastically cutting back its operations, focusing its efforts instead in its home state of Florida....More
For 15 years, wellness has been the basis of the business model for the Maryland Athletic Club and Wellness Center (MAC), which celebrated its anniversary last month....More
Most health clubs’ strategies for integrating new members into the facility and its programs fall short because they do not educate new members on what it takes to achieve success....More
Fitness equipment manufacturers are preparing for a change in the U.S. patent law that could affect future innovators and the speed of new patent approvals....More
As the fitness industry prepares for the Smith-Leahy America Invests Act (AIA) to go into effect in 2013, changing the U.S. patent system from a first-to-invent to a first-to-file system, just how big of a problem is patent infringement in the industry?...More
Even though the high obesity numbers in children would indicate a revenue opportunity in serving this market, some club operators are experiencing revenue growth by catering to a different segment of America’s youth....More
