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Protagonists on all sides of the fitness industry are working on alternative plans to cope with the disruption caused by the spread of the coronavirus, which has led to the postponement of FIBO Cologne until the start of October. The outbreak of...
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Les Mills is rejigging its European organisation with the appointment of a four-strong European team and four country managers, in order to provide more localised support to its club partners and instructors. Martin Franklin, chief operating...
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ClassPass is doubling down on the expansion of its corporate business in Europe, after it raised $285 million in a transaction valuing the company at more than $1 billion. The funds mostly came from L Catterton and Apax Digital Fund, taking the...
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First Germany is pursuing its multi-brand strategy with the acquisition of ElbGym, a brand of high-end performance training gyms from Hamburg, as its turnaround is moving ahead faster than anticipated. ElbGym is a group of three gyms with...
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Let's Go Fitness is steadily reinforcing its bastion in the French-speaking part of Switzerland, to reach a milestone of fifty clubs with over 50,000 members next month, after more than twenty openings and substantial upgrades in the last three...
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The opening of the ICON gym in Patra a few days ago marks the start of European expansion for a distinctive fitness concept – a smart cost gym that predominantly targets women with a touch of fashion. Greece is the second European market for ICON...
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Trib3, the high-intensity group fitness concept from Sheffield, is sealing a joint venture with partners around Rod Hill to open up clubs in Spain and supervise franchises in other European countries. Hill is a seasoned fitness industry executive...
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After its acquisition of five Aquafit clubs, the Serviocio/ BeOne group wants to take an active part in the consolidation of the Spanish fitness industry, predicting that the number of top ten players could be halved in the coming...
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Virtual reality goggles and devices equipped with artificial intelligence are set to spread in European fitness clubs in the next years, judging from a raft of fitness-focused technological advances and partnerships unveiled at the Consumer...
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