Health and Fitness Club Industry News: Chains
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Xponential Fitness Launches XPASS Nationwide and Appoints Digital Strategy Expert Danyal Ali as President of XPASS
Posted: March 2, 2022 in Chains
IRVINE, CA - Xponential Fitness, Inc. (NYSE: XPOF), the largest global franchisor of boutique fitness brands, has announced the official nationwide launch of XPASS, giving subscribers access to tens of thousands of classes across multiple fitness modalities. XPASS is a first-of-its-kind, cross-brand subscription for Xponential Fitness, allowing consumers to discover and book classes across Xponential’s almost 2,000 studios in the United States. Xponential’s brands include Pure Barre, Club Pilates, CycleBar, Rumble, YogaSix, StretchLab, Row House, AKT, STRIDE and BFT. Read More...
StretchLab to Bring 16 Studios to Washington DC
Posted: February 22, 2022 in Chains
WASHINGTON, D.C. - StretchLab, a leading national assisted stretching franchise, announces a new franchise agreement that will bring 16 new studios to the Washington DC market. In addition to the DC agreement, StretchLab recently signed deals to bring new studios to Fargo, Charleston, Miami, Vancouver and Grand Rapids, among other markets. The company currently has 156 franchise locations open and more than 587 licensed locations. Read More...
Rumble Knocks Out 200 Signed Franchise Agreements
Posted: February 16, 2022 in Chains
IRVINE, CA - Rumble Boxing, the popular boxing-inspired group workout, is punching its weight in boutique fitness franchising. The company announces it has surpassed 200 signed franchise agreements less than a year since being acquired by Xponential Fitness and launching its franchise opportunity. This makes it one of the fastest brands in the portfolio to achieve this milestone. The Xponential family of brands also includes Club Pilates, Pure Barre, CycleBar, YogaSix, Row House, StretchLab, AKT, STRIDE and BFT. Read More...
StretchLab Opens 150th Studio and Reaches 500 Signed Franchise Agreements
Posted: January 27, 2022 in Chains
IRVINE, CA - StretchLab, a leading assisted stretching studio, announced it has recently signed its 500th franchise agreement and opened its 150th studio this month. In 2021, the company opened 52 locations and secured over 270 franchise agreements, illustrating the growth and continued demand for assisted stretching, especially following the pandemic which has encouraged millions of people to better prioritize their health and wellness. The 150th studio opened in Lake Pleasant, Arizona on January 24th. Read More...
Xponential Fitness Partners With Glofox for International Expansion
Posted: January 18, 2022 in Chains, Suppliers
IRVINE, CA - Xponential Fitness, Inc. (NYSE: XPOF), a curator of leading boutique fitness brands across multiple verticals, has selected Glofox, one of the fastest growing fitness business management software platforms, to support its network of franchise partners as it expands internationally into new countries. Read More...
Four Xponential Fitness Brands Land on Entrepreneur’s 2022 Franchise 500
Posted: January 6, 2022 in Chains
IRVINE, CA - Xponential Fitness, Inc. (NYSE: XPOF) (“Xponential” or “the Company”), a curator of leading boutique fitness brands, has announced that four of its brands (Pilates, Pure Barre, CycleBar and StretchLab) have been ranked on Entrepreneur magazine’s coveted 2022 Franchise 500 list following another year of impressive unit growth, financial strength and stability as well as brand power. Read More...
Pure Barre Kicks Off 2022 with Lift Tone Burn Challenge
Posted: January 4, 2022 in Chains
IRVINE, CA - Pure Barre, the fastest, most effective full-body barre workout brand, has announced its Lift Tone Burn challenge, which will help members kickstart their 2022 health and wellness goals and invites new guests and former members to “barre with us” in a free class at participating studios. Pure Barre is committed to making everyone feel welcome and motivated by inviting them to join their local studio’s team (Team Lift, Team Tone or Team Burn) and earn points for the studio through the community challenge. Read More...
Xponential Fitness Signs Master Franchise Agreement in New Zealand for CycleBar, StretchLab and Rumble
Posted: December 1, 2021 in Chains
IRVINE, CA - Xponential Fitness, Inc. (NYSE: XPOF), a curator of leading boutique fitness brands across multiple verticals, announced that it has recently signed a Master Franchise Agreement in New Zealand for three of its brands: CycleBar, StretchLab and Rumble. The agreement provides the Master Franchisee with the opportunity to license at least 30 studios across the three brands to potential franchisees in New Zealand over the next 10 years. Xponential has over 2,000 open studios worldwide, operating in 10 countries and across four continents. Read More...
Xponential Fitness Announces Exclusive Strategic Development Agreement with the Operator of the LA Fitness and City Sports Club Brands
Posted: November 4, 2021 in Chains
IRVINE, CA - Xponential Fitness, Inc. (NYSE: XPOF) (“Xponential” or “the Company”), a curator of leading boutique fitness brands, and Fitness International, LLC, operator of LA Fitness (“LAF”) and City Sports Club (“CSC”), announce an exclusive development agreement. The agreement lays out a minimum development of over 350 franchised locations over five years to add Xponential brands in more than 500 Fitness International locations. This development commitment will afford Xponential Fitness the opportunity to invite existing franchisees who own a studio with an LAF or CSC location within their protected territory to open an Xponential brand studio inside of these locations. Read More...
Club Pilates Secures One of its Largest Multi-Unit Franchisee Agreements in Company History with Entrepreneur David Schuck
Posted: October 6, 2021 in Chains
IRVINE, CA - Club Pilates, the nation’s largest boutique Pilates brand, announced it has signed a large multi-unit, multi-regional franchise agreement with entrepreneur and existing franchise owner, David Schuck, which will expand the Pilates brand’s presence further in Houston, Dallas and Central Florida. Through this agreement, Schuck has acquired 13 open Club Pilates studios, along with licenses to open 16 additional studios, marking one of the largest deals made by an individual franchisee in the brand’s history. Club Pilates is the founding and largest brand by number of studios within the portfolio of Xponential Fitness, Inc. Read More...
Rumble Signs Master Franchise Agreement in Australia
Posted: September 22, 2021 in Chains
IRVINE, CA - Rumble, the boxing-inspired boutique fitness brand, announced it has recently signed a Master Franchise Agreement in Australia, which provides the Master Franchisee with the opportunity to license at least 100 Rumble studios to potential franchisees in the country over the next five years. Rumble is the newest brand to join the Xponential Fitness, Inc. (NYSE: XPOF) portfolio, which is a curator of leading boutique fitness brands across a variety of verticals with 1,839 studios open worldwide as of June 30, 2021. Read More...
Xponential Fitness Unveils New, Tech-Driven Production Studio to Elevate Streaming Platform GO
Posted: September 16, 2021 in Chains
IRVINE, CA - GO, the fitness streaming platform from Xponential Fitness, Inc. (NYSE: XPOF), a curator of leading boutique fitness brands, has announced the debut of its upgraded production studio, XSTUDIO, further staking a claim in the world of digital fitness that has exploded in popularity since the pandemic began. Read More...
Xponential Fitness Announces Four Brands Ranked in Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top New Franchises List
Posted: April 14, 2021 in Chains
IRVINE, CA - Xponential Fitness, a curator of leading boutique fitness brands across nine different verticals, has announced that four of the company’s brands have ranked on Entrepreneur Magazine’s annual Top New Franchises list, featuring AKT at No.77, Row House at No. 37, StretchLab at No. 49 and YogaSix at No. 42. Read More...
Xponential Fitness Ready to ‘Rumble’ with Addition of Boutique Boxing Concept
Posted: March 25, 2021 in Chains
IRVINE, CA - Xponential Fitness has announced the acquisition of Rumble, the latest brand added to its portfolio, further highlighting the company's position as the largest curator of boutique fitness brands in the world. Rumble, a boutique boxing concept, joins the other eight brands under the Xponential Fitness umbrella including Pure Barre, Club Pilates, CycleBar, YogaSix, StretchLab, Row House, AKT and STRIDE. Read More...
Xponential Fitness Launches Apple Watch Integration to Offer Enhanced Member Experience
Posted: March 16, 2021 in Suppliers
IRVINE, CA - Xponential Fitness, a curator of boutique fitness brands, has announced it is launching an upgraded studio experience through the use of Apple Watch technology across all eight of its brands, including Pure Barre, Club Pilates, CycleBar, YogaSix, StretchLab, Row House, AKT and STRIDE. Read More...
Pure Barre President Sarah Luna Selected as President of Parent Company Xponential Fitness
Posted: January 12, 2021 in Chains
IRVINE, CA - Xponential Fitness, the largest curator of premium boutique fitness brands including Pure Barre, Club Pilates, CycleBar, YogaSix, StretchLab, Row House, AKT and STRIDE, has announced the appointment of Sarah Luna, current President of Pure Barre, to a new executive role as President of Xponential Fitness. In this new position, Luna will drive efficiencies across all eight brands and Xponential departments, lead projects and partnerships for the parent company, and manage efforts with the executive team to achieve their aggressive growth plans. Stepping into Luna's role as President of Pure Barre will be Regan Stokes, the brand's current Senior Vice President of Operations. Read More...
Xponential Fitness Organizes ‘XPRO’ Cast to Pioneer its Digital Workouts
Posted: November 24, 2020 in Suppliers
IRVINE, CA - Following the launch of its streaming platform GO, Xponential Fitness, a curator of leading boutique fitness brands with over 1,600 studios open worldwide, has announced the debut of its XPROS, a highly-qualified team of fitness and wellness professionals who will instruct its live and on-demand workouts going forward. Read More...
Xponential Fitness Launches EMERGE Program for Immunity Conditioning
Posted: July 7, 2020 in Chains
IRVINE, CA - Xponential Fitness, a curator of leading boutique fitness brands with over 1,500 studios open worldwide as of May 31, 2020, officially announced the launch of EMERGE, an eight-week immunity conditioning program that will benefit members using the expertise of three holistic health experts. EMERGE was developed by the team who created Xponential's online workout platform called GO. EMERGE will be available across all the brands within the Xponential Fitness portfolio including Club Pilates, Pure Barre, CycleBar, StretchLab, Row House, YogaSix, AKT and STRIDE. Read More...
Xponential Fitness Debuts GO Online Workouts Across Eight Brands
Posted: June 15, 2020 in Suppliers
IRVINE, CA - Xponential Fitness, a curator of leading boutique fitness brands with over 1,500 studios open worldwide as of May 31, 2020, has officially announced the launch of its highly-anticipated platform called GO, which brings live and on-demand content across numerous boutique verticals to the masses. Brands within the Xponential Fitness portfolio include Club Pilates, Pure Barre, CycleBar, StretchLab, Row House, YogaSix, AKT and STRIDE, all of which have a unique GO platform that can be accessed through the brand's individual apps. Read More...
Xponential Fitness Enters Germany and Austria Markets
Posted: November 20, 2019 in Suppliers
IRVINE, CA - Xponential Fitness, a curator of boutique fitness brands, has announced the signing of a Master Franchise Agreement for Germany and Austria, a development expected to bring more than 150 Xponential Fitness studios to the countries over the next five years. Initial brands included in the agreement are Club Pilates and Pure Barre, both category-leading pioneers in boutique fitness. Additional brands are expected to be launched in the future. Read More...
