{"id":9612,"date":"2023-10-18T04:00:15","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T08:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/?p=9612"},"modified":"2023-10-24T18:05:50","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T22:05:50","slug":"retro-fitness-appoints-retail-growth-veteran-larry-strain-as-chief-development-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/chains\/retro-fitness-appoints-retail-growth-veteran-larry-strain-as-chief-development-officer\/","title":{"rendered":"Retro Fitness Appoints Retail Growth Veteran Larry Strain as Chief Development Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Retro-Fitness-1-300x70.png\" alt=\"Retro Fitness\" width=\"300\" height=\"70\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8170\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Retro-Fitness-1-300x70.png 300w, http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Retro-Fitness-1-200x47.png 200w, http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Retro-Fitness-1.png 609w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Retro Fitness<\/p>\n<p><strong>WEST PALM BEACH, FL<\/strong> &#8211; Retro Fitness, a leader in high-value, low-price fitness, announces the appointment of Larry Strain, CCIM as Chief Development Officer. Strain brings more than 25 years of experience in driving multi-unit development for top-tier franchise growth brands such as Starbucks, McDonald&#8217;s and Dunkin&#8217; Donuts. Most recently, he helped lead the successful transition of Potbelly Sandwich Works to a franchise-focused growth model which showcases his expertise and strong ability to be transformative, effect change and fuel growth.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Bringing in an industry heavyweight like Larry was a strategic move that adds serious muscle to an already strong management team,&#8221; said Andrew Alfano, CEO of Retro Fitness. &#8220;His proven track record in franchise development, investor relations, and real estate is not only a great compliment to the exciting journey we are already on, but also adds serious horsepower.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Prior to joining Retro Fitness, Strain earned recognition as a prominent figure and thought leader in retail development and business strategy. He has a proven track record of formulating and implementing strategic growth plans for globally renowned retail brands.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m thrilled to join Retro Fitness at such an exciting time in the brand&#8217;s growth,&#8221; said Strain. &#8220;With its unique value proposition, strong team culture, incredibly attractive business model, and unwavering commitment to its members, Retro Fitness is well-positioned to continue its expansion and become the leading fitness franchise in the world. I look forward to working with our franchisees to bring the Retro Fitness experience to even more communities and help people achieve their fitness goals.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As Chief Development Officer, Strain will be responsible for the design and execution of Retro Fitness&#8217; strategic growth plan, which includes both domestic and international markets. He will also oversee multi-unit territory development, investor relations, franchise sales and recruitment efforts, and lead all phases of real estate development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>WEST PALM BEACH, FL<\/strong> &#8211; Retro Fitness, a leader in high-value, low-price fitness, announces the appointment of Larry Strain, CCIM as Chief Development Officer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8170,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[301],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9612"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9612"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9612\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9613,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9612\/revisions\/9613"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}