Health and Fitness Club Industry News: Chains
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Xponential Fitness Joins Forces With Los Angeles Rams as Proud Fitness Partner
Posted: October 11, 2023 in Chains
IRVINE, CA - Xponential Fitness, the largest global franchise group of boutique fitness brands, is thrilled to announce an exciting new partnership with the Los Angeles Rams as the Proud Fitness Partner of the NFL team. This collaboration promises to energize and inspire fans and fitness enthusiasts alike. Read More...
Xponential Announces Signing of Master Franchise Agreement in France for Club Pilates
Posted: July 12, 2023 in Chains
IRVINE, CA - Xponential Fitness, Inc. (NYSE: XPOF) (“Xponential”), the largest global franchisor of boutique fitness brands, announces it has signed a Master Franchise Agreement in France for its Club Pilates brand, representing Xponential’s 19th international country outside of North America. The agreement, signed with TCMP Fitness, LP and its partners Susan and Chris Fichaud, gives the Master Franchisee the opportunity to license a minimum of 75 Club Pilates studios in France over the next 10 years. Read More...
Xponential Fitness and Lululemon Announce Renewal of Partnership
Posted: June 9, 2023 in Chains, Suppliers
IRVINE, CA - Xponential Fitness (NYSE: XPOF), the largest global franchisor of boutique fitness brands, and lululemon announce the renewal of their partnership, bringing an expanded selection of digital workouts to lululemon Studio. Xponential Fitness will soon be increasing the number of workouts from Pure Barre, Rumble, AKT and YogaSix on the lululemon Studio platform. This collaboration builds upon the success of the initial launch last October and further enhances the offerings available to lululemon Studio members. Read More...
Xponential Announces Master Franchise Agreement for StretchLab in Japan
Posted: May 10, 2023 in Chains
IRVINE, CA - Xponential Fitness, Inc. (NYSE: XPOF) announces it has signed a Master Franchise Agreement in Japan for StretchLab, the world’s largest assisted stretching brand. The agreement provides the Master Franchisee with the opportunity to license at least 40 StretchLab studios in Japan to potential franchisees over the next 10 years. Read More...
Xponential Fitness Makes Strong Showing on 2023 Entrepreneur Lists
Posted: May 3, 2023 in Chains
IRVINE, CA - Xponential Fitness, the largest global franchisor of boutique fitness brands, continues to lead the boutique fitness industry, announces that the majority of its brands have been ranked on Entrepreneur Magazine’s coveted New & Emerging Franchises list, the Fastest-Growing Franchises list and the Top Global Franchises List. Read More...
Xponential Fitness Takes on the Seas with Launch of Pure Barre, YogaSix and StretchLab Experiences on Princess Cruises
Posted: February 23, 2023 in Chains
IRVINE, CA - Xponential Fitness, the largest global franchisor of boutique fitness brands, has ushered in a new wave of boutique fitness as three of its brands debuted experiences this week on Princess Cruises. Pure Barre, YogaSix and StretchLab fitness classes are now available to guests onboard, with additional brand experiences to follow soon, including Club Pilates, CycleBar and STRIDE Fitness. Read More...
FitnessOnDemand Named Exclusive Hardware Supplier for In-studio Streaming for Xponential Fitness
Posted: February 20, 2023 in Chains, Suppliers
MINNEAPOLIS, MN - FitnessOnDemand, a global leader in the collection, curation and provision of high-quality, premium digital fitness content, announces it has been named the exclusive hardware supplier for in-studio streaming for Xponential Fitness’ more than 2,500 studios nationwide. Effective immediately, FitnessOnDemand will provide Xponential+ content for their portfolio of ten world-class brands, creating a premium, seamless, in-studio digital experience for more than 590,000 studio members. Read More...
Majority of Xponential Fitness Brands Rank on Entrepreneur’s 2023 Franchise 500
Posted: January 18, 2023 in Chains
IRVINE, CA - Xponential Fitness, Inc. (NYSE: XPOF), the largest global franchisor of boutique fitness brands, announces that six of its ten brands have earned rankings on Entrepreneur’s 2023 Franchise 500 list, the first time that more than half of the company’s portfolio has been recognized in the same year. Read More...
Pure Barre Welcomes 2023 with New Class Format, Pure Barre Align
Posted: January 5, 2023 in Chains
IRVINE, CA - Pure Barre, an Xponential Fitness brand offering the most effective full-body barre workout, announces the launch of its newest class format focused on balance, flexibility and strength, called Pure Barre Align. Read More...
Xponential Fitness Signs Master Franchise Agreement in Japan for Rumble and AKT
Posted: December 5, 2022 in Chains
IRVINE, CA - Xponential Fitness, Inc. (NYSE: XPOF), the largest global franchisor of boutique fitness brands, announces it has signed a Master Franchise Agreement in Japan for Rumble and AKT. The agreement was signed with Wellness X Asia, Xponential’s existing Master Franchise Partner in Japan for Club Pilates and CycleBar. The agreement provides the Master Franchise Partner with the opportunity to license a minimum of 100 new studios over the next eight years, across the two brands. Read More...
StretchLab Receives Accreditation of Brand’s Flexologist Training Program from the Institute for Credentialing Excellence (ICE)
Posted: November 23, 2022 in Chains
IRVINE, CA - StretchLab, the world’s first and largest assisted stretching franchise, announces the Institute for Credentialing Excellence (ICE) has accredited its proprietary Flexologist Training Program (FTP) for a five-year period. This accreditation means that all Flexologists trained through StretchLab after August 2022 will now hold a nationally recognized certificate in assisted stretching. Read More...
Xponential Fitness and Aktiv Solutions Launch Xponential+ Functional Training Experiences
Posted: November 17, 2022 in Chains, Suppliers
IRVINE, CA - Xponential Fitness, Inc. (NYSE: XPOF), the largest global franchisor of boutique fitness brands, and Aktiv Solutions (“Aktiv”), a leader in functional fitness facility design and supply, have partnered to integrate a one-of-a-kind series of immersive exercise equipment experiences tailored specifically for amenities located within leading hotels and resorts, corporate campuses and high-end multi-family housing properties and universities. Read More...
Xponential Fitness Expands to Portugal
Posted: November 9, 2022 in Chains
IRVINE, CA - Xponential Fitness Inc., based in Irvine, California, has entered the Portugal market by signing a master franchise agreement with Porto-based Mitrinha & Libelinha Lda. for its brand Club Pilates. The partnership allows Mitrinha & Libelinha to open at least 20 Club Pilates studios in Portugal over the next 10 years. The Portuguese company is known for scaling consumer retail brands in its home market. Read More...
Xponential Fitness Signs Master Franchise Agreement in Portugal for Club Pilates
Posted: November 4, 2022 in Chains
IRVINE, CA - Xponential Fitness, Inc. (NYSE: XPOF) announces it has signed a Master Franchise Agreement in Portugal for its Club Pilates brand. The agreement, signed with Porto-based Mitrinha and Libelinha, Lda., gives the Master Franchisee the opportunity to license a minimum of 20 Club Pilates studios in Portugal over the next 10 years. The Master Franchise partners bring extensive experience scaling globally-recognized consumer retail brands in Portugal. Read More...
Pure Barre Brings Back Pure Give This November, Announces Partnership with Soles4Souls
Posted: November 2, 2022 in Chains
IRVINE, CA - Pure Barre, the full-body barre workout brand, announces the return of its Pure Give campaign to celebrate National Gratitude Month in November. As part of the campaign, members and new faces can redeem a free class credit by using the promo code PUREGIVE when purchasing a single class. Read More...
Xponential Fitness Signs Master Franchise Agreement in Kuwait for Rumble, Club Pilates, StretchLab and CycleBar
Posted: October 26, 2022 in Chains
IRVINE, CA - Xponential Fitness, Inc. (NYSE: XPOF) announces it has signed a Master Franchise Agreement in Kuwait for its brands Rumble, Club Pilates, StretchLab and CycleBar. The deal, signed with Kuwait Real Estate Company, Aqarat, will result in the opening of a minimum of eight studios early in the initial 10-year term of the agreement, with additional studios to be developed based on market opportunity. Read More...
Xponential Fitness Gives Back this Autumn to Further Enhance the Health and Wellbeing of the Communities it Serves
Posted: October 6, 2022 in Chains
IRVINE, CA - Xponential Fitness (NYSE: XPOF), the largest global curator of boutique fitness brands, is leading the way with contributions to health and wellness causes beyond the four walls of its 2,000-plus studios. Further breaking down barriers and lifting up communities through social efforts, the company announces a variety of charitable initiatives slated for October and November across its brands, which include Club Pilates, Pure Barre, CycleBar, StretchLab, YogaSix, Row House, Rumble, AKT, STRIDE Fitness and BFT. Read More...
CycleBar Studios Around the World Ride Toward a Cure for Breast Cancer in October
Posted: October 3, 2022 in Chains
IRVINE, CA - Worldwide, breast cancer is the most common cancer in women, with more than 2 million estimated new cases recorded in 2020. In an effort to spread awareness and contribute to breast cancer research efforts, CycleBar, the world’s largest indoor cycling franchise, is supporting Breast Cancer Awareness Month through a special CycleGives event. Read More...
Xponential Fitness Announces Partnership with Princess Cruises
Posted: September 13, 2022 in Chains
IRVINE, CA - Xponential Fitness, Inc. (NYSE: XPOF), the largest global franchisor of boutique fitness brands, announces an exclusive five-year licensing agreement with the iconic premium cruise brand, Princess Cruises. With this unique partnership, Xponential Fitness becomes the first cross-modality fitness franchise to put its curated brands on a major cruise line. Over the term of the agreement, a minimum of eight Xponential brands will be made available onboard each of Princess’ 15-ship fleet, resulting in a minimum total of 120 licensed studio experiences across the Princess fleet all operated by OneSpaWorld. Read More...
Xponential Fitness Signs Deal for CycleBar in Japan
Posted: August 9, 2022 in Chains
IRVINE, CA - Xponential Fitness, Inc. (NYSE: XPOF), the largest global franchisor of boutique fitness brands, announces it has signed a Master Franchise Agreement in Japan for CycleBar, the world’s largest indoor cycling brand. The agreement, signed with Xponential’s Master Franchisee for Club Pilates in Japan, gives the Master Franchisee the opportunity to license at least 30 CycleBar studios in Japan over the next 10 years. Read More...
