Gold’s Gym Posts Best Quarter for Franchise Development in Its History

Gold's Gym International opened nine international locations, held one domestic grand opening and signed franchise agreements for multiple locations across three states, helping to make the third quarter its best yet as it seeks a buyer.

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The 2018 Club Industry Show Reports 21 Percent Growth in Its Conference Attendance

Three years of focused effort to improve the education portion of the Club Industry Show through the use of industry experts as track chairs and brand ambassadors resulted in a 21 percent increase in conference program attendance at this year's show, Oct. 24-26 in Chicago.

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2018 Club Industry Show Highlights in Pictures

The 2018 Club Industry Show offered multiple education sessions, networking events and an exhibit hall. Many of those events are highlighted in this photo gallery.

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Life Fitness Announces Creation of New Management Board, Q3 Revenue Increase

As part of Brunswick’s plan to spin off its Life Fitness Division, the company’s board of directors has formed a management board consisting of two current Brunswick outside directors who will directly oversee the division’s management team and its spin-off—currently slated to occur in the first quarter of 2019.

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Technogym Reports 6.7 Percent Increase for First Three Quarters of 2018

For the first three quarters of 2018, Technogym reported a 16.9 percent increase in retail, an 11 percent increase in field sales, a 1.4 percent decrease in wholesale and a 12.3 percent decrease in inside sales.

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Free Webinar on How to Offer Safe and Effective HIIT Programming

The date of this webinar has moved to Nov. 7, so you still have time to find out whether the HIIT programming you have set up in your club is safe and effective for your members. Sponsored by Les Mills, this webinar, presented at 2 p.m. Eastern on Nov. 7 by Dr. Jinger Gottschall, will not only provide current scientific information about HIIT benefits but will also cover the components of creating safe and effective HIIT workouts for your members. Register for the webinar here.