For Profit Clubs ArchiveLife Time Fitness Lays Off 100CHANHASSEN, MN -- Life Time Fitness will cut 100 jobs at its headquarters in Chanhassen, MN, as the company scales down its expansion plans, according to multiple media outlets in the Twin Cities.... Franchisee Takes Over Healthy InspirationsBy: By Pamela Kufahl, editor GRANTS PASS, OR -- Just three months after Casey Conrad left Healthy Inspirations, the company she founded in 2000, one of the company’s franchisees, Scott Draper, has purchased the assets of the women’s weight loss and fitness company from Jim Rowe. Rowe had merged Slender Lady, the company he bought in 2005, with Healthy Inspirations in early 2007.... Commission Rules Against Las Vegas Athletic ClubBy: By Stuart Goldman, managing editor LAS VEGAS -- The Nevada Equal Rights Commission decided in a 3-to-1 vote that the Las Vegas Athletic Club’s promotion offering free enrollment to women was discriminatory. The vote was held Nov. 7 after a public hearing before the commission. ... TSI Lowers Expectations After Third Quarter ResultsNEW YORK -- Town Sports International (TSI), New York, saw an increase in revenue during the third quarter 2008 but had a decrease in net income. The company is lowering its previous outlook for the year after growth in net members was weaker than anticipated.... Stevens Named CEO of Western Athletic ClubsBy: By Stuart Goldman, managing editor SAN FRANCISCO -- Matthew Stevens has left Spectrum Athletic Clubs to become the new president and CEO of Western Athletic Clubs while Jim Gerber, founder and former president of Western Athletic Clubs, has been promoted to the company’s chairman of the board of advisors.... Lifestyle Family Fitness CEO Steps DownBy: By Stuart Goldman, managing editor ST. PETERSBURG, FL -- Todd Bright has stepped down as the CEO of Lifestyle Family Fitness, St. Petersburg, FL.... Schnabel Resigns as Gold’s CEOBy: By Stuart Goldman, managing editor IRVING, TX -- In a surprising move, David Schnabel resigned Monday as CEO of Gold’s Gym International. James Weaver is the new CEO of Gold’s, which is owned by TRT Holdings.... Panel Session Focuses on Recession, RetentionBy: By Jennipher Shaver, senior associate editor, and Stuart Goldman, managing editor CHICAGO -- The panel session “Fitness Business at a Crossroad: How to Hold on in Today’s Economy and Prosper for the Future” at Club Industry 2008 brought out some of the heavy hitters in the industry.... Club Industry 2008 Addresses Economic IssuesBy: By Jennipher Shaver Economic woes were on the minds of many last month at Club Industry 2008 in Chicago, causing many of the seminars and events to focus on how to survive during a tough economy.... Cardio CrunchBy: By Amy Florence Fischbach, contributing writer It's no surprise to fitness facility operators and fitness professionals that Americans aren't getting the cardiovascular exercise they need. After all,... Try to Avoid and Eliminate 'Sacred Cows' of IndustryBy: By Ed Tock (eddie@eddietock.com) In many industries, there are sacred cows that businesses worship. These are ideas so entrenched that people don't even think to challenge them. But these... Membership Sales and Attrition Are Upside DownBy: By Michael Scott Scudder (michaelscottscudder@yahoo.com) The two independent databases I've worked with for about six months indicate downward new membership sales and increased monthly membership attrition... 24 Hour Sues Bally Again Over CEO HiringBy: By Stuart Goldman (stuart.goldman@penton.com) 24 Hour Fitness has filed another lawsuit against Bally Total Fitness on the grounds that Bally CEO Michael Sheehan stole trade secrets from 24 Hour... Life Time Fitness Slowing Its GrowthBy: By Stuart Goldman (stuart.goldman@penton.com) Even as Life Time Fitness announced continued growth in the third quarter, its CEO, Bahram Akradi, announced that the company would slow... Strength GainBy: By Amy Florence Fischbach, contributing writer Some of the latest strength training research may inspire health club members to continue pumping iron rather than cancelling their gym membership.... Change and ChangelessnessBy: By Pamela Kufahl, editor (pam.kufahl@penton.com) Retention, marketing, sales, customer service, programming. These are words that fitness facility owners and operators think about every day. They are constants in our industry....
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