Boutique studio news & features
The London Boutique Studio Report 2023 from Leisure DB examines how the sector has emerged from the pandemic, as David Minton reports
HCM issue 10 2023
The Heartcore founder talks about the evolution of her brand, expansion without VC backing and her global ambitions for growth
HCM issue 3 2023
What pricing lessons can the industry learn from travel and hospitality and how can it best apply these?
HCM issue 3 2023
Boutique studio UBX Boxing and Strength has partnered with Warner Bros. Pictures (ANZ –
Australia and New Zealand) on a Workout Like Creed fitness campaign based around the
upcoming cinema release of fight movie Creed III.
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20 Feb 2023
The Mine in Baltimore has a strategy of 360 degree wellness and plans to grow across the US. We find out more from its director of operations
HCM issue 1 2023
The Ministry is aiming to set the standard for the
best-in-class workplace wellness gym in London
HCM issue 11 2022
The fitness entrepreneur and founder of Circuit Society tells us how he plans to bring a new style of neighbourhood-based micro studios to the market
HCM issue 6 2022
As we celebrate the publication of the 300th edition of HCM, we invite industry experts to give their insights on the health and fitness sector: why they joined, the most exciting development to date, and what they think we’ll be reporting on in the next 300 issues
HCM issue 3 2022
The Amsterdam-based duo explain their plans for growing the Urban Gym Group using a counter-cyclical investment strategy and multiple brands, while also holding the Benelux master franchise agreement for TRIB3
HCM issue 10 2021
The co-founder of Auro on why audio-only is best
Fit Tech issue 2 2021
Despite a tough year, the franchise operators are optimistic with their forward plans. Emma Canning finds out more
HCM Handbook 2021
Forme has signed an exclusive partnership with boutique fitness operator Barry's, the latest sign of
the blurring of boundaries between the at-gym and at-home fitness experiences.
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23 Jun 2021
A new digital fitness platform provides the social aspect of a boutique studio at
home.
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11 Mar 2021
Boutique operator, The Refinery E9, has launched a personal trainer (PT) service with a
twist, by offering customers the opportunity to take part in exercise sessions led by an
avatar.
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26 Oct 2020
Home fitness startup minimfit has recently been undertaking a new financing round for an
amount of 150,000 euros, with the aim of launching its interactive virtual gym and
expanding internationally.
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11 Aug 2020
How Chinese operators Life Turbo and Will’s Gym tackled reopening
HCM issue 5 2020
Independent operators are driving creativity in the delivery of a wide range of vibrant fitness businesses. We look at some of the best, from those catering for members with elite sporting backgrounds to inventive gym spaces
HCM Handbook 2020
Deloitte’s Alicia Whistlecroft summarises findings from the State of the UK Fitness Industry Report. Budgets and boutiques are challenging the domestic status quo, throwing up a range of new opportunities
HCM Handbook 2020
Bolto saw a need for a “bespoke, femalespecific,
results-driven boutique”
HCM issue 3 2020
The CEO and co-founder of BLOK
tells how he developed ‘one of
the coolest gyms in the world’
HCM issue 3 2020
With a longstanding professional career in the fitness industry, we talk to Dawn Faulkner Clark to find out more about her background and what the future holds for Be Fit Be You
HCM issue 3 2020
Wales and Real Madrid star Gareth Bale has launched an esports team – the second leisure venture
the footballer has set up in the past 12 months.
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04 Feb 2020
A new all-in-one digital platform will begin offering certified, trainer-led live group fitness classes in
tandem with personalised nutrition programming and wellness tracking.
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11 Nov 2019
EMS training is having a major impact on the studio and gym market and being used by athletes,
celebrities and also for rehabilitation
HCM issue 8 2019
The editor-in-chief at women’s magazine
Stylist on the brand’s foray into fitness: a
women’s-only boutique studio in London
HCM issue 7 2019
Suppliers of member payment software
share the ways they’re helping clubs to
maximise revenue
HCM issue 7 2019
Is the UK boutique fitness sector capable
of attracting the funding it needs? Alicia
Whistlecroft from Deloitte takes a look
at the level of opportunity
HCM issue 7 2019
Group exercise continues to grow in
popularity, making great instructors
more important than ever before. But
are we paying them enough?
HCM issue 6 2019
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