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Anytime Fitness Franchisor, LLC, doing business as Anytime Fitness, is an American franchise of 24 hour health and fitness clubs that is based in Woodbury, Minnesota, United States. The company operates over 5,000 franchised locations in 50 countries. [3] In 2014, Anytime Fitness was named the top franchise of 2014 by Entrepreneur magazine. [4]
Several employees of Life Time Fitness took the firm to court for withholding wages in 2004. [9] In 2009, a court ruled in favor of employees in the case of Baden-Winterwood v. Life Time Fitness Inc. , with a judgment that employees must be paid in accordance with federal and state wage-and-hour laws which require overtime pay for hours worked ...
In 2004, 24 Hour Fitness became a sponsor of the 2004–2008 United States Olympic teams. The sponsorship grants memberships to some U.S. Olympic hopefuls, and includes upgrades to some U.S. Olympic Training Centers across the country, including renovation of the facility in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in 2004 to be followed by Lake Placid, New York, and Chula Vista, California.
Cost Plus World Market announced the closure of all its Detroit locations in April 2008. [10] The middle portion of the mall was then torn down, and a large section of retail space was converted to a gym. After parent company Sears closed all of its Great Indoors stores in 2012, the location at Fountain Walk was converted to a Sears Outlet ...
In 1998 David Giampaolo and Mark Mastrov co-founded Fitness Holdings Europe, a private-equity-backed investment vehicle, to open and acquire small chains of European health clubs. [ citation needed ] Fitness Holdings Europe was merged into 24 Hour Fitness Worldwide, Inc. in 2000. [ 2 ]
Gold's Gym has locations across six continents. In 2015 and 2016, Gold's Gym topped the J.D. Power Health and Fitness Center Satisfaction Report. [29] [30] In 2017, Gold's Gym launched GOLD'S AMP, [31] a fitness app that is meant to serve as a digital personal trainer for people to use anytime and anywhere. It includes numerous customization ...
Bally Total Fitness acquired Crunch in 2001 for $90 million in cash and stock, [14] holding the brand for four years. In 2005 Angelo, Gordon & Co., a private equity firm, purchased Crunch from Ballys for $45 million, and in 2009 added New Evolution Fitness Company ("NEFC"/New Evolution Ventures), a company founded by Mark Mastrov (founder of 24 hour fitness) and fitness Veteran Jim Rowley, as ...