According to Danish group TryghedsGruppen, all six Danish clubs under the SATS brand were acquired by competitor Fitness World A/S on 1 January 2013.

On 20.03.2013 the German Bundestag has introduced a bill to promote prevention. This represents a further step and was taken in order to advance the…

According to a joint report “The German Fitness market 2013” by Deloitte, the Arbeitgeberverband deutscher Fitness- und Gesundheits-Anlagen (engl.…

Technical process and a changing media behavior change increasingly the needs of the exercising and thus the fitness world: recent developments…

Fitness companies in German-speaking countries continue to expand

The franchise fitness companies clever fit , Bodystreet and Mrs. Sporty expand at a…

DC Leisure , one of the UK's leading companies in the management and development of recreational facilities , was acquired by Places for People , one…

Niels Gronau describes in his article the development of the fitness market in Germany from its origins to the present day and also shows a brief…

In a widely spread promotion “your new McFit” the fitness discounter McFit has asked its members to submit their suggestions for further developments…

The Austrian Murhof Group takes over as majority shareholder with “GolfRange Deutschland” one of the biggest golf course operators in the German…

“Boom of fitness chains” headlined the entrepreneur-magazine “impulse” in its franchise top-100-ranking of franchise concepts in Germany. Mrs. Sporty…

After Fitness First Australia announced its intention to sell 24 of its 97 facilities in summer 2012 competitor Goodlife Health Club acquired six…

The Norwegian Helse Holding formed a new fitness provider: Stamina HOT. In course of the second half-year period of 2012, 55 fitness facilities as…