Retro Fitness Franchising News
Find out more about gym ownership, fitness franchise opportunities, along with what’s trending in the gym and fitness franchise industry.

Separate Gyms from Restaurants/Bars: Retro Fitness CEO’s Challenge to Governors (Club Solutions)
Andrew Alfano, the CEO of Retro Fitness, issues a challenge to all governors to separate gyms from restaurants and bars amid shutdowns.
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The CEOs of Life Time Fitness, Self Esteem Brands, and Retro Fitness Defend Keeping Gyms Open as Coronavirus Cases Climb. (Business Insider)
In conversations with Business Insider, the chief executives of Life Time Fitness, Self Esteem Brands, and Retro Fitness make their case for leaving fitness centers open and explain why they belive closing them is a threat to public health.
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Gyms Fight To Stay Open As Coronavirus Cases Surge (CNBC’s “Power Lunch”)
Andrew Alfano, Retro Fitness CEO, joins CNBC ‘Power Lunch’ to discuss why he says gyms should be part of the solution.
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Retro Fitness CEO Live on Fox Business’ Varney & Co.
Hard charging Stuart Varney believes the fitness industry is shrinking. With 71.6% of America overweight or obese, our CEO Andrew Alfrano laid out why we are not shrinking, how we are growing and how Retro Fitness and the fitness industry has a great opportunity to help get America Healthy.
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Relieved to Be Back at the Gym, but Is It Safe? (New York Times Online)
City gyms were allowed to reopen on Sept. 2, but lingering concerns about indoor workouts mean many may not endure
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Fitness Services: Where the Industry is Headed (Club Solutions)
“Hybrid at-home and in-club activities and content-driven value through technology — such as mobile apps, social, member pages and celebration or reward for positive actions — which improve health will continue to increase and is something that we have continued to heavily invest in after the pandemic. But at the end of the day, health clubs are not going away and I believe they will actually be more relevant than ever.”, says Andrew Alfano, the CEO of Retro Fitness.
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The Virtual At-Home Fitness Boom Is Here To Stay, And Will Usher In A New Era Of Exercising That Will Last Long After The Pandemic Subsides (USA NEWS SITE)
For Retro Fitness — a chain of 150 gym locations across the US — wading into virtual programming during the pandemic ultimately helped to accelerate the company’s pre-pandemic push towards becoming a “lifestyle brand,” according to Chief Marketing Officer Victor Bao.
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The Boutique Fitness Experience as We Know it is Dead (USA Latest News)
Gyms offering low-cost membership have grown in number, since they’re now tapping into a market with less disposable income, according to Todd Scartozzi, chief operating officer of Retro Fitness, which has seen a 200% increase in its franchisees in the past 5 months.
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Gym CEO says they should have been deemed ‘essential’ (Good Morning America)
Andrew Alfano, CEO of Retro Fitness, spoke with Amy Robach at Good Morning America about gyms reopening and why he thinks it should have happened sooner.
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Joe Piscopo on Gyms Reopening in New Jersey (Fox News)
Joe’s talks about gyms reopening in New Jersey after an extended period of time, and the guidelines that gyms will now be following to ensure the safety of members and staff.
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