elements announces lines of Credit up to $100K are now available for our franchise candidates

There are tremendous benefits to aligning with a well-respected franchise. A good franchisor is a partner, helping you in many ways, including: Choosing the ideal site, negotiating better real estate terms, lowering your costs for equipment and construction, teaching proven marketing [...]

The following is an excerpt from HealthCEOblog.com
How many times have we heard (or said) in business that “timing is everything!” All of us have had an uncle or relative who told us of how he would have been a multi-millionaire if only he had made this investment, or bought this business, piece of property, [...]

One of the true marks of maturity for a brand is growing interest from developers to invest and launch your brand internationally. Top International Developers are usually highly keen on their local markets, and tend to have the resources to launch and operate units in multiple cities simultaneously. The top international developers [...]

I thought I would share this article that I came across on Bloomberg… it conforms what we have seen nationwide.

April 15 (Bloomberg) — Scott McLin used to hit the gym about once a week. Since losing his job as a marketing analyst three months ago, he goes almost every day.
“I have the time now, so [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 02, 2009
elements™ fitness announces expansion into Canada with downtown Toronto Flagship
Toronto, ONT – 4/2/2009 – Upscale women’s fitness brand elements has announced its expansion into Canada with a flagship center-city Toronto location. The club, expected to open early 2010 will be the first upscale women’s-only fitness experience [...]

In reality, there are few industries as dynamic and energized as the fitness industry… It sounds cliche, but by being a health club owner you really are doing good for others and your community, and enjoying powerful re-occurring revenue streams to boot!
At no time is the energy and growth of fitness franchises more [...]

“No one lives long enough to learn everything they need to learn starting from scratch. To be successful, we [...]

Fitness Industry named High Growth Sector for 2009.

With all of the bad economic news we are hearing in the media, I thought it would be nice to share this story from yesterdays “Financial Week” highlighting the industries which are actually predicted to grow in 2009, and why…. The fitness industry is [...]

In the previous post, I was writing about some of the new projects we are pursuing at elements group…. Believe it or not, there was too much to fit into one post, so this is a continuation of the previous, “upward momentum” story…. it is certainly an exciting time to be in the fitness [...]

As the weather chills and the Holiday lights go up, the end of the year provides a great time to reflect, and to plan for upcoming 2009. Last week, I was writing a letter to our franchisees about some of the new projects we are investing in. When I was finished, I re-read the [...]

What an exciting time of the year to be able to announce our expansion into the consumer products space. elements has been growing steadily since 2004, to emerge as the category leading fitness brand for women. We have been heavily investing into the creation of consumer portals and networks, such as our elements [...]

Over the past two weeks, elements has received three formal proposals from major landlords offering free rent, and up to $60 per sq ft in “key” money to locate our clubs in their plaza. Doing some quick math, if you take a (typical) 6,000 square foot space, that means the landlord will contribute over [...]