November 21st, 2008
Contours Express franchise owners are mourning the tragic death of Winnsboro, TX franchise owner Joy Glasgow.
Both Joy Glasgow and her daughter, Lauren Miller, moved to Winnsboro from Oregon, and opened a Contours Express women’s fitness franchise last year. Both mother and daughter worked at the center, which had been growing in membership.
According to a KLTV […]
By Sean Kelly -- 0 comments
July 31st, 2008
Are you considering opening a 30 minute circuit training club like Curves for Women, Contours Express or Butterfly Life? Are you concerned about the franchisee struggles you’re reading about here… but still think you could make it work in your town?
Well there’s a way to open a new fitness club at half the cost […]
By Sean Kelly -- 3 comments
May 22nd, 2008
(FranchisePick.Com) The New Mexico Business Weekly reports that a third New Mexico Contours Express has opened in Albuquerque’s Northeast Heights.
According to the Contours Express franchise owner Betty Gregson, “Our workouts and customized equipment are specifically designed to fit those needs. I selected Contours Express [as a franchise opportunity] because its system offers positive […]
By Sean Kelly -- 3 comments
March 14th, 2008
(FranchisePick.Com) Contours Express franchise owners: Jonathan Fortman wants you.
Or, more accurately, Jonathan Fortman wants to hear from you.
As you may recall from the contentious posts going back to May, 2007 (Is Contours Express a Great Fitness Franchise?, a post with 422 comments, and the announcement of the lawsuit in a post last September […]
By Sean Kelly -- 6 comments
February 15th, 2008
Stuart Goldman of Club Industry’s Fitness Business Pro, a leading health club industry trade publication, has written an extensive and well-researched article on the struggling 30-minute fitness franchise chains and some of the powerful names that were instrumental in putting the match to this “hot new franchise” phenomenon.
I plan to look at particular points of […]
By Sean Kelly -- 5 comments
January 18th, 2008
(FranchisePick.Com) The woes of the 30 minute women’s fitness franchises, chronicled and debated in hundreds of franchisee comments on FranchisePick.Com, have reached the mainstream business press, including Forbes.
An article by Lisa LaMotta in the current issue of Forbes features Ricki and Matt Wilson, owners of the ill-fated Atlanta franchise of Butterfly Life. Butterfly Life is a struggling Curves […]
By Sean Kelly -- 11 comments
December 29th, 2007
(FranchisePick.com) A Franchise Pick reader posted this in the comment section of a post on the embattled Contours Express fitness franchise chain. It’s allegedly the Year-end message sent by Contours Express CEO Jose Perez to Contours Express franchise owners.
Dear Contours Express Franchisees:
Re: Year-End Message
As I have said in the past, we are totally focused on […]
By Sean Kelly -- 5 comments
December 9th, 2007
(FranchisePick.Com) As we begin to wrap up the first year of blogging at FranchisePick.com, I’ve made a list of the companies and posts that prompted the most comments from FranchisePick.Com readers.
#1 Snappy Auctions Franchise: 600+ Reader Comments
Most-commented Post:
Is Snappy Auctions a Great Franchise Opportunity? April 20th, 2007 - 601 Comments
#2 iSOLD IT Franchise: 590 + […]
By Sean Kelly -- 17 comments
November 6th, 2007
(FranchisePick.Com) FranchisePick.Com reader On A Mission left a comment referencing a web story of a woman’s unhappy experience as a Contours Express franchise owner. After a little searching, I found the post, titled How do Businesses Like Contours Express Survive? on Matthew Wilson’s Vasocreta blog. Matthew, who kindly allowed me to post his story in its entirety, recounts […]
By Sean Kelly -- 9 comments
October 11th, 2007
(Franchise Pick) ”Frank” left this comment on the post Is Contours Express a Great Fitness Franchise? Frank claims that his wife opened a Contours Express womens fitness franchise… and failed.
It’s a sad story. Despite their best efforts, they lost $100,000, incurred $150,000 in debt, declared bankruptcy and may lose their house. Still, “Frank” claims […]
By Sean Kelly -- 8 comments
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