Courtney Rehfeldt is a senior staff writer at Athletech News, where she reports on the evolving intersection of fitness, wellness and business. She regularly interviews industry leaders, founders and innovators and attends industry events to report on emerging trends firsthand. She began her career in broadcast media at Paramount before joining ATN and previously contributed to several outlets, including two weekly New York-based papers. Her short creative writing has appeared in the New York Times’ Metropolitan Diary section. She holds a bachelor’s degree in media and communications from SUNY Old Westbury.
As participation in weekly exercise rises in Ireland, PureGym, the U.K.'s largest low-price gym operator, is entering the market.
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The new wellness buyer is a woman, and she has South Florida developers trading oversized gyms for reformer Pilates rooms and intentional movement spaces.
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Planet Fitness has made a formidable step in its ambitions to grow its presence overseas by hiring a new CFO and president of international.
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