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...retrenchment by Under Armour, which last year moved to cancel two outfitting contracts with the university sports programmes at the University of California, Los Angeles and the University of California, Berkeley...
...She will continue to lead UC Berkeley’s Innovative Genomics Institute and the Doudna Lab....
...Indeed Equinox, the luxury chain frequented by financiers, has gone from shuttering locations last year to pondering whether to go public....
...Since taking the reins, he has sought to lift the Baltimore-based company out of a multiyear restructuring, winding down other costly investments like connected fitness apps and focusing more on developing...
...The relative stability of annual gym memberships allowed companies such as Equinox, 24 Hour Fitness and New York Sports Club-owner Town Sports International to borrow heavily to fund expansion....
...SoulCycle and its high-end gym operator owner, Equinox, were also recently hit by calls for a boycott because they are owned by Stephen Ross, the Donald Trump supporting property developer....
...The property developer Stephen Ross went ahead with a fundraiser for Donald Trump’s re-election campaign despite uproar from liberal members of two fitness chains he controls....
...At the same time, it has been locked in stiff competition with companies such as SoulCycle, Flywheel, Equinox and Orangetheory Fitness. Its marketing campaign to win new buyers has been expensive....
...Fitness chains have also sought to diversify their businesses, with groups including Equinox purchasing stakes in cycling and boxing studios, while private equity groups have invested in high-intensity training...
...“His performance in and out of the [fitness] club was suffering,” says Mr McCabe....
...He says walking is the secret to his fitness....
...owns Equinox....
...After studying at Berkeley and Columbia, he worked for Warburg Pincus, before leaving to work in corporate finance for reggae and indie music label Island Records. Mr Loeb is a fan of hip hop and rap....
...Mr Childs’ firm specialises in leveraged buy-outs of companies such as the Equinox chain of fitness Clubs and Snapple beverages....
...Last month his peers voted him one of the top fitness entrepreneurs in the industry....
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