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Curvy profits

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 4 min read

Catering specifically to women entrepreneurs, Curves International Inc, the largest fitness franchise in the world offers a complete fitness and nutrition solution globally. In an interview, David Ramadan, CEO, Curves India shares the growth plans of the company in India.Namita Bhagat (NB): Curves have recently been introduced to Indian markets and is a great concept. ...

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Making health affordable via franchising

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 5 min read

Ekohealth, a new venture in the health care industry aims to provide affordable yet good treatment to patients. In an interview Akash S Rajpal, MD&CEO, Ekohealth Management Consultants Pvt. Ltd shares the venture and his future aspirations. Abha Garyali (AG): What inspired you to start a unique service brand like Ekohealth Management? Akash S Rajpal ...

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Nike hosts an exclusive Training Club session to celebrate fitness with celebrity enthusiasts

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 2 min read

Designed to motivate and enable ‘her’ with the world-class products and services, leading sports apparel brand Nike has opened it’s yet another store in Mumbai. To announce the opening of the store, the brand has organised an exclusive training session for and with celebrity fitness enthusiasts. Led by Urmi Kothari, a certified Nike+ Training Club ...

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A fitness dose is needed for big corporate employees, says fitness expert Mamta Joshi

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 5 min read

Tell me about your journey so far in the wellness industry? I took wellness as a career about 15 years ago. Initially, I worked with Taj Wellington Mews Luxury Residences for over 9 years as Cardio Trainer. Then I worked with wellness outlet of Parle, in which I used to handle V gym at Vile ...

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Mumbai-based Your Fitness Club eyeing health consciousness consumers in tier II & III cities

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 3 min read

Observing the growing health consciousness with increasing spending power among consumers in India, Mumbai-based gym chain Your Fitness Club (YFC) is gearing up with wider penetration in tier II and III cities. Wellness India spoke to Rizwan Sayed, Founder and Director of YFC to find outmore about his fitness venture, strategies adopted by him to ...

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Personal trauma gave birth to this healthtech startup

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 6 min read

Founded in 2009, Innov4sightHealth and Biomedical Systems was conceptualised by a group of buccaneer scholars - Geetha Sanjay, Co-founder CEO, Knowledge Management, Balachandra Agoramurthy, Co-founder & VP, Research and Development, along with Vijaygopal R, Founder & CEO of the healthtech startup. As a socially conscious business enterprise, the venture was launched officially in 2014. Since ...

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Flabthugs: Tapping diet supplements opportunities and venturing into gyms

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 3 min read

India’s nutraceuticals market, consisting of three segments – dietary supplements, functional foods and functional beverages – is growing at a CAGR of 18 per cent according to Research and Markets. Even though it is at a nascent stage, the scope for growth is huge as the consumer demands more health supplements with lack of time ...

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Supplements are not only for the body builders but for everyone who wants to be a fitness enthusiast- Dr. Ankush Sabharwal

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 7 min read

Fitness is an important part of our daily routines and it is also the only part which gets ignored the most. Bringing in new concepts which will give enough space to our already crunched routines is the need of the hour. In a conversation with Dr Ankush Sabharwal, CEO, BBI Fitness Services Pvt. Ltd, we ...

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Why are international fitness brands entering India

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 4 min read

As we all know that India is becoming a hot bed for international brands over the past few years. Talking about the fitness and wellness sector in India it has come a long way from the days of the local akhadas to wrestling now being a part of the international Olympics, with India actively taking ...

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Urbanising the Future of Fitness

Opportunity India Desk Oct 24, 2017 - 4 min read

India is the third most obese country in the world. A country where 270 million people live below the 'poverty line', obesity seems to be a distant issue, meant for the rich kids of the first world. But India is under siege: junk food, alcohol and sedentary lifestyle are leading us to silent self-destruction, making ...

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