3: The Health Club Industry in 2004 In the article of John R. Wells‚ we note the growing number of "Health clubs" in U.S. With the year of the years clubs have been increasing across the country and how they have expanded internationally. Consumer Demand for Health Clubs Due to the high number of deaths caused by the disease obesity in America‚ had to stop that. Therefore‚ they started to become trend in California go to the Health Clubs. Over the years has increased attendance at health clubs
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Attractive Industries Michael Porter’s Five Force Model is one of today’s leading models on how certain forces that arise within industries creates change in both a negative and positive aspects. Many executives use his model to analyze the different industries and see where there may be a potential star performers and utilize their current company’s capabilities and resources to enter that new industry in a successful manner (Daft‚ 2007). His model can also help companies move into other market
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Question 2 What is driving the health club phenomenon? What are the basic economics of the health club industry? What value is created? What does it cost to deliver that value? How do these costs behave? Selected Answer: The driving points of health club phenomenon are: Growing awareness about health related issues and concern about obesity and its effects among Americans is one of the key elements of the health club phenomena. Increasing desire to maintain and control weight‚ get in shape‚ meet
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BALLY TOTAL FITNESS GROUP 2 PRESENTATION BALLY TOTTAL FITNESS CLUB • INITIALLY A GAMBLING EQUIPMENT COMPANY‚ BALLY TOTAL FITNESS HAS GROWN TO BECOME A LEADING FIRM IN THE U.S. HEALTH CLUB INDUSTRY. IT HAS GROWN ITS REVENUE OVER THE YEARS TO $954 MILLION IN 2003. • BALLY STARTED ITS ROOTS IN THE HEALTH AND TENNIS CORPORATION BY BUYING AILING GYMS IN 1962 AND LATER IN 1990’S DIVERSIFIED AND RECHRISTENED TO BALLY ENTERTAINMENT IS THE HEALTH CLUB INDUSTRY STRUCTURALLY ATTRACTIVE OR UNATTRACTIVE?
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Bally Totally Fitness Case Study 1. What is this case about ? This case presents a case analysis concerning Bally Total Fitness a leading US health club operator. It focuses on Bally’s competitive challenges financial difficulties and implementation plan. It gives us a presentation of Bally’s history and its current situation from a leading firm to the difficulties faced last couple of years (Stock price collapsed and competition intensified); it also provides us a market analysis of the U.S club
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WWW.IBISWORLD.COM Gym‚Health&FitnessClubsintheUS June 2011 1 Working out: Business will stay strong as demand from health-conscious consumers grows IBISWorld Industry Report 71394 Gym‚ Health & Fitness Clubs in the US June2011 2 AboutthisIndustry 2 2 2 2 Industry Definition Main Activities Similar Industries Additional Resources 16 International Trade 17 Business Locations TaylorHamilton 30 KeyStatistics 30 Industry Data 30 Annual Change 30 Key Ratios 19
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issues that Bally Total Fitness is facing? Strategic assumptions * Health clubs would become more diverse as they catered to certain demographics or created niches for themselves. The next great bonanza has to be the kids”‚ baby boomers another “bonanza market” * The market will continue growing due to the concern about the health and well-being. SWOT Internal Strengths * Leading firm in 2004 in the U.S. Health Club Industry. * Boosted the accountability of club managers
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Analysis Health Club from the Functionalist prospective and what are the manifest and latent functions of a health club? From the sociological language we can say that people view the society in many ways. Some view it positively and some may view it negatively. But in the society all the positive or negative factors are present. So from this point of view we can cay that there are 4 types of perspective. One of which said to be Functionalist perspective. Functionalist perspective: The functionalist
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Bally Total Fitness Marketing Audit Bally Total Fitness is the largest‚ and only nationwide‚ commercial operator of fitness centers. Bally’s has approximately four million members and 420 facilities across the United States and around the globe. (ballyfitness.com‚ 2004) A marketing audit was performed on the company in order to assess their total marketing program to see what was and was not working to increase business. The following will summarize key findings of environmental aspects and
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A company is only as attractive as the industry they belong. It is key to understand the opportunities and threats imposed on the industry when doing company specific analysis. Michael Porter’s Five Forces Model provides an excellent foundation for company and industry analysis. The IbisWorld Warehouse Clubs and Superstores September 18‚ 2007 report (IW) describes the barriers to entry as high due to the "Dominance of players currently in the industry‚ The cost of establishing or purchasing a
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