20 Mar 2021
Retro Fitness CEO on easing Covid restrictions (CNBC)
Andrew Alfano, CEO of Retro Fitness, joins Worldwide Exchange to discuss the process of reopening gyms in New Jersey and across the country.
learn more9 Dec 2020
Separate Gyms from Restaurants/Bars: Retro Fitness CEO’s Challenge to Governors (Club Solutions)
Andrew Alfano, the CEO of Retro Fitness, issues a challenge to all governors to separate gyms from restaurants and bars amid shutdowns. “Governors have the largest megaphones and I challenge…
learn more13 Nov 2020
Gyms Fight To Stay Open As Coronavirus Cases Surge (CNBC’s “Power Lunch”)
New York state has announced new Covid-19 restrictions including an earlier closure of gyms. Andrew Alfano, Retro Fitness CEO, joins ‘Power Lunch’ to discuss why he says gyms should be…
learn more5 Nov 2020
Retro Fitness CEO Live on Varney (Fox Business’ Varney & Co.)
Hard charging Stuart Varney believes the fitness industry is shrinking. With 71.6% of America overweight or obese, our CEO Andrew Alfrano laid out why we are not shrinking, how we…
learn more26 Oct 2020
Relieved to Be Back at the Gym, but Is It Safe? (New York Times Online)
City gyms were allowed to reopen on Sept. 2, but lingering concerns about indoor workouts mean many may not endure.
learn more12 Oct 2020
The Vertical At-Home Fitness Room is here to stay, and will usher in a New Era of Exercising that will last long after the pandemic subsides (USA News Site)
With gyms and fitness studios temporarily shuttered earlier this year to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, consumers found alternate outlets to break a sweat — namely virtual, on-demand fitness…
learn more3 Oct 2020
The Boutique Fitness Experience as We Know it is Dead (USA Latest News)
Gyms offering low-cost membership have grown in number, since they’re now tapping into a market with less disposable income, according to Todd Scartozzi, chief operating officer of Retro Fitness, which…
learn more10 Sep 2020
Let’s get physical: Gyms bounce back (Queens Chronicle)
Residents hoping to burn off calories they put on in quarantine, or just build some muscle, have been heading back to gyms that reopened on Sept 2. While exercising, people…
learn more3 Sep 2020
Gym CEO says they should have been deemed ‘essential’ (Good Morning America)
Andrew Alfano, CEO of Retro Fitness, spoke with Amy Robach at Good Morning America about gyms reopening and why he thinks it should have happened sooner.
learn more2 Sep 2020
Retro Fitness Franchisees Back in the Gym After COVID Closures. (Franchise Times Online)
“I’ll never forget that date and time,” said Retro Fitness franchisee Dave Chichelo as he recalled when New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy ordered the shutdown of fitness centers, along with…
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