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New Arrivals, New Energy New Arrivals, New Energy

New Arrivals, New Energy

The apparel market is growing, members are already spending in this category, and the studios that treat retail like programming — with the same intentionality, timing, and storytelling — are...

More than Merch More than Merch

More than Merch

Community isn't only built in your 6 a.m. class or your Friday night event. It's built in what your members choose to wear home — and whether that choice makes...

5 Retail Moves You Won't Want to Miss 5 Retail Moves You Won't Want to Miss

5 Retail Moves You Won't Want to Miss

5 Merchandising Moves That Turn Your Studio Retail Into a Destination A member walks past your retail wall, picks up a top, checks the price, and sets it back down...

Your Members Are Already Buying Your Members Are Already Buying

Your Members Are Already Buying

Picture your studio on a Tuesday morning. A member finishes class, walks past your retail wall on the way out, glances at a rack, and keeps walking. She'll buy leggings...

Summer is Selling Summer is Selling

Summer is Selling

How Dresses, Skirts & Warm-Weather Styles Keep Studio Retail Moving in July July has an energy to it that's hard to replicate. Studios are full. Members are motivated. Everyone walked...

Retail as the Focus Retail as the Focus

Retail as the Focus

Your Studio's Retail Shouldn't Be an Afterthought — Here's Why It Matters Walk into a great boutique studio and you feel it before the class even starts. The vibe is...