{"id":193293,"date":"2025-06-18T02:51:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T02:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/193293\/"},"modified":"2025-06-18T02:51:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T02:51:12","slug":"mckinsey-spotlights-turning-point-for-fitness-wellness-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/193293\/","title":{"rendered":"McKinsey Spotlights \u2018Turning Point\u2019 for Fitness &#038; Wellness Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ahead of the <a href=\"https:\/\/atninnovationsummit-2025.vfairs.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ATN Innovation Summit 2025<\/a>, McKinsey &amp; Company is calling attention to the trend of accelerating consolidation in fitness and wellness \u2013 and what it might mean for the future of the industry<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Global consulting firm McKinsey &amp; Company is bullish on the future of fitness and wellness, citing \u201cclear and plentiful\u201d tailwinds including rising consumer demand. However, the firm also believes the industry is at a \u201cturning point\u201d that will fundamentally change how the sector looks and feels in the years to come.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a newly penned letter released Monday, McKinsey partner Eric Falardeau and senior partner Jeff Rudnicki call attention to the trend of accelerating consolidation in the fitness and wellness industry, while offering strategies executives can employ to come out on top in this new era.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fitness and wellness industry is <a href=\"https:\/\/athletechnews.com\/the-wellness-gold-rush-is-on-6-hot-spaces-set-to-explode\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">growing faster than most of its peers<\/a> thanks to clear and plentiful tailwinds \u2026 Yet the industry finds itself at a turning point,\u201d Falardeau and Rudnicki write.\u00a0\u201cConsolidation in fitness and wellness has been gaining considerable speed in recent years, and this trajectory appears set to continue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mckinsey.com\/industries\/consumer-packaged-goods\/our-insights\/a-turning-point-amid-tailwinds-for-fitness-and-wellness#\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">letter<\/a>, the McKinsey partners offer \u201cthree imperatives\u201d for fitness and wellness executives looking to survive \u2013 and thrive \u2013 in the era of consolidation. Those imperatives include a differentiated value proposition, enhanced capabilities for greater competitive resilience, and a strategic focus on M&amp;A and partnerships<\/p>\n<p>Falardeau and Rudnicki believe executives must act with \u201curgency\u201d or they \u201crisk being left behind\u201d amid fundamental changes to the structure of the fitness and wellness industry.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Falardeau and Rudnicki take the stage at Athletech News\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/atninnovationsummit-2025.vfairs.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ATN Innovation Summit 2025<\/a> for a panel discussion titled, \u201cThe Implications &amp; Opportunities of Accelerating Consolidation in Fitness &amp; Wellness.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  See Also<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/athletechnews.com\/five-personal-training-certifications-five-unique-personalities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/personal-trainer-cert-180x180.webp.webp\" class=\"attachment-theissue-thumbnail-x2 size-theissue-thumbnail-x2 wp-post-image\" alt=\"Personal trainer working out with client\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Joined by ATN founder and CEO Edward Hertzman and L Catterton managing partner Marc Magliacano, the McKinsey partners will break down the implications and opportunities of accelerating consolidation in fitness and wellness, drawing parallels to analogous sectors that have gone through similar transformations in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>To download the full McKinsey &amp; Company article, \u201cA turning point amid tailwinds for fitness and wellness,\u201d click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mckinsey.com\/industries\/consumer-packaged-goods\/our-insights\/a-turning-point-amid-tailwinds-for-fitness-and-wellness#\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ahead of the ATN Innovation Summit 2025, McKinsey &amp; Company is calling attention to the trend of accelerating&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":193294,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4322],"tags":[33327,1630,78906,105,78907,16,15,47997],"class_list":{"0":"post-193293","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fitness","8":"tag-atn-innovation-summit","9":"tag-fitness","10":"tag-fitness-industry-trends","11":"tag-health","12":"tag-mckinsey-company","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-zzz-b"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114702103121837729","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193293\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/193294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}