Written on April 13, 2005 at 8:46 am by

Copycat franchises

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It’s amazing how similar some franchises look. Here are two lady-only fitness franchises – Liberty Fitness (left) and Curves (right) :

It looks like the identical building, identical machines, and identical recovery boards. I’m sure the corporate offices can tell you the difference between these franchises, but, more importantly, can potential customers tell the difference?

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  1. Devon Baumann says:
    April 13, 2005 at 12:32 pm

    How come there are no hot women like that where I work out? hehe.

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  2. Steph. says:
    April 13, 2005 at 12:52 pm

    who is copying who? who came first? Curves or Liberty Fitness? weird.

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  3. Ryan says:
    April 14, 2005 at 10:23 am

    Curves was started more than ten years before Liberty Fitness. Curves was started in 1992, franchising began in 1999. Liberty was founded and started franchising in 2002.

    the Franchise Pundit

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  4. Anonymous says:
    April 14, 2005 at 11:24 am

    looks like fun i guess?!?!

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  5. Ryan says:
    April 15, 2005 at 1:17 am

    They are all smiling for the camera ;)

    the Franchise Pundit

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  6. Anonymous says:
    April 16, 2005 at 7:42 pm

    You’ve got to be kidding me. That’s not the same place? WTF?

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