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Heather Garrick
CMO of the Bespoke Program at Studio Grow and regular co-host of The Business of Boutique Fitness podcast; former CMO of Third Space and ex-Mindbody EMEA marketing lead.
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May 28, 2026
732: How Smart Fitness Brands Scale
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Lisa TaylorGUEST
... she was completely surprised to realize middle of the day, when she thought nobody was around, was actually a really high foot traffic time.
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5:20Heather GarrickGUEST
And so the second thing we'd really want to delve into is the competitive landscape, and we don't just mean how many other yoga studios are there nearby, if that's, if yoga is your modality.
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5:30Heather GarrickGUEST
It's also, what's the positioning look like? So are there premium offerings in the area? Are there budget offerings? What, um, are the, the price points? Are there signature experiences, look and feel that happens in those, um, those locations? How full are their classes? This is something you can sometimes see by, um, just investigating based on their schedule, 'cause you can often see if classes are fully sold out, and sometimes, depending on their software, you can see how many slots are filled with each class, which is a really, really-Easy way of being able to do a bit of sneaky competitor research.
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6:04Heather GarrickGUEST
Um, and then the other things to look at is, like, are there particular gaps in the market? So a bit of competition is not necessarily a bad thing.
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6:11Heather GarrickGUEST
You want to have some interest in boutique fitness in your area, but you just don't want to get to the point where it's completely oversaturated.