Curves posts on UnhappyFranchisee.Com provides and index of links to our stories and discussions of the Curves franchise program from the franchisee’s point-of-view.
Unhappy Franchisee has been following Curves International and the issues facing Curves franchise owners since 2008. Prior to that we published Curves news and hosted discussions on FranchisePick.com (now archived at EveryJoe.com).
CURVES Prepares for Negative Forbes Story May 25, 2014
CURVES: The Rise & Painful Fall of the Curves Franchise Chain[UPDATED]
CURVES: Robert Lay’s Story March 10, 2009 (1300+ Comments)
CURVES: Negotiating the $10,000 Closing Fee October 12, 2009 (149 Comments)
CURVES FOR WOMEN: Business Broker Slams Curves Franchise and Franchisor November 15, 2008 (129 Comments)
CURVES DISCUSSION: Benefits of a Franchisee Lawsuit? August 18, 2008 (78 Comments)
CURVES Monty Sharma’s WTF? Email to Curves Franchisees about Jenny Craig Acquisition
CURVES: North Castle Partners Press Release on Jenny Craig Acquisition
CURVES Owner North Castle Partners Acquires Jenny Craig
CURVES Sold? Gary Heavin Out? July 27, 2012
CURVES: Say Goodbye to Gary Heavin! August 8, 2012
CURVES Franchise: Curves Still Bullying Failed Franchise Owners September 18, 2012
CURVES AUSTRALIA Franchise Complaints February 22, 2012
Did CURVES President Mike Raymond Get Pruned? February 16, 2012
CURVES: Why Did the Curves Franchisee Association Fail? (Part 1) February 2, 2012
Gary Heavin on ABC Secret Millionaire: What do CURVES Franchisees Think? March 1, 2011
Curves Franchise: 2010 Posts
Gary Heavin on ABC Secret Millionaire: What do CURVES Franchisees Think? March 1, 2011
Has CURVES Become the “Trailer Park of Gyms”? November 30, 2010
CURVES Franchise Lawsuit Settlements September 30, 2010
CURVES International 2010 Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD) September 29, 2010
CURVES Franchise Owners React to Comments That They’re Being “Pruned” July 10, 2010 (33 Comments)
CURVES: 1000 Franchise Clubs Failed Last Year July 8, 2010
Failure Rates of the 10 Most Popular Franchises April 26, 2010
CURVES: 5 West Virginia Curves Close Abruptly February 22, 2010 (3 Comments)
CURVES: Should Failed Franchises be Resold? March 31, 2010 (33 Comments)
CURVES: Can Indie Clubs Thrive Where Curves Failed? January 19, 2010 (64 Comments)
CURVES Franchisee Regrets Not Sticking It to Others January 7, 2010 (39 Comments)
CURVES: Complaints of Unauthorized Membership Charges November 18, 2009 (7 Comments)
CURVES: “Another Curves nightmare. Please advise!” November 10, 2009 (7 Comments)
CURVES: Franchise Resale Complaints, Comments October 31, 2009 (1 Comments)
CURVES: Franchise Resale Buyer Alleges Fraud October 31, 2009 (1 Comments)
CURVES: In Oregon, Curves Franchises Die Alone October 18, 2009 (1 Comments)
CURVES FOR WOMEN: Advice on Buying a Franchise Resale February 24, 2009 (15 Comments)
Curves Franchisee Blames Economy for Closing December 21, 2008 (1 Comments)
CURVES FOR WOMEN: Nearly Half The Palm Beach Clubs Have Closed November 15, 2008 (17 Comments)
CURVES FOR WOMEN: Franchisee a Victim of Fraud? September 14, 2008 (22 Comments)
CURVES FOR WOMEN: Is McCord Brokers Required for Resales? August 13, 2008 (3 Comments)
CURVES FOR WOMEN: An Unhappy Franchisee Tale August 13, 2008 (6 Comments)
CURVES FOR WOMEN: UFOC dated March, 2008 June 23, 2008 (0 Comments)
Another Curves Shuts Down Abruptly June 14, 2008 (1 Comments)
Cape Girardeau Curves Franchise Closes June 10, 2008 (0 Comments)
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How about changing bank accts so Royalty/Ad fees can't be taken by CI? I'm tired of investing my money for CI's benefit. Treat your club(s) as your own and do what you need to do. If CI took their name off of our clubs we would all be better off.
Kathy,
You are so right in that the brand name Curves is worthless at this point in time. You can't even give the clubs away in most cases. I know of several clubs that have changed the name to Kurves and just stayed in business and quit paying franchise and add fees. They are now in the black for the first time in years and actually growing membership.
thank goodness for this site as it has helped many people become informed as to what is happening in the world of franchising.....
If you are new to this site you need to check out the original posts on EveryJoe.com.
Very interesting and informative for anyone thinking of buying a curves franchise!!!
Please forward a list of attorneys participating in the new Curves class action lawsuit. I'm definitely interested in pursuing this. You mentioned there were lawyers who are taking clients on a contingency basis. These would be the ones I'm interested in as I don't have any money to pay a lawyer upfront .
Marian,
Please send an email to admin at unhappyfrachisee.com and request him to forward it to me and include your phone number and I will contact you asap about the attorneys.
How do clubs change their name to Kurves? Interesting. Kathy's comment on 7/13/10..
hello,
I and my wife have managed the local curves for 3 years and assumed complete responsibility for its financial survival. (the prior owner would have closed if we had not done this, and curves international would not accept our purchase offer).
the good news.. we are doing well and have steadily grown from our initial opening membership of 25 to around 210 in the last 3 years.
for us, since curves will not have us because of my contracting business debt, being a franchise beyond the current contract term (which will be up in april) is simply not an option.
my questions..
has anybody reopened an independent ladies gym under a new name while continuing to use the curves equipment and curves smart?
what names are people using for their new business?
how does curves intl respond to such facilities?
as additional background, we bought our current set of equipment from a failed club as well as the curves smart, so the equipment is ours. any insight on these questions would be appreciated. thanks
I don't think this is possible, being that you are a CurvesSmart club and Mytrak has a contract with Curves. At least I thought so, but I could be wrong. You could get rid of CurvesSmart and then maybe use the macines, but not any of the other Curves materials. It really is a shame that you have been running the business, it is doing well, and now you cannot buy it.
Ask the current owner to sign for another year, and maybe by this time you can pay down some more of your debt. Maybe you can pay he/she something each month to make it worth their while. Just an idea, but at least it would give you some more time to figure out a solution.
HELP ! I am about to close my club due to health ,stress no money I have not had a pay check as of June,2010 and it was just small change. I tried to stick it out and the economy and Curves have failed me. I lost my partner to breast cancer and than Curves made me sign another contract for a longer length of time in order to return the club back into my name as it was in the first place for my partner joined me after I had purchased it. Oh God I am going through a Divorce,I am bankrupt, I am loosing my club I have no money ,no job,
No husband. Only bills and waiting on a divorce. And many health problems my stress level has me on meds for the past few years I have a doctor telling me my back needs to be fused to stop the pain and dis problem I am wearing a brace. I also my right 3 toes have had surgery twice and I have still been loyal to the club CURVES in pain and in poorness and in stress and penniless with fear of what Curves claims they will do to me! Closing on Oct29th and will pay back my prepays and that will leave me flat BROKE!!!!!!!!