Health club (also known as a fitness club, fitness centre, health spa, and commonly referred to as a gym) is a place that houses exercise equipment for the purpose of physical exercise.
Health and fitness clubs provide their customers with the infrastructure for their workouts and physical activity in exchange for a membership fee. The global fitness and health club industry generates more than 80 billion U.S. dollars in revenue per year. The North American market had an estimated size of more than 28 billion U.S. dollars in 2015, of which 90 percent, around 25.8 billion U.S. dollars, was attributable to the United States. The U.S. is the single biggest market worldwide not only in terms of revenue but in regards to the number of members in health & fitness clubs as well.
A beauty salon or beauty parlor (beauty parlour), or sometimes beauty shop, is an establishment dealing with cosmetic treatments for men and women. Other variations of this type of business include hair salons and spas.
Beauty parlour is a very important shop to make the people good looking by application of cosmetics treatment of hair and nourishment of skin by various methods. Life style is fast changing in the modern era and the women have become more conscious about their make up the status of women has improved a lot and is improving further. This has resulted in their life style changing. Also their economic independence encourages them to resort this type of services.
The personal care industry makes up 22 percent of India's market for consumer package goods and experts agree that India is full of opportunities and is a potential gold mine for many beauty and personal care companies.
The Hair Salon industry has managed to untangle its early post recessionary knots. Rising consumer sentiment and per capita disposable income have boosted industry growth over the five years to 2017. This has also led to increased demand for ancillary services to standard haircuts, such as hair modification treatments (e.g. straightening procedures and perms), skin-care services and massages.
The 10,000 cr Indian salon industry is largely unorganized with only around 2,500 crores forming the organized segment. But the organized segment is expected to grow at a much higher rate of 30% compared to the unorganized segment which is expected to grow at a rate less than 20%. India’s salon industry is valued at $3.5 billion as of 2015 and grows 20% annually. About a fourth of the sector is comprised of 5,000 franchises totaling $1 billion in value; the rest is composed of independent stores and small to mid-sized chains.
