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February 18, 2025
Gymshark goes huge within the Huge Apple. The UK health/sportswear model has introduced the long-awaited location of its first North American flagship retailer – 11 Bond Avenue, New York.
The 13,000 sq ft flagship will sit over 4 flooring and is scheduled to open later this 12 months.
With additional core shops additionally deliberate for London, Manchester, and Amsterdam, Bond Avenue “marks only Gymshark’s second flagship store and its first of this type in the United States”.
Though extra particulars of the brand new New York flagship are but to be revealed, it did say that along with procuring, the area will supply occasions, group hangouts, exercise studios, and extra. It can additionally embody 3D-printed mannequins of members of the Gymshark group.
The retailer mentioned that over the previous 12 months, “New York has increasingly become Gymshark’s North American home”. Final June, the model opened its US headquarters on Greene Avenue, SoHo, and in September, Gymshark hosted its greatest ever occasion, Elevate:NY, which noticed over 7,500 members of the health group descend on Pier 36 for a weekend of ‘lifting, flexing and meeting heroes’.
Ben Francis, founder and CEO of Gymshark, mentioned: “New York has really become our North American home. Our headquarters are here, and to welcome so many members of the community to Lift:NY last year was incredible. But to have a permanent location that allows our community to train, shop and hang out, and for us to hang out with them, really takes it to another level.”
Previously a pureplay digital model, Gymshark opened its first flagship retailer on London’s Regent Avenue in October 2022. Its success led to additional core and pop-up shops in Westfield Stratford, The Dubai Mall and Oxford’s Bicester Village.
