What wellness consumers want & how COVID-19 is changing their behavior

In this edition of the Wellness Q&A Series Beth McGroarty, VP, Research & Forecasting, Global Wellness Institute asks: Just how profound has the digital shift in fitness and wellness been under COVID-19? Will video kill the studio star? What do people demand from spas, salons, and beauty businesses as they reopen?   Q&A with Amaya Becvar Weddle, Ph.D., Vice President, Research & Product Marketing, Mindbody,…

Cathy Chon on the real future for travel and wellness

In this edition of the Wellness Q&A Series Beth McGroarty, VP, Research & Forecasting, Global Wellness Institute asks: How will COVID-19 change the wellness market and concept? What’s the real future for travel? What are the right (and wrong) ways for brands to communicate during the pandemic?   Q&A with Catherine Feliciano-Chon, founder, managing director, CatchOn – a Finn Partners company Cathy Chon is founder…

Clean Water Initiative

The Clean Water Initiative (CWI) aims to reduce wastage of water, make clean and potable water affordable in areas it is inaccessible, and improve levels of sanitation and hygiene there.

In the News

In the News Read recent news reports about how optimism and a focus on health and wellness impact your wellbeing in a good way—and why being positive can lead to better health outcomes.

Wellbeing-Focused Public Policy Is Getting Serious – And Being Led by Women

MONTHLY BAROMETER – WELLNESS EDITION Globally, wellbeing public policies are gathering momentum. This is not a fad: For more and more government policy-makers, the pursuit of wellbeing is just as important as economic growth. But why now? The climate emergency, widening geopolitical fault lines, social inequities and rising anger, tech, and anxiety about jobs: All these are forcing policy-makers to recognize and act on wellbeing…

US Leads Overall Spend in $828 Billion Physical Activity Market

Media Contact: Beth McGroarty [email protected] • +1.213.300.0107 US Leads Overall Spend in $828 Billion Physical Activity Market, But Ranks 20th in Participation, Indicating a Sharp Divide in Wellness “Haves and Have-Nots” Global Wellness Institute researchers examine how the US leads and lags within the six-sector global physical activity economy, including the fitness, sports & active recreation, mindful movement, equipment, apparel/footwear and technology markets. New York, NY…