Correction: Small Business-Gym Comeback story

Jan 20, 2023, 6:03 PM | Updated: Jan 24, 2023, 9:53 am

Fuel Training Studio owners Julie Bokat, left, and Jeanne Carter pose for a photo inside their gym, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023, in Newburyport, Mass. Gyms and fitness studios were among the hardest hit businesses during the pandemic. But for gyms who made it through the worst, signs of stability are afoot. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)

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Fuel Training Studio owners Julie Bokat, left, and Jeanne Carter watch a fitness class inside their gym, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023, in Newburyport, Mass. Gyms and fitness studios were among the hardest hit businesses during the pandemic. But for gyms who made it through the worst, signs of stability are afoot. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)

Fuel Training Studio owner Julie Bokat leads a spin class in a workout space inside the gym, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023, in Newburyport, Mass. Gyms and fitness studios were among the hardest hit businesses during the pandemic. But for gyms who made it through the worst, signs of stability are afoot. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)

Instructor Jessie Reardon, right, leads a barbell class at Fuel Training Studio, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023, in Newburyport, Mass. Gyms and fitness studios were among the hardest hit businesses during the pandemic. But for gyms who made it through the worst, signs of stability are afoot. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)

FILE - Cycle spinning instructor Alli Sherman, right, leads a spinning class in a parking lot outside Fuel Training Studio, Monday, Sept. 21, 2020, in Newburyport, Mass. Gyms and fitness studios were among the hardest hit businesses during the pandemic. But for gyms who made it through the worst, signs of stability are afoot. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

FILE - Jeanne Carter, co-owner of Fuel Training Studio, in Newburyport, Mass., right, works out on a stationary exercise bike during a spinning class in a parking lot outside the gym, Monday, Sept. 21, 2020, in Newburyport, Mass. Gyms and fitness studios were among the hardest hit businesses during the pandemic. But for gyms who made it through the worst, signs of stability are afoot. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Deb Figulski participates in a spin class at Fuel Training Studio, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023, in Newburyport, Mass. Gyms and fitness studios were among the hardest hit businesses during the pandemic. But for gyms who made it through the worst, signs of stability are afoot. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)

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NEW YORK (AP) — In a story published January 23, 2023, about gyms making a comeback, The Associated Press erroneously reported that foot traffic in fitness studios is still down about 3% from 2019 so far in January, but up 40% compared with 2021. Those figures were for January 2022. Foot traffic in fitness studios rose about 32% for the first two weeks of January 2023, compared with 2022, according to the most data from Placer.ai, which tracks retail foot traffic.

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Correction: Small Business-Gym Comeback story

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