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Weight Watchers International Inc

  • Tuesday, 8 July, 2025
    WeightWatchers plans menopause programme as it recasts itself for Ozempic era

    Weight loss company emerges from bankruptcy with plans to deepen push into women’s healthcare

    WW International logo
  • Thursday, 8 May, 2025
    US companies
    WeightWatchers blames diet drugs and social media for bankruptcy

    Well-known brand’s problems began with the Coronavirus pandemic and continued as prescriptions gained favour

    The logo of WeightWatchers on a mobile phone,
  • Saturday, 3 May, 2025
    FT Magazine
    Who still goes to WeightWatchers? A dispatch from the community centre

    The company’s in-person meetings seem quaint in the age of Ozempic, but members see it differently

    A woman wearing a mid-length brown leather dress stands in a warmly decorated room, with wooden furnishings and framed pictures on teal-colored walls
  • Friday, 27 September, 2024
    WeightWatchers chief quits as company struggles against anti-obesity drugs

    Sima Sistani leaves despite effort to transform group into online prescriber

    Sima Sistani,
  • Friday, 2 August, 2024
    WeightWatchers slumps as it struggles to adapt in anti-obesity jab era

    Weight loss group announces overhaul to stay relevant amid boom in demand for new medications

  • Wednesday, 10 April, 2024
    Behind the Money podcast17 min listen
    Can WeightWatchers survive the Wegovy era?

    A weight loss titan fights to stay relevant in the age of GLP-1 drugs

  • Tuesday, 9 April, 2024
    News in-depth
    WeightWatchers faces an era when weight loss comes in a syringe

    A company launched in 1963 confronts challenge of adapting to the rise of anti-obesity injections

    Jean Nidetch, founder of Weight Watchers, pictured in New York in 1973
  • Tuesday, 6 August, 2019
    Weight Watchers shares rise as Oprah ads drive growth

    Full-year outlook boosted as group lures highest level of customers for a second quarter

    The Weight Watchers International Inc. mobile application is displayed on an Apple Inc. iPhone 6s in this arranged photograph in New York, U.S., on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016. Weight Watchers International Inc. is scheduled to release earnings figures on February 25. Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg
  • Sunday, 3 March, 2019
    Pilita Clark
    Weight Watchers needs to cut down on guff

    If you are going to explain corporate problems, go on a ‘journey’ to use plain language

    Jean Nidetch, founder of the Weight Watchers organization as she puts up a sign reading "Weight Watchers Sq." at Times Square in New York City, June 11, 1973. Others are unidentified. (AP Photo/Anthony Camerano)
  • Wednesday, 27 February, 2019
    Weight Watchers chief defends WW rebrand after profit warning

    Shares in Oprah Winfrey-backed group drop 35%

    Weight Watchers International Inc. food products are displayed for a photograph in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016. Weight Watchers International Inc. is scheduled to release earnings figures on February 25. Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg
  • Wednesday, 27 February, 2019
    Lex
    Weight Watchers: heavy going Premium content

    An aggressive re-brand has not worked

    The Weight Watchers International Inc. mobile application is displayed on an Apple Inc. iPhone 6s in this arranged photograph in New York, U.S., on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016. Weight Watchers International Inc. is scheduled to release earnings figures on February 25. Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg
  • Wednesday, 27 February, 2019
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    The FT uncovers that several Chinese officials committed plagiarism in their univers…

  • Tuesday, 26 February, 2019
    Oprah-backed WW shares lose 30% as members quit

    Disappointing results and cut in profit forecasts follows Weight Watchers name change

    FILE- In this Feb. 7, 2018, file image distributed for Weight Watchers, Weight Watchers President and Chief Executive Officer Mindy Grossman speaks at a global employee event in New York. Weight Watchers is trimming its name to just two letters: WW. The company says it is renaming itself to focus more on overall wellness and not just dieting. (Amy Sussman/AP Images for Weight Watchers, File)
  • Sunday, 4 November, 2018
    Weight Watchers pledges to improve UK performance

    Shares fall after subscribers fall for second quarter running amid disappointing earnings

    Weight Watchers
  • Friday, 2 November, 2018
    Weight Watchers shares tank after subscriber growth disappoints
  • Sunday, 14 October, 2018
    Pilita Clark
    Your corporate rebrand is probably a waste of time

    From Weight Watchers to Dunkin’ Donuts, the temptation to meddle is great and costly

    Donuts are displayed for sale at a Dunkin Donuts Inc. restaurant in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2014. Dunkin' Brands Group Inc., a leading franchiser in the quick service restaurants (QSR) sector, operates in almost 60 countries around the world with more than 11,300 Dunkin' Donuts restaurants and 7,500 Baskin-Robbins locations. Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg
  • Friday, 5 October, 2018
    LexUS companies
    WW: losing pounds for dollars Premium content

    Beauty of the business is that customers always have a reason to return

    FILE- In this Feb. 7, 2018, file image distributed for Weight Watchers, Weight Watchers President and Chief Executive Officer Mindy Grossman speaks at a global employee event in New York. Weight Watchers is trimming its name to just two letters: WW. The company says it is renaming itself to focus more on overall wellness and not just dieting. (Amy Sussman/AP Images for Weight Watchers, File)
  • Friday, 28 September, 2018
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    The lure of ambiguity for consumer brands

    Dunkin’ Donuts and Weight Watchers risk diluting their identities

    A employee packages donuts in a box for a customer at a Dunkin' Donuts Inc. location in Los Angeles, California, U.S., on Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017. Dunkin' Donuts announced a signing of store development agreements with franchisees QSR Group and Guzaratti LLC to develop six new restaurants throughout Georgia, including two multi-brand locations with Baskin-Robbins and one location in a gas station convenience store. Photographer: Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg
  • Thursday, 27 September, 2018
    Jo Ellison
    Why are we so afraid to talk about obesity?

    The world is getting fatter, yet discussion of body size is increasingly taboo. And it’s bad for our health

    HFPT08 Jean Nidetch, cofounder of Weight Watchers, at a Weight Watchers meeting in Louisville.
  • Monday, 24 September, 2018
    US companies
    Weight Watchers slims down its name to focus on health

    Company to promote ‘wellness’ in response to changing consumer attitudes to dieting

    FILE PHOTO: Oprah Winfrey poses backstage with her Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 75th Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., January 7, 2018. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo
  • Monday, 6 August, 2018
    Retail & Consumer industry
    Weight Watchers shares slip as subscribers decline
  • Tuesday, 12 June, 2018
    Companies
    JPMorgan sees outsized growth for Weight Watchers as it adds influencers like Oprah

    Shares jump 8% on bullish call

  • Thursday, 3 May, 2018
    Retail & Consumer industry
    Weight Watchers shares pumped by upbeat results
  • Wednesday, 7 March, 2018
    US companies
    Weight Watchers lower after Oprah sheds shares
  • Wednesday, 7 February, 2018
    Retail & Consumer industry
    Weight Watchers shares perk up on $2bn revenue goal, strategic vision
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