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Browse our selection of franchise articles and features to help further your knowledge in opening and operating a franchise business. Our exclusive features cover the franchise growth, operations, legal, leadership, marketing, real estate, and technology site of the franchise business. Written by the editorial team that produces Franchise Update Magazine and Multi-Unit Franchisee Magazine, the franchise industries premier magazines.
Capriotti's Sandwich Shop has been named one of Technomic's Top 100 Sandwich Chains and received Sandelman's Award of Excellence for Customer Service.
- Jack Mackey
- 7,188 Reads 1,023 Shares
Michael Decker now operates an Expedia CruiseShipCenters franchise in Orlando, Florida, but he says it was his military experience that provided the crucial background he needed to become a successful franchisee.
- Multi-Unit Franchisee
- 6,863 Reads 1,023 Shares
The process of organizational change is complex. A number of associated factors have the ability to impact the organization's overall ability to successfully evolve.
- Timothy Bednarz
- 8,222 Reads 3 Shares
The 14-year-old Michael Knobelock was not just selling newspaper subscriptions in his native Houston but he was racking up awards as top salesman, earning between $400 and $500 a week in the 1970s.
- Kerry Pipes
- 4,969 Reads 61 Shares
Millennials provide a unique challenge for businesses today. Many business operators are struggling to understand this generation and how to get the most out of the employer-employee relationship.
- Jennifer Kushell
- 4,212 Reads 91 Shares
As founder and executive chairman of The Saxton Group in Dallas, Kelly Saxton has taken a family approach to building a business that has opened and operated more than 100 restaurants in his 30-year career.
- Helen Bond
- 7,909 Reads 252 Shares
October marked an infamous anniversary on Wall Street. Twenty-five years ago, the unthinkable happened when the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped a record 106 points to end the trading week at just under 2500.
- Carol Schleif
- 4,463 Reads 4 Shares
With an estimated 1.8 zettabytes of information created and stored in 2011 alone, there has never been a more opportune time for hackers to challenge franchise data security, according to a DC Digital Universe study.
- Peter Clark
- 8,730 Reads 390 Shares
To Glenn Mueller, franchising at its core is a partnership. And as the largest single franchisee in the Domino's Pizza system at 135 units, he's a great partner to have.
- Kerry Pipes
- 20,135 Reads 6 Shares
The New Year has just arrived and now is the time many revaluate life and career. Most people think about their careers as an occupation but few view their careers as a vocation.
- Multi-Unit Franchisee
- 7,017 Reads 1,014 Shares
Great leaders are passionate. They possess an absolute love for what they do. Apple's Steve Jobs observed, "I don't think of my life as a career... I do stuff.
- Timothy Bednarz
- 6,461 Reads 1 Shares
Veterans make great franchisees. Organized, disciplined, determined - all characteristics that suit them for franchising. Chris Rolen is a great example.
- Multi-Unit Franchisee
- 5,538 Reads 1,014 Shares
Litigation is America's fastest growing business because plaintiffs have everything to gain and nothing but a few hours to lose, says Hillel Presser, author of Financial Self-Defense (Revised Edition).
- Multi-Unit Franchisee
- 4,659 Reads 1 Shares
Welcome to 2018. The future of franchising is upon us. What does the landscape look like?
- Dean Zuccarello
- 8,358 Reads 2 Shares
When Burger King set out to revamp its menu, it made sense that Tom McDonald would have some input.
- Helen Bond
- 11,212 Reads 2 Shares
Taking risks is a part of life for Greg Mooneyham. He is, after all, a former Air Force fighter pilot.
- Multi-Unit Franchisee
- 9,831 Reads 493 Shares
Franchisees nationwide are looking for new ways to cut costs and improve efficiency. Payroll is an easy, and yet often overlooked, opportunity for companies to make operational changes that will have a direct, measurable impact on the bottom line.
- Matt Merriam
- 5,282 Reads 134 Shares
In a recent survey, workplace expert Michelle McQuaid found that 65 percent of workers in the United States would be happier if they had a boss who recognized their good work
- John Tschohl
- 6,165 Reads 270 Shares
Franchise business growth will slow down a bit in 2013 yet will continue to outpace growth in other business sectors, according to an IHS Global Insight report prepared for the International Franchise Association Educational Foundation.
- 5,673 Reads
At least six times a year, Don Copus gathers his Hungry Howie's employees for a corporate outing where you may find the Berkley, Mich.-based franchisee batting for one softball team, pitching for the other, or manning the grill.
- Helen Bond
- 10,400 Reads 5 Shares
Franchising is big. And so are some of its franchisees. Just take a look at our "Mega 99" list (page 54) and you'll see what we mean!
- Multi-Unit Franchisee
- 6,445 Reads 1,023 Shares
Ellen Hui spent years as a multi-brand franchisee in the San Francisco Bay area. Following the sale of her business, she has turned to helping franchisors and franchisees improve their operational efficiencies.
- Multi-Unit Franchisee
- 5,662 Reads 85 Shares
Last time leadership authority Roxi Hewertson, President & CEO of the Highland Consulting Group, detailed five behaviors and attitudes that show up consistently in successful leaders.
- Multi-Unit Franchisee
- 10,391 Reads 1,039 Shares
Pam Wolfe loves to cook. So much so that when she first began operating Papa Murphy's Take'N'Bake Pizza franchises 15 years ago you could almost always find her in the company kitchen
- Helen Bond
- 4,645 Reads 1 Shares
Astute leaders guide and direct from the front lines of the company. Leaders are continually present and interacting with their employees in order to see what is slowly transforming and changing and what is causing unit frustrations.
- Timothy F. Bednarz
- 4,003 Reads
Franchise Update Media Group (FUMG), the leading industry resource for franchise development, announces that Sean Falk, multi-brand franchise owner and former Marine, is the chairman of the 2013 Multi-Unit Franchising Conference, which will be held March 27-29 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
- Franchise Update Media
- 18,717 Reads
As many of you already know, there are significant changes to lease accounting on the horizon.
- Cory Bennett
- 15,990 Reads 1,005 Shares
Randy Merrill is an Army veteran who is looking for a few good brands--as long as they're in his wheelhouse: sports, health, and wellness.
- Multi-Unit Franchisee
- 4,128 Reads 14 Shares
Are you a great leader or an "at risk" failing leader? How do you know? What would your staffers say? What would your own supervisor say?
- Multi-Unit Franchisee
- 7,617 Reads 625 Shares
It was a late night of channel surfing that gave this former surfer-turned-franchisee a life-changing idea to feed the hungry.
- Multi-Unit Franchisee
- 7,269 Reads 50 Shares
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