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Cowboy Chicken redesigns restaurants from front to back
  • Sean Kennedy
  • 3,588 Reads 15 Shares
Using data and tech to recruit franchisees at Capriotti's
  • David Bloom
  • 7,353 Reads 372 Shares
One of the more concerning lessons we learned from the 2016 election is the power of "fake news" to change perceptions and draw attention toward or away from an issue.
  • Darrell Johnson
  • 3,085 Reads 2 Shares
Going into business for yourself is a major life decision. One path is to start your own business or buy an existing one. Another is to choose the franchising model and buy into a proven system with a known brand name. Each path has its own promise, as well as its perils. Once the choice is made, the question becomes what type of business to choose.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 205,552 Reads 210 Shares
Leaders love to talk about revenue streams by showing graphs and charts with the breakdown of sales categories. It is important to know the percentage of sales generated by products or services and to monitor trends, especially the growth and decline of your business revenue.
  • John DiJulius
  • 14,034 Reads 147 Shares
Three successful multi-unit franchisees talk about how they spot, measure, and retain great employees.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 6,324 Reads 52 Shares
Using a checklist and leveraging experienced sources can help business operators implement strategies, tried and true processes, and procedures that are critical to everyday business.
  • Dan Iosue
  • 3,524 Reads 3 Shares
How Anytime Fitness and Waxing the City's CMO uses technology to connect with customers
  • Meredith Jurek
  • 6,945 Reads 578 Shares
Social media marketing news you can use. This week: 1) P&G demands more accountability and transparency from digital media; 2) the chatbots are coming - are you ready?; 3) study finds there are only 4 types of Facebook users; and 4) Moe's takes on Chipotle in the "queso wars"
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 2,705 Reads 2 Shares
Mark Davis acquired a small restoration company called Rocky Mountain Catastrophe in Denver in 1996. He was just 27 and didn't know anything about the restoration industry.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 6,263 Reads 3 Shares
Type "franchise" into Google and you’ll get nearly 200 million hits (June 2017) -- a number that keeps growing every year. So what are the best sources? Which can you can trust to provide you with the information you want? Which ones should you avoid?
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 47,942 Reads 26 Shares
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The new presidential administration wasted no time jumping in, even before Inauguration Day. A steady stream of potential cabinet appointees was ushered in and out of Trump Tower in New York City, accompanied by the most intense media scrutiny we can recall for an incoming administration in recent memory.
  • Carol Schleif
  • 7,008 Reads 3 Shares
NRD Capital Management Closes its Second Fund. The New $100 Million Fund Will Invest in Restaurant Concepts as Well as New and Emerging Markets Like Healthcare Franchising.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 4,322 Reads 9 Shares
New Study by Technomic Reveals the Latest Trends and Data Outlining Consumers’ Shifting Behaviors and Attitudes Toward Burgers.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 3,268 Reads 5 Shares
Franchise Business Review surveys the satisfaction level of low-cost franchisees
  • Franchise Business Review
  • 2,602 Reads 3 Shares
So many good things are happening so quickly in franchising these days, it's hard to keep up (even for us!). So welcome to "Good News!" - our monthly roundup of franchise growth, finance, international expansion, milestones, and other positive news from franchisors large, medium, and emerging.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 4,124 Reads 2 Shares
These five "big picture" customer service lessons, observations, and accompanying advice may not qualify as future deathbed regrets for many CEOs, but they should.
  • John DiJulius
  • 4,073 Reads 15 Shares
There's a good reason the United States is called the Land of Opportunity. The spirit of independence is one of the cornerstones in the nation's founding. That spirit persists today in the world of business, where independent-minded entrepreneurs take the risks and reap the rewards of running their own business.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 35,684 Reads 31 Shares
For a very long time, franchisees and franchisors maintained an arm's-length relationship: the franchisee sent the franchisor a sales report and a royalty check each month and the franchisor pretty much left them alone.
  • Rod Bristol
  • 8,379 Reads 18 Shares
Dinesh Goswami and his partners with AR Pizza, LLC, already successfully operate 47 Popeye's Chicken locations and eight Arby's restaurants.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 5,568 Reads 51 Shares
Contracts between parties have existed for centuries. Before contracts - there were agreements, or what we also call, covenants.
  • Doug Howe
  • 6,776 Reads 2 Shares
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How Winmark's director of marketing uses technology to connect with customers
  • Franchise Update
  • 3,869 Reads 1 Shares
Social media marketing news you can use. This week: 1) Online campaigns to attack brands are increasing; 2) Measuring the effectiveness of paid advertising; 3) Tracking and engaging with the mobile generation; 4) New insights now possible from in-app advertising.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 2,849 Reads
Eric Casaburi, founder and CEO of Retro Fitness, has an open and transparent style. He also likes to lie on a bed of nails daily to meditate, relieve stress, and, he says, help improve his decision-making.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 18,813 Reads 78 Shares
Franchising really began to blossom in the post-war 1950s and 1960s. Franchisors of convenience goods and services seemed to be popping up on every corner. McDonald's, Kentucky Fried Chicken, laundry services, dry cleaners, hotels, and rental car franchises flooded the marketplace.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 67,212 Reads 118 Shares
Chelsea Segura signed her first franchise agreement with The Little Gym two months before she graduated from Louisiana State University with a degree in kinesiology.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 16,905 Reads 255 Shares
Qdoba franchisees are banding together to protect the $250 million they have invested in the Mexican food brand by forming the Qdoba Franchisee Association.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 5,123 Reads 6 Shares
We've all had this experience: We see a store or restaurant we'd hoped to visit, but before we commit to going into the building, we're struck by an uneasy feeling.
  • Marc Collopy
  • 9,481 Reads 27 Shares
TA Restaurant Group rejuvenates Quaker Steak & Lube
  • John Ponczoch
  • 5,399 Reads 1 Shares
Using "big data" to recruit franchisees at Driven Brands
  • Dave Schaefers
  • 3,962 Reads 3 Shares
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