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Fast on the heels of its recent legal challenge to a new minimum wage law passed in Seattle, the International Franchise Association (IFA) has now set its sights on the city of Chicago.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
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There are rules for a reason: they work for most people most of the time. Often, scientific evidence backs them up.
  • John Tschohl
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The benefits of tracking traffic and measuring conversion rates in retail stores have long been established and are now widely considered fundamental in retailing.
  • Mark Ryski
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Every marketer thinks about their ideal customer - where they live, what they like, what they buy, where they buy it, and why.
  • Eddy Goldberg
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Research shows that 36% of people tested still don't realize that Google's Adwords ads are actually advertisements (down from 41% in 2013).
  • Daniel Lieberman
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Essentially doubling in size since 2010, Toppers Pizza is one of the fastest-growing pizza chains of the past 3 years.
  • Franchise Update
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My leadership approach was developed by my first mentors--my parents. In our home, every dinner table conversation was a leadership lesson.
  • Franchise Update
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Some would say find what you do best and stick with it. If you've been successful with food franchising, then stay in that lane.
  • Debbie Selinsky
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If you've had issues financing your franchise, you're not alone. Like any business owner, you need money to take care of everyday costs like paying property taxes, meeting payroll, or purchasing inventory and equipment.
  • David Goldin
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Franchise development executives know that a high percentage of their future franchisees will require debt to purchase a franchise unit.
  • Mike Rozman
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U.S. franchisors are increasingly looking abroad for opportunities, setting up operations in franchisor-friendly countries.
  • Eddy Goldberg
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This is Part 2 of a series on why new and emerging franchise brands fail. In these first two parts, we discuss 8 reasons they fail.
  • Joe Mathews and Thomas Scott
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Executive review committees typically are composed of senior franchise executives who review a candidate's qualifications before granting them a franchise.
  • Steve Olson
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A couple of months back we began occasionally profiling franchisees who have chosen to operate in brands that don't require a "brick and mortar" location.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
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Franchisees in Seattle have been saddled with a new $15 dollar per hour minimum wage ordinance passed by the city's mayor, Ed Murray.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
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In her blog on Didit.com, Margaret Murphy, social media coordinator at the digital marketing firm, takes a look at 10 social media trends she expects to continue growing this summer.
  • Margaret Murphy
  • 3,168 Reads 42 Shares
Brands have a new love affair with Millennial men. Who is the Millennial Man, you might ask? He is a hard worker who is typically happier with his current career and making more money than his female counterparts.
  • Jeff Fromm
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Writing on viralblog.com, Laurens Bianchi explains the benefits of integrating user-generated content into your marketing mix - as well as how to do it.
  • Laurens Bianchi
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The European Court of Justice dealt a defeat to Google and a victory for privacy advocates when it ruled that people in the EU have the right to have data about them deleted from online databases.
  • Daniel Lieberman
  • 6,587 Reads 1,023 Shares
Jack Hough has never been limited by space. Back in 1996, he was trying to figure out which restaurants to place where in a somewhat limited space at the North Georgia Premium Outlets mall.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 6,145 Reads 2 Shares
You've probably heard of emotional eating, but financial advisor Matthew T. Shafer says emotional investing is a problem that needs to be recognized society-wide, especially since the economy has been in such sharp focus this past half decade.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
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This is Part 1 of a series on why new and emerging franchise brands fail. In the first two parts, we discuss 8 points on why they fail.
  • Joe Mathews and Thomas Scott
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Change in a franchise system is inevitable. All franchise brands across all segments -food, home services, health and wellness, B2B, and others--eventually come to a point in their growth where the choice is clear...
  • Michael Abt, CEO
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Growing franchisee profitability usually requires growing the top line, as well as controlling costs. With no rising economic tide to lift all boats, the way to grow sales is to take share from the competition.
  • Jack Mackey
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This is the final installment in an ongoing series about making the most of your Discovery Day presentations.
  • Steve Olson
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Steve and Joanne Reitz are partners in life and in franchising. Since we last checked in with him (2009, Q4) the two also have been partners in exploring.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 10,935 Reads
From a young age, I knew that I wanted to lead an organization. This is possibly due to spending time during my childhood working alongside my father in our family businesses.
  • Franchise Update
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Lynette Helling spent her first three years as a nurse working in a burn center.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 8,930 Reads 58 Shares
Great people throughout history often fail, quite miserably, before finally reaching their goals, says international business strategist Dan Waldschmidt.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
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Mysteries are solved when we use clues to find the culprits behind the crime. Financially speaking, when the crime results in the untimely demise of a business, we often see three usual suspects: low cash, low gross margin, and low net margin.
  • Steve LeFever
  • 15,710 Reads 4 Shares
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