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Today's media darlings, the Millennials (Gen Y) were born beginning in the 1980s. For better or worse, we all seem to get a generational label these days to describe who we are, and how we should be dealt with from business, economic, and social perspectives.
  • Todd Juneau
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International franchise development continues at a fairly high pace, despite all the challenges around the world that have little to do with the business climate.
  • Bill Edwards
  • 8,156 Reads 4 Shares
Dunkin' Donuts Power Team To Open 69 New Restaurants In Louisiana. Longtime multi-unit franchisee Vik Patel, Super Bowl Quarterback Drew Brees, and former New York Giants offensive lineman David Diehl Bringing Rush of Donuts To The Bayou State.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 26,130 Reads 1 Shares
Deciding which brands to invest in is a significant question. Factors run the gamut from getting in early on an emerging concept to customer trends to regional or geographic demands. Dave Goebel has been in franchising (as a franchisee and franchisor) long enough to have developed his own criteria for deciding.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 14,100 Reads 14 Shares
Sonic's CEO discusses the brand's progress with its consumer-facing technology, refranchising, and focus for 2017.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 3,813 Reads 6 Shares
Social media marketing news you can use. This week: 1) Instagram is the clear leader in online photo sharing; 2) What are Twitter Moments, and how can you use them to market your brand?; 3) Huggies provides a good model for how to use Facebook and Twitter to engage; and 4) Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg plans a 50-state listening tour in 2017.
  • Daniel Lieberman
  • 3,657 Reads
Mara Fortin wears many hats as a Nothing Bundt Cakes franchisee: taste-testing in one of her seven San Diego-area stores, meeting with local business owners, advocating before Congress on issues of concern to franchisees and small-business owners, and mentoring young women.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 30,348 Reads 24 Shares
Spherion Staffing survey finds 62 percent of American employees are looking to make a job change in 2017. They are looking for better pay, new opportunities, and a better life/work balance.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 21,041 Reads 2 Shares
Focus on preparing your business for the future because change is inevitable. Start 2017 by aggressively engaging in the strategic and succession planning process that will help you be prepared for variables such as proposed legislation that could substantially impact your organization.
  • Kendall Rawls
  • 21,926 Reads 1 Shares
Four essential questions to ask prospective franchisees.
  • Marc Collopy
  • 10,748 Reads 57 Shares
A series featuring highlights from the 2017 Annual Franchise Development Report (AFDR) continues with a look at recruitment budget spending by category.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 4,078 Reads
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Multi-unit, multi-brand franchisee Tom Garrett makes major move taking on another 194 Burger King locations. His GPS Hospitality company now oversees 431 Burger King and Popeyes franchises in 14 states.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 28,336 Reads 2 Shares
Franchise Update Media launches its international conference for franchising professionals in Europe. The First Annual European Multi-Unit Franchising Conference was a one-day event held last December in Florence Italy and attracted more than 120 franchisees, franchisors, investors, association heads, and government representatives.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 27,582 Reads 1,021 Shares
With 2017 right around the corner and social media marketing occupying an ever-larger space in the minds of brand marketers, we took a look around the Internet for what the experts are predicting for the coming year in online marketing. Here's some of what we found.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 3,646 Reads
Social media marketing news you can use. This week: 1) Domino's introduces Google Home online ordering; 2) "Alexa, ask Pizza Hut for a pizza."; 3) How Snapchat has revolutionized social networks; 4) How Facebook plans to combat "fake news."
  • Daniel Lieberman & Eddy Goldberg
  • 2,526 Reads
Let's begin with three facts: 1) 78.2 million Americans are hourly workers; 2) hourly workers represent 58.5 percent of all jobs in the U.S.; and 3) 80 percent of all hires made in the U.S. each year are for hourly jobs.
  • Peter Harrison
  • 35,661 Reads 15 Shares
Heart of America Group is a diversified company that operates hotels and restaurants across the Midwest as both franchisee and franchisor.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 9,079 Reads 28 Shares
Four different multi-unit franchisee groups have latched on to the Taco Bueno brand and each of them has expansion on their minds.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 26,520 Reads 1,021 Shares
Engaging in the strategic planning process and developing covenants will help protect your multi-unit franchising organization, the future growth goals of the business, and your personal financial goals.
  • Kendall Rawls
  • 26,380 Reads 1,021 Shares
A series featuring highlights from the 2017 Annual Franchise Development Report (AFDR) begins with a look at recruitment budgets.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 4,493 Reads
Robert Schermer, Jr., CEO of Meritage Hospitality Group in Grand Rapids, Mich., hails from the school of life that says, "Go big or go home."
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 29,974 Reads 1,021 Shares
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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
  • 4,132 Reads
Unit-level economics (ULE) is the latest fancy phrase for the fundamental concept of franchisee profitability. The old-school franchise concept of caring only about a monthly sales report and a royalty check and, if the franchisee was not profitable, reselling the territory in 18 months is dead.
  • Rod Bristol
  • 28,052 Reads 1,021 Shares
Four existing franchise groups will bring 65 new Dunkin' Donuts Restaurants to the Dallas-Fort Worth Area, Including Several Multi-Brand Locations With Baskin-Robbins.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 30,100 Reads 2 Shares
Rob Branca successfully operates 88 Dunkin' Donuts franchise locations. And that's just what he plans to continue doing long into the future. He says it's imperative that industry leaders stand up and fight for the rights of franchisees as they face a continuing barrage of government overreach and regulation.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 23,418 Reads 8 Shares
Mobile marketing continues to grow as a vehicle for engaging with customers and attracting new ones. This report from 3Cinteractive reveals where brand marketers plan to invest in mobile in 2017.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 3,102 Reads 1 Shares
Social media marketing news you can use. This week: 1) How Snapchat's impending IPO may affect social marketers; 2) Instagram updates Stories with 3 new features; 3) 50 facts about Google social marketers should know; 4) Twitter moves to curb abuse by beefing up its "muting" feature; and 5) Fake news has become a real problem for social media platforms.
  • Daniel Lieberman
  • 2,084 Reads
After working his usual 50- 60-hour week tending to his 17 Indianapolis-area Penn Station East Coast Subs stores, Rob Chinsky and his wife Linda moved both their children into their college dorms, hours away, all in one weekend.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 29,552 Reads 28 Shares
For Wanda Sieber, what began as an ordinary phone call became a wake-up call. The person who answered the phone told Sieber that the owner of the business she'd called had died unexpectedly, adding "We don't even know if we're going to have jobs tomorrow."
  • Helen Bond
  • 36,631 Reads 3 Shares
To measure the ROI, you have to really know what you're looking for. At Franchise Whales, instead of focusing on cost per lead, which is the standard among most franchise development executives, we focus on the cost per closed sale.
  • Franchise Update
  • 4,959 Reads 1 Shares
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