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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.
Treating people with dignity and respect produces a "dependability" attitude among employees who commit to meeting your expectations and going above and beyond to avoid disappointing you. It's is the difference between ineffective and effective leadership.
- Dan Schneider
- 6,432 Reads 10 Shares
Tennessee Fitness, a Gold's Gym multi-unit operator in Tennessee, signs agreement for 5 additional units. The franchisee will now have 12 locations of the fitness brand in the Nashville area.
- Multi-Unit Franchisee
- 6,596 Reads 270 Shares
We often hear about the wage gap. But one emerging reality from the trend of the flexible economy is a tax classification gap.
- Jocelyn Mangan
- 27,735 Reads 6 Shares
Control and project a positive image in the communities where you operate franchise locations. Generating respect can make you a "local hero" and boost your business.
- Dan Schneider
- 30,212 Reads 8 Shares
Going international? So are we! This past December, Franchise Update Media co-produced its first conference in Europe, partnering with the Best Franchisee of the World.
- Multi-Unit Franchisee
- 28,419 Reads
Politics, federal law, and franchisee assets. There are several significant steps that can be taken to help reduce estate taxes.
- Hugh Roberts
- 27,522 Reads
If a solid franchise system is the backbone of a brand, an efficient, smoothly working infrastructure is the heart of a multi-unit franchisee operation.
- Helen Bond
- 20,819 Reads 2 Shares
We're starting 2017 in our customary way: with our "Mega 99" list of the largest U.S. franchisees, ranked by total number of units.
- Kerry Pipes and Eddy Goldberg
- 14,581 Reads
In the wake of a vote to exit the European Union, U.K. citizens made it clear shot that "status quo" was no longer acceptable.
- Carol Schleif
- 16,162 Reads
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
- 23,462 Reads 3 Shares
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
- 28,346 Reads 11 Shares
Minimum wage increases will be ringing in the New Year in states across the country. The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) continues to push for greater increases in minimum wage. Wage increases will not only affect employees but also business owners and consumers.
- Multi-Unit Franchisee
- 17,293 Reads
Rob Branca and his extended family of in-laws, siblings, children, and cousins own and operate more than 1,200 Dunkin' Donuts locations throughout New England and a few expansion markets.
- Kerry Pipes
- 17,255 Reads 3 Shares
Social media review sites such as Yelp can provide challenges and opportunities for savvy multi-unit operators to take their business reviews and online image into their own hands.
- Jenna Oltersdorf
- 17,981 Reads 48 Shares
One of the strategies multi-unit franchisees Brooke and Les Wilson practice to keep both their marriage and their business on track is to keep each in its proper place.
- Helen Bond
- 21,107 Reads 38 Shares
Successful strategic business planning involves having the right ideas, the right people, the right plan, and the flexibility to adapt.
- Dan Schneider
- 14,000 Reads 7 Shares
The difference between being a leader and being an exceptional leader is admitting shortcomings and weaknesses. Avoid these common mistakes, take steps to create new habits, and gain more respect and followers.
- Dan Schneider
- 14,311 Reads 28 Shares
They say everything's bigger in Texas. It's definitely bigger for Texan Michael Knobelock, whose Houston-based MSK Enterprises operates nearly 70 franchise locations spread across 4 different brands and 7 states.
- Kerry Pipes
- 14,312 Reads 46 Shares
How you can reassure your employees in light of the Department of Labor's new overtime rules.
- Dan Schneider
- 12,685 Reads 18 Shares
Former NFL linebacker Bryan Scott has two things on his mind these days: 1) building a successful chain of Title Boxing Club franchises in the Atlanta area, and 2) overseeing the company he co-owns, Noene USA, which sells a line of high-tech, ultra shock-absorbing insoles.
- Kerry Pipes
- 8,848 Reads 14 Shares
Waxing is a fast-growing segment of the ever-expanding salon industry. As it continues to gain in popularity – for women and men, young and old–a business dedicated to waxing is ideally suited for all types of markets in a wide variety of communities.
- Franchise Update Media
- 1,819 Reads
Bryan Scott spent a decade in the NFL backing up his defensive line. But when his playing time began to wind down he got prepared for life after football.
- Multi-Unit Franchisee
- 7,181 Reads 177 Shares
Department Of Labor Overtime Rule Ignores Concerns of Franchised Businesses and Will Also Effectively Demote Thousands of Working Americans.
- Multi-Unit Franchisee
- 9,878 Reads 57 Shares
When retired Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Tim Hershberger signed on as a franchisee with Dickey's Barbecue Pit in Florida, the 30-year military veteran was already focused on the customers he knew best. And his military ties have helped jump-start his first nongovernmental venture.
- Helen Bond
- 13,748 Reads
Building a sustainable multi-generational franchise business means knowing and understanding what is important to all generations of employees who will help you meet your goals and succeed.
- Dan Schneider
- 11,895 Reads 5 Shares
A conversation with John Metz invariably leads to all kinds of topics, peppered with opinions and pointed insights gleaned from his many, and diverse, business adventures.
- Kerry Pipes
- 7,578 Reads
As many of you know, we're a distractible audience – you can't get away with doing the same thing again and again. You have to constantly be reinventing your message and ways to present your material.
- Franchise Update Media
- 2,375 Reads
Aziz Hashim Becomes IFA Chairman As Four Other Franchisees Are Named To IFA's Leadership Board.
- Multi-Unit Franchisee
- 5,786 Reads
We kick off 2016 with our annual Mega 99 issue: a list of the largest U.S. franchisees ranked by total number of units--along with 7 profiles of multi-unit mega-operators.
- 5,165 Reads 4 Shares
New Census Bureau data finds franchise businesses accounted for 560,086 establishments and 10.8 million jobs in 2012.
- Multi-Unit Franchisee
- 6,507 Reads 6 Shares
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