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This series, featuring highlights from the 2017 Annual Franchise Development Report (AFDR), continues with a look at the different ways multi-unit operators find new brands.
  • Eddy Goldberg
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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
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What's not to love about big data? To paraphrase Sandy Pentland, the big data guru at MIT: The power of big data is that it is information about what people do, not what they say.
  • Jim Bender
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If you're paying attention to media, you know that Snapchat is being crowned the new social media (if not total media) darling.
  • Adam Pierno
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After 25 years in the restaurant business, Mike Richey knows that an offer of a dollar more per hour from a competitor can be too much for an employee to refuse.
  • Sara Wykes
  • 9,269 Reads 3 Shares
Women play a critical and growing role in franchising. In our Annual Women's Issue, we profiled 28 "C-Suite Women." We share their profiles in this new weekly series
  • Franchise Update
  • 6,313 Reads 1,021 Shares
On one end of the spectrum of international expansion is the thought that you are offering consumers in other countries the opportunity to partake in an American experience and nothing will change from market to market.
  • Kay Ainsley
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2017 Multi-Unit Franchising Conference Rolls Into Vegas Setting New Attendance Records and Raising The Bar For The Multi-Unit Franchising Industry.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
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Arby's Largest Franchisee Acquires 10 More Units in The West. US Beef Now Operates 360 Arby's Locations.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
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3 ways Firehouse Subs uses email marketing to build its brand
  • Colby Cavanaugh
  • 7,144 Reads 11 Shares
Social media marketing news you can use. This week: 1) 6 tips on how applied analytics can improve your decision-making; 2) Latinos' influence on foodservice continues to grow; 3) Big-name advertisers question the basic promise of digital advertising; 4) Calculating the ROI of online reputation management.
  • Eddy Goldberg
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Matt Rusconi, who recently added a hot new tech franchise to his two restaurant brands, has a refreshing attitude toward work: he loves it.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 8,979 Reads 1 Shares
Each spring, Franchise Update Media publishes its multi-brand 50 ranking of the largest U.S. franchisees that operate more than one brand.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 4,351 Reads 2 Shares
Women play a critical and growing role in franchising. In our Annual Women's Issue, we profiled 28 "C-Suite Women." We share their profiles in this new weekly series.
  • Franchise Update
  • 5,991 Reads 6 Shares
Franchising is a tough business. There's competition, overhead, rising costs, changing consumer tastes, social media, and now legislative and regulatory threats to deal with--while you're busy hiring and training employees, updating your menu, remodeling your stores, and dealing with insurance, taxes, and suppliers.
  • Kerry Pipes & Eddy Goldberg
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An alligator looks about the same as it did 100 million years ago. However, it evolved into a smaller, quicker version as the world around it changed.
  • Darrell Johnson
  • 3,004 Reads 1 Shares
Bloomin' Brands' largest franchisee, Cerca Trova, expands with refranchising acquisition of 45 Outback Steakhouse locations out west.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 9,165 Reads 1 Shares
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
  • 17,472 Reads 9 Shares
Looking for more multi-unit operators? Here's how!
  • Kay Ainsley
  • 3,436 Reads 3 Shares
This series, featuring highlights from the 2017 Annual Franchise Development Report (AFDR), continues with a look at franchisors that exceeded their goals, by category.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 2,701 Reads
New consumer survey finds decline in consumers dining out and highlights restaurant industry challenges and opportunities in technology, delivery and labor costs, and growth.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 4,143 Reads 2 Shares
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Women play a critical and growing role in franchising. In our Annual Women's Issue, we profiled 28 "C-Suite Women." We share their profiles in this new weekly series.
  • Franchise Update
  • 4,561 Reads 1,014 Shares
Multi-unit franchisee brings new Taco John's location to Virginia, expanding his company to include 7 locations throughout 5 states.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 5,415 Reads 2 Shares
Customer service guru John DiJulius draws customer service lessons from United Airlines' latest gaffe.
  • John DiJulius
  • 5,819 Reads 17 Shares
Social media marketing news you can use. This week: 1) Marriott's new Snapchat campaign; 2) 4 mistakes you could be making with your marketing personas; 3) how to market your brand with Facebook Stories; and 4) new survey examines restaurant customers' plans for the next 12 months.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 3,857 Reads 2 Shares
We enter 2017 with a greater than normal number of economic uncertainties for all three major participants in the franchise business model: franchisors, franchisees, and capital providers.
  • Darrell Johnson
  • 5,819 Reads 1,023 Shares
In 2015, when opportunity came knocking, Susan Boresow answered the bell. At the time she was CMO at Massage Envy. Today she's president of Title Boxing Club, the boutique fitness franchise that specializes in boxing and kickboxing fitness classes with more than 160 locations in the U.S. and abroad.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 6,309 Reads 2 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
  • 10,252 Reads 2 Shares
This series, featuring highlights from the 2017 Annual Franchise Development Report (AFDR), continues with a look at sales closing ratios.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 6,287 Reads 2 Shares
The roles of community and customer loyalty and how they can impact your hiring and retaining of great employees who will provide a better impact on your franchising success.
  • Kendall Rawls
  • 11,893 Reads 7 Shares
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