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Millennials provide a unique challenge for businesses today. Many business operators are struggling to understand this generation and how to get the most out of the employer-employee relationship.
  • Jennifer Kushell
  • 4,205 Reads 91 Shares
PostNet International Franchise Corp., which turns 20 this year, entered franchising with a development culture firmly in place.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 3,002 Reads 1 Shares
This is the third part of a mini-series on how to better understand the psychology of franchise buyers.
  • Steve Olson
  • 2,848 Reads 81 Shares
John Metz is a franchisor (Hurricane Grill & Wings), a franchisee (Denny's, Dairy Queen, assorted hotels), a landlord, and a renter/lessee--as well as having other several business interests.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 5,072 Reads 4 Shares
As founder and executive chairman of The Saxton Group in Dallas, Kelly Saxton has taken a family approach to building a business that has opened and operated more than 100 restaurants in his 30-year career.
  • Helen Bond
  • 7,889 Reads 252 Shares
Ten years ago, if someone told you that the second biggest retail company by market capitalization (after Walmart) would actually be a virtual or a cloud company, you would have laughed.
  • Amit Pamecha
  • 3,631 Reads 48 Shares
Many organizations are made up of extraordinarily talented teams in development, operations, human resources, marketing, finance, and other functions, often with each function armed with their own goals and objectives.
  • Franchise Update
  • 2,863 Reads 212 Shares
October marked an infamous anniversary on Wall Street. Twenty-five years ago, the unthinkable happened when the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped a record 106 points to end the trading week at just under 2500.
  • Carol Schleif
  • 4,449 Reads 4 Shares
With an estimated 1.8 zettabytes of information created and stored in 2011 alone, there has never been a more opportune time for hackers to challenge franchise data security, according to a DC Digital Universe study.
  • Peter Clark
  • 8,719 Reads 390 Shares
The first step to a successful franchisee grand opening is disciplined advance planning.
  • Franchise Update
  • 5,234 Reads 1,021 Shares
To Glenn Mueller, franchising at its core is a partnership. And as the largest single franchisee in the Domino's Pizza system at 135 units, he's a great partner to have.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 20,088 Reads 6 Shares
Tropical Smoothie Cafe
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There's always more hype and more promises during a presidential election season. With all the rhetoric, expectations rise.
  • Darrell Johnson
  • 2,636 Reads 1,023 Shares
The New Year has just arrived and now is the time many revaluate life and career. Most people think about their careers as an occupation but few view their careers as a vocation.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 7,010 Reads 1,014 Shares
Great leaders are passionate. They possess an absolute love for what they do. Apple's Steve Jobs observed, "I don't think of my life as a career... I do stuff.
  • Timothy Bednarz
  • 6,451 Reads 1 Shares
Like most U.S. business sectors, the smoothie industry was hit hard during the recession.
  • Frank Easterbrook
  • 4,258 Reads 20 Shares
Veterans make great franchisees. Organized, disciplined, determined - all characteristics that suit them for franchising. Chris Rolen is a great example.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 5,529 Reads 1,014 Shares
Litigation is America's fastest growing business because plaintiffs have everything to gain and nothing but a few hours to lose, says Hillel Presser, author of Financial Self-Defense (Revised Edition).
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 4,650 Reads 1 Shares
It's old news to all of us that franchising has evolved since 2007 with the changes in the lending environment, home equity, high unemployment rates, and lack of consumer confidence.
  • Marc Kiekenapp
  • 3,936 Reads 18 Shares
I am often asked how I define exceptional customer service. Here it is in a nutshell: speed, price, and technology - all built around service.
  • John Tschohl
  • 6,805 Reads
Rich Hope has spent three decades in advertising and is comfortable planning marketing strategies and executing successful campaigns.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 6,423 Reads 1 Shares
Have you heard the joke about the chief marketing officer who walks into a bar?
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 3,659 Reads 212 Shares
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Welcome to 2018. The future of franchising is upon us. What does the landscape look like?
  • Dean Zuccarello
  • 8,349 Reads 2 Shares
Trying to get a handle on your 2013 social media marketing strategy? Good luck with that!
  • Daniel Lieberman
  • 2,255 Reads 14 Shares
When Burger King set out to revamp its menu, it made sense that Tom McDonald would have some input.
  • Helen Bond
  • 11,175 Reads 2 Shares
Taking risks is a part of life for Greg Mooneyham. He is, after all, a former Air Force fighter pilot.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 9,778 Reads 493 Shares
Franchisees nationwide are looking for new ways to cut costs and improve efficiency. Payroll is an easy, and yet often overlooked, opportunity for companies to make operational changes that will have a direct, measurable impact on the bottom line.
  • Matt Merriam
  • 5,269 Reads 134 Shares
When Steve Olson stepped onto the stage at the Leadership & Development Conference in Atlanta in October, he once again had the unenviable job of reporting the good, the bad, and the ugly in franchise development as seen through the lens of Franchise Update Media Group's annual Mystery Shopper survey.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 5,151 Reads
In a recent survey, workplace expert Michelle McQuaid found that 65 percent of workers in the United States would be happier if they had a boss who recognized their good work
  • John Tschohl
  • 6,152 Reads 270 Shares
Franchise business growth will slow down a bit in 2013 yet will continue to outpace growth in other business sectors, according to an IHS Global Insight report prepared for the International Franchise Association Educational Foundation.
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You can't improve what you don't measure, the old saying goes... which is one reason so many in franchising eagerly anticipate the release of the Annual Franchise Development Report (AFDR) at Franchise Update Media Group's annual Leadership & Development Conference.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 3,669 Reads 117 Shares
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