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Tech Keeps Customers Returning at Anytime Fitness and Waxing the City

How Anytime Fitness and Waxing the City's CMO uses technology to connect with customers

Meredith Jurek
6,977 Reads 578 Shares

Nonstop Expansion: Cleaning Up in the Restoration Business

Mark Davis acquired a small restoration company called Rocky Mountain Catastrophe in Denver in 1996. He was just 27 and didn't know anything about the restoration industry.

Kerry Pipes
6,328 Reads 3 Shares

Researching a Franchise Online

Type "franchise" into Google and you’ll get nearly 200 million hits (June 2017) -- a number that keeps growing every year. So what are the best sources? Which can you can trust to provide you with the information you want? Which ones should you avoid?

Eddy Goldberg
48,087 Reads 3 Shares

Good News! – July 2017

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
4,141 Reads 2 Shares

AR Pizza Franchise Group Adds Pie Five Pizza To Its Portfolio

Dinesh Goswami and his partners with AR Pizza, LLC, already successfully operate 47 Popeye's Chicken locations and eight Arby's restaurants.

Multi-Unit Franchisee
5,619 Reads 51 Shares

28 and Thriving: Hard Work and Long Hours Pay Off for Chelsea Segura

Chelsea Segura signed her first franchise agreement with The Little Gym two months before she graduated from Louisiana State University with a degree in kinesiology.

Debbie Selinsky
16,959 Reads 255 Shares

CMO Roundtable: Using Technology to Understand and Improve Your Customer's Experience

The two main ways we use technology to help us understand and retain customers are through our retention and PLEASE scores.

Franchise Update
7,284 Reads 10 Shares

What is Franchising?

Franchising is a business model that combines the best aspects of sole proprietorship and Corporate America. It can be described as a "hybrid" model that fills the gap between working for somebody else (whether a large corporation or a small business) and working for yourself.

Eddy Goldberg
592,199 Reads 2 Shares

Air Tinsley: Former Pro Basketball Star Scores in Franchising

George Tinsley has been a part of Kentucky Fried Chicken/KFC for more than three decades, so long that he had the opportunity to work alongside the brand's now-legendary founder, Harland "Colonel" Sanders, for three years.

Kerry Pipes
16,606 Reads 197 Shares

Survey Says Franchisees Optimistic About the Economy

Franchisees and investors say the economy is trending up and that regulatory relief and tax reform could provide further benefit for business operators.

Multi-Unit Franchisee
4,545 Reads 41 Shares

Good News! - June 2017

Eddy Goldberg
4,122 Reads 2 Shares

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Global Mobile: Worldwide Trends in Mobile Payment

There are 4.8 billion unique mobile subscribers today, a 65 percent penetration of the world's population; by 2020 these numbers are expected to grow to 5.7 billion and 73 percent, respectively.

William Edwards
4,392 Reads 6 Shares

NPC International, Inc. Acquires 140 Wendy's Units

Pizza Hut's largest franchisee acquires 140 more Wendy's locations, growing to 1,136 Pizza Hut locations in 28 states and 386 Wendy's units in 7 states.

Multi-Unit Franchisee
7,509 Reads 69 Shares

Franchise Update Media Expands to Europe for Continued Growth

Franchise Update goes international with new European partner

Kerry Pipes
4,794 Reads 85 Shares

C-Suite Profiles: Amy Przywara, Karen Raskopf

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
5,971 Reads 70 Shares

Choosing Technology Partners

Craig Ceccanti could be the Clark Kent of franchise software development. Beneath his everyday garb as CEO and co-founder of Pinot's Palette lies his hidden superpower: a double major degree from LSU in computer science and information systems, strengthened by seven years as a software developer for major clients, including the Florida House of Representatives.

Sara Wykes
4,499 Reads 57 Shares

Cyber Security: It Can'T Happen Here (Umm, Yes It Can!)

While the threat of that particular attack appeared to be subsiding a few days later, variations were still a possibility--and new, future attacks are a certainty, whether from state-sponsored hackers, cybercriminals, or teenagers out to impress their friends.

Eddy Goldberg
5,718 Reads 28 Shares

Good News! – May 2017

Eddy Goldberg
4,397 Reads 1,014 Shares

C-Suite Profiles: Debbie Gonzalez, Alice LeBlanc

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
6,346 Reads 1,021 Shares

Going Abroad?: Be Prepared to Make Some Changes!

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
3,219 Reads 1 Shares

C-Suite Profiles: Vanessa Fox, Vicky Garcia

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
6,025 Reads 6 Shares

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The Critical Difference Between Effective and Ineffective Leadership

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
17,526 Reads 9 Shares

C-Suite Profile: Kathleen Donovan, Jennifer Durham

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
4,600 Reads 1,014 Shares

Customer Service Lessons from United Airlines' Latest PR Fail

Customer service guru John DiJulius draws customer service lessons from United Airlines' latest gaffe.

John DiJulius
5,840 Reads 17 Shares

Fit for Leadership: Growth is a Team Sport at Title Boxing Club

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
6,331 Reads 2 Shares

Tennessee Multi-Unit Franchisee to Open Five New Gold's Gym Locations

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
10,294 Reads 2 Shares

Good News! - April 2017

Eddy Goldberg
7,337 Reads 10 Shares

C-Suite Profile: Karri Callahan, Julie Cary

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.