Indonesia Feature Articles

Informative articles to support business buyers, franchisees, and franchisors in Indonesia.

Moving Targets: Franchisees Respond to Changing Markets

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
15,334 Reads

Global Tech: How Franchise Brands are Using Technology Abroad

Technology has become essential to the operation of franchised businesses around the world. This incudes not only operating the actual business, but managing the franchisor-franchisee relationship across country and continent boundaries.

William Edwards
13,713 Reads 3 Shares

Global Tech: How Franchise Brands are Using Technology Abroad

William Edwards
14,694 Reads

2015 World Outlook: Country-By-Country Economic Forecast

2015 is starting out as a very busy year for international franchise development. U.S. franchises are exporting their brands more than at any time in history--and to more places.

William Edwards
4,790 Reads 179 Shares

Building a Billion-Dollar Brand: Wingstop's Global Growth Appears to be Unstoppable

Charlie Morrison wasn't looking for a new opportunity. He was already at the helm of Pizza Inn and was the driving force behind the brand's innovative Pie Five concept.

Kerry Pipes
5,863 Reads 2 Shares

Building a Billion-Dollar Brand: Wingstop's Global Growth Appears to be Unstoppable

Charlie Morrison wasn't looking for a new opportunity. He was already at the helm of Pizza Inn and was the driving force behind the brand's innovative Pie Five concept.

Kerry Pipes
6,657 Reads 78 Shares

Going Global - Socially: Social Media Use Varies by Country

Increasingly, U.S. franchisors are using social media sites to build brand awareness, attract new customers, focus marketing on their ideal customer demographic, and even to recruit new franchisees.

William and Heather Edwards
5,071 Reads 28 Shares

Smoothie Operator: Wan Kim is Reshaping the 40-Year-Old Brand

Wan Kim is a quick study. After graduating from Boston University with a degree in international management, he began his MBA studies at the University of California-Irvine at the crest of the investment-heavy dot-com boom of the late '90s/early 2000s.

Kerry Pipes
13,016 Reads 1 Shares

Overseas Expansion 2014: Is It Right for Your Brand?

In 2013, U.S. franchisors of all sizes and from all sectors are "going global" with their brands. Is this a temporary trend or a long-term strategy decision?

William G. Edwards
3,262 Reads

All-STARs!: Recognizing Excellence In Franchise Recruitment

What make a franchise All-STAR? A passion for excellence. That's the premise behind the STAR Awards (Speaking To and Responding), presented annually at Franchise Update's Leadership & Development Conference, held October 3-5 in Atlanta.

Michele Chandler
4,672 Reads

Respect for the Heart of the House

Long Island native Bob Johnston says he did not exactly fall in love with franchising--or the restaurant business--from his vantage point as a dishwasher in his older brothers' Melting Pot restaurant in Tallahassee, Fla.