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

Cicis CEO Darren Harris explains why - and how - 30-year-old Cici's Pizza rebranded itself to meet an evolving customer base.
  • Darin Harris
  • 11,409 Reads 5 Shares
Social media marketing news you can use. This week: 1) Using old photos for brand marketing on "Throwback Thursday" on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook; 2) New social network Peach provides a cautionary lesson for brand marketers; 3) a visit to Facebook's headquarters provides insights into how its News Feed works; and 4) a handy guide to "right sizing" images for social network platforms.
  • Daniel Lieberman
  • 3,490 Reads
Mike Pietrzyk has always loved contributing to charitable causes. So it wasn't surprising that a decade ago the Firehouse Subs area representative came up with the idea of selling his restaurants' empty 5-gallon pickle buckets, rather than tossing them out.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 7,782 Reads
Innovation in non-traditional locations defines Gina Puente's approach to business. When we profiled her in 2010, she told us how her family business, Puente Enterprises, had created La Bodega Winery, a winery in an airport, in the mid-1990s.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 7,388 Reads
New Texas law clarifies an employee of a franchisee is not an employee of the franchisor. Other states legislatures are following suit.
  • franchise, franchising, multi unit franchising, franchise update, mult-unit franchisee
  • 6,660 Reads 1,014 Shares
At PuroClean, a strong cultural fit is the key to building, training, and retaining a great sales and development team.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 3,408 Reads
Most markets around the globe have performed well following the lows reached during the financial crisis.
  • Carol M. Schleif
  • 7,204 Reads
So many good things are happening 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
  • 9,419 Reads
Unit franchise growth is the fuel that supplies life and sustainability to every franchisor's existence.
  • Franchise Update
  • 4,028 Reads
Tom Garrett breaks down his 30 years with Arby's--first as an assistant manager, then as the brand's largest franchisee, and finally as CEO of the franchisor--this way: "I like to say that 25 of those years were great, 3 were mediocre, and 2 were miserable--in that order."
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 13,438 Reads 5 Shares
Baskin-Robbins Grows And Launches New Development Option For Franchisees.
  • 5,936 Reads
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Angela Zerda, director of marketing at Mosquito Joe, discusses changes to the brand's marketing plans and strategies for 2016.
  • Angela Zerda
  • 4,004 Reads
Social media marketing news you can use. This week: 1) Why do people share online? Adobe asked 12,000 people in 6 countries. 2) Google's "bad ad" squad "busted" more than 780 million ads last year. 3) Are longer tweets (10,000 characters!) soon coming our way? 4) Six social media marketing trends to know in 2016.
  • Daniel Lieberman
  • 3,227 Reads
Former NFL Cornerback "Retires" To Franchising And Now Shows Other Pro Athletes How They Can Do It, Too.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 20,052 Reads 76 Shares
At Marco's Pizza, validation is the key to franchise development. Here's how they do it!
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 4,411 Reads 1 Shares
Jason Fry won $47 million in the 2008 Florida lottery. He splurged a little but also made some smart business investments with his winnings, like purchasing a Batteries Plus Bulbs franchise.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 19,311 Reads 7 Shares
Franchise recruiting is serious business. Incredibly, year after year, franchise brands continue to fumble the fundamentals. They are not executing the X's and O's.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 3,758 Reads
Study says franchise businesses to continue growth trend in 2016, outpacing economy-wide pace. But regulations continue to impede potential
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 12,534 Reads
Matt Smith, CMO at sweetFrog Premium Frozen Yogurt, dishes on 2016 changes to the brand's marketing strategies and tactics.
  • Matt Smith
  • 9,695 Reads 9 Shares
Annie Aggarwal, whose parents Renu and Bharat Aggarwal moved to Texas from India in 1989, recalls her extended family's surprise in 1997 when her mother decided to use her savings to purchase a Subway franchise in Houston.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 10,144 Reads 6 Shares
Results from the 2016 Annual Franchise Development Report (AFDR) were unveiled in October at the 17th annual Franchise Leadership & Development Conference.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 6,094 Reads
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Cambridge Franchise Holdings acquires 42 more Burger King restaurants and 5 convenience stores in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Arkansas.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 15,020 Reads 3 Shares
Is your franchise development team plugged into what's happening in all your other departments? They should be, if you want to increase sales.
  • Jim Bender
  • 2,797 Reads
So many good things are happening 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.
  • By Eddy Goldberg
  • 5,769 Reads 1,014 Shares
Mary and Ferrel Freer often finish each other's sentences. That's most likely because the Flagstaff, Ariz., couple have been married 49 years--and for most of that time have worked together as franchisees for brands including Sizzler, Del Taco, and Hampton Inn & Suites.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 7,775 Reads 6 Shares
In my 30-plus years in franchising I have often wondered: What is the "DNA" of a franchise sales superstar? Is it a natural selling talent fueled by tremendous drive? Is it pure luck based on representing today's hottest franchise?
  • Steve Olson
  • 3,102 Reads
Dan Tarantin is president and CEO of Harris Research, franchisor of Chem-Dry and N-Hance Wood Renewal. Chem-Dry, founded in 1977, is a carpet and upholstery cleaning brand with more than 3,500 locations in 50 countries and provides services to nearly 10,000 homes daily.
  • By Kerry Pipes
  • 4,412 Reads
Gina Puente creates success non-traditionally through unique brands and airport locations.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 8,671 Reads
Tired of hearing about Gen Y, better known as the Millennials? Here comes Gen Z, your next wave of customers and employees!
  • Adam Pierno
  • 5,065 Reads 1,021 Shares
During the 10 years Kevin Herman worked as a physical therapist providing home care in the Philadelphia area, he heard plenty of stories from patients about the kinds of assistance they needed--and their difficulty in finding those services.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 8,293 Reads 1 Shares

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