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Franchising is bursting--not busting--out all over, with a flurry of financing, M&A, and IPO activity.
  • Eddy Goldberg
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After earning a degree in computer science from the University of Delaware, Craig Colby set up his own consulting and programming business for the first decade of his career.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 12,306 Reads 2 Shares
Everyone loves a good comeback story, and I am honored and humbled to be at the helm of a classic turnaround tale.
  • Paul Mangiamele
  • 5,752 Reads 1 Shares
Franchising is bursting (not busting!) out all over this spring, with a flurry of activity in financing, M&A activity, and franchisee incentives.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 6,652 Reads 1 Shares
As savvy franchise companies continue to flourish in a volatile economy, FUSR continues to bring you good news each month, highlighting brands that are adding units, increasing comp store sales, innovating, and continuing to grow, whether domestically or overseas.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 7,510 Reads 311 Shares
One brand, two brands, three brands, more. When it comes to growth and expansion, that's exactly what many multi-unit operators have in mind.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 14,098 Reads 6 Shares
A recent article in QSR magazine explores how foodservice companies can increase sales and build stronger brand loyalty with consumers by licensing their products for sale in supermarkets and other retail outlets.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 3,700 Reads 153 Shares
It's an open question whether anyone can do much to help make their content go viral.
  • Daniel Lieberman
  • 3,898 Reads 4 Shares
In the current economic climate, where businesses are merging, downsizing, and outsourcing at mind-boggling rates, it's hard to maintain your leadership equilibrium.
  • Joelle Jay, Ph.D.
  • 5,349 Reads 111 Shares
Franchisee satisfaction is a pillar of our business. It is both a point of emphasis and a source of great pride for the our executive team and support staff.
  • Franchise Update
  • 5,599 Reads 240 Shares
This has always been the place, right? America, I mean, where anybody can start with nothing and turn it into something.
  • Jack Mackey
  • 9,508 Reads 3 Shares
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In business, a lot changes in three years, especially in a down economy. And while his business has taken a turn for the worse, Tom Barnett's values and commitments remain strong as ever.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 9,939 Reads 485 Shares
Every business sector has its leaders, its standouts, its superstars. In franchising these are the Empire Builders, multi-unit and multi-brand franchisees who operate not one or two, but 10, 20, 100, or more franchised units.
  • Franchise Update Media
  • 16,265 Reads 1,023 Shares
When Lenny's Sub Shop offered fans who "liked" its Facebook page a free half-pound sandwich as part of a Valentine's Day promotion last year, the Memphis-based franchise felt the love.
  • Helen Bond
  • 4,921 Reads 139 Shares
If you're wondering what a movie about baseball has to do with customer loyalty, I can give you the answer in one word: insight.
  • Jack Mackey
  • 4,470 Reads 1,023 Shares
Tommy Haddock has added 10 Bojangles' Famous Chicken 'n Biscuits restaurants since we profiled him six years ago.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 9,740 Reads 3 Shares
Tommy Haddock has added 10 Bojangles' Famous Chicken 'n Biscuits restaurants since we profiled him six years ago.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 7,449 Reads 3 Shares
I recommend you get your management team together and take them to see the baseball movie "Moneyball," adapted from the book by Michael Lewis.
  • Jack Mackey
  • 4,602 Reads 89 Shares
Franchise shows were the champions of recruitment during the 1980s and early 1990s. Franchisors effectively sold owners throughout the U.S. by "working the circuit" 40 weeks a year.
  • Steve Olson
  • 5,327 Reads 81 Shares
Food--fast, slow, casual, takeout, sit-down, delivery--is by far the largest single sector in franchising.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 8,819 Reads
You search and screen and interview for the best employees. Days pass, sometimes weeks, as you narrow down your choices (and continue to operate understaffed).
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 9,601 Reads 1 Shares
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Local store marketing (LSM) strategies can go a long way in boosting a brand's growth and nationwide image, says Sandy Lechner, president and CEO of Boca Raton, Fla.-based Synergy Brand Management, which provides turnkey branding solutions for franchises.
  • Helen Bond
  • 10,541 Reads 2 Shares
Real estate brokers and franchise consultants have repeated the phrase "location, location, location" for nearly 100 years.
  • Noah Glass
  • 11,137 Reads 3 Shares
Franchisors recognize the best performers in their system each year with a Franchisee of the Year award.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 8,923 Reads 7 Shares
Sam Covelli says he grew up in the restaurant business working in his father's McDonald's.
  • Tracy Staton
  • 7,572 Reads 1 Shares
As the economy continues to struggle through a slow recovery, business people everywhere are looking for any tools or techniques that will help them keep their businesses alive and thriving.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 8,314 Reads 1 Shares
Sam Covelli says he grew up in the restaurant business working in his father's McDonald's. Under his father's leadership, Covelli Enterprises eventually grew to 26 locations, one of the largest McDonald's franchisees in the country.
  • Tracy Staton
  • 32,904 Reads 3 Shares
Ray Harrigill believes in diversification. His Sunray Companies has restaurants (Bumpers Drive-In), tanning salons (Palm Beach Tan), fitness centers (Koko FitClub), and hotel properties (Hampton Inn), to name a few. That's because of lessons he's learned along the way.
  • Tracy Staton
  • 11,081 Reads
Zane Tankel is not waiting on any government job programs to help his business.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 5,660 Reads 197 Shares
There was a time when a hacker needed exceptional computer skills to breach a system. Only the most talented and experienced computer users could successfully bypass even the most minimal security provisions.
  • David Ellis
  • 11,365 Reads
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