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Larry Lee had a built-in advantage when he leveraged his career in real estate and shopping center development to include franchising.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 6,093 Reads
Recently, I had the opportunity to attend a presentation on "Understanding Customer Loyalty and Designing Effective Reward Programs," by Clay Voorhees, assistant professor of marketing at Michigan State University.
  • Plante Moran
  • 4,514 Reads 82 Shares
In 1984, I met Fred DeLuca, co-founder of Subway, then a 19-year-old retail chain with approximately 300 stores. Many of us would be happy with such development success.
  • Steve Olson
  • 5,201 Reads 21 Shares
Consumer marketing changes constantly - no news there. Keeping up is another story. Tactics and thinking that were progressive and results-oriented yesterday are passe and ineffective today.
  • Kerry Pipes & Eddy Goldberg
  • 3,944 Reads
A busy NYC restaurant kept getting bad reviews for slow service, so they hired a firm to investigate. When they compared footage from 2004 to footage from 2014, they made some pretty startling discoveries.
  • Maia McCann
  • 4,198 Reads
Every franchisor wants to attract a "certain type" of franchisee. Lately, the type of franchisee every franchisor seems to want is a multi-unit franchisee.
  • Molly Rowe
  • 4,049 Reads
Before rebranding to Old Chicago Pizza & Taproom in 2013, Old Chicago Pizza & Pasta had a successful 37-year history that served three generations of guests.
  • Mike Mrlik
  • 3,109 Reads 1 Shares
Tony Lutfi, who immigrated to the United States from Lebanon, is one of the most successful QSR franchisees in the country, rapidly growing his five food brands to market domination and record revenues.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 8,754 Reads 1 Shares
Some would say find what you do best and stick with it. If you've been successful with food franchising, then stay in that lane.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 27,862 Reads 8 Shares
Jack Hough has never been limited by space. Back in 1996, he was trying to figure out which restaurants to place where in a somewhat limited space at the North Georgia Premium Outlets mall.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 6,192 Reads 2 Shares
Change in a franchise system is inevitable. All franchise brands across all segments -food, home services, health and wellness, B2B, and others--eventually come to a point in their growth where the choice is clear...
  • Michael Abt, CEO
  • 3,223 Reads 22 Shares
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Growing franchisee profitability usually requires growing the top line, as well as controlling costs. With no rising economic tide to lift all boats, the way to grow sales is to take share from the competition.
  • Jack Mackey
  • 5,993 Reads
Rose Colarossi, a high-energy multi-unit franchisee from Frisco, Texas, likes to open remarks about her franchising career with this question: "Which came first: the mama or the egg?"
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 8,482 Reads 1 Shares
For the third consecutive year, FPN is reviewing the previous year's sales trends in the franchise space. While not encompassing all of franchising,
  • Tom Epstein
  • 4,740 Reads
In 1996, Jack Hough was trying to figure out which restaurants to place where in a somewhat limited space at the North Georgia Premium Outlets mall.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 10,733 Reads 28 Shares
Franchising is all about outsourcing. Someone comes up with a great concept and essentially outsources its growth to franchisees so corporate can focus on its core task of system development.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 12,224 Reads 3 Shares
Conventional wisdom says it makes sense for multi-unit franchisees with food brands to stick with food as they expand. Ahmed El-Hawary doesn't see it that way.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 9,288 Reads 2 Shares
I literally grew up working in the business before it became a holding company for multiple franchised service brands. By the time I was 13, I was learning all about sales and customer service at a car wash my father owned.
  • Franchise Update
  • 4,973 Reads
Ted Kergan has been a student in the school of hard knocks. He's got the diploma to prove it. But along the way he's become Louisiana's largest Sonic Drive-In franchisee.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 13,399 Reads 3 Shares
This winter, many of us were confined to the house by bad weather, and it's likely that you were exposed to some outrageously expensive TV commercials in the Super Bowl and the Olympics, or in the network programming that helped pass the time, even entertained at times.
  • Barry Klein
  • 3,560 Reads
For many multi-unit franchisees one brand just isn't enough. They prefer to spread their risk across different brands, seeking diversity and economies of scale.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 9,650 Reads 1,023 Shares
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If you have decided to "Go Global" with your franchise, the next question is, "Now what?" Recent reports by both McKinsey and the Economist indicate that global executives in many regions of the world are more bullish about new investments than in recent years.
  • William Edwards
  • 3,166 Reads
Discovery Day is show time! Whether you have one franchise or a thousand, this special event propels your sales process to a crescendo.
  • Steve Olsen
  • 3,153 Reads
When he was a young man fresh off the farm in Dalhart, Texas, Mike Treadwell wanted to stretch his entrepreneurial wings by opening a restaurant. First, he opened an Alfie's Fish 'n Chips in Amarillo, then a Mike's Fried Chicken & Fish.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 8,294 Reads 26 Shares
At the 2013 Multi-Unit Foodservice Operators conference, Chick-fil-A President Dan Cathy explained how the company plans to grow in the future.
  • Jack Mackey
  • 5,816 Reads
Apple's new iBeacon technology, an "indoor positioning system" that allows devices to notify iPhones and iPads when they're nearby, is being evaluated by a lot of mobile marketers.
  • Daniel Lieberman
  • 4,319 Reads
When a customer ordered a sandwich at one of Mike Knobelock's restaurants in North Carolina, it came with pickles on it. "They didn't like pickles," says JJ Villafranca, COO at Knobelock's company.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 6,897 Reads 2 Shares
In previous articles we looked at the basics of taking your franchise global, how technology helps you succeed globally, and how U.S. franchises are growing around the world. So if you have decided to "Go Global" with your franchise, the next question is, "Now what?"
  • William Edwards
  • 3,175 Reads 1 Shares
Frances Allen is no stranger to big brands. Over the past 25 years, she's logged successful stints as a senior marketing executive at Dunkin' Donuts, Sony Ericsson, PepsiCo, and Frito-Lay.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 5,183 Reads 1 Shares
Imagine you're a new snowboarder or skier having a rough day on the slopes. Suddenly, a Vail Resorts employee glides alongside of you. You wonder if she's going to ask you to get off the mountain so you don't endanger yourself or anyone else.
  • John Tschohl
  • 4,534 Reads 1,014 Shares
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