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Heather Spell and her husband Gentry spent the last decade as ticket brokers, finding their customers the best seats for sports and entertainment events in the Sacramento area.
- Kerry Pipes
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Technologists busily reinventing the World Wide Web say franchises can look forward to an Internet where it will be much easier to collaborate, innovate, and to manipulate data and software on a wide variety of Net-friendly devices.
- Joe Dysart
- 5,236 Reads 2 Shares
Of course, not all events are worth the same price, but many executives often respond as if they are. Stressed executives can exhibit the same heart rate increase, elevated blood pressure, and hormonal release when running late for a meeting as if confronted by a thug with a knife. The human toll is the equivalent of paying $1,500 for a $50 sweater. Do that too frequently and your resources will be spent. Take similar exhaustion across the organization and the tally becomes astronomical. Many distressed companies not only fail to realize how distressed they are, but also how much that distress costs them in productivity and profit.
- Cathy L. Greenberg
- 4,249 Reads 36 Shares
After Tom Barnett graduated from the United States Air Force Academy, his first assignment as a lieutenant was to head to UCLA for an MBA. That wound up costing the Air Force a career professional.
- John Carroll
- 4,690 Reads 1 Shares
All development people dream about that perfect prospect. Someone who is interested in their concept, pre-qualified and brought to them by a highly respected third party, an introduction that carries with it a direct or implied endorsement.
- Kay Ainsley
- 2,955 Reads 6 Shares
John Prince has done a lot in his 66 years. He's been a radio talk show host, reporter, stockbroker, and even ran a small hot dog and soup stand. He's worked at SmithBarney, Citibank, been a multi-concept owner, and even started his own franchise brand (more on that later). He's seen franchising from more than both sides now.
- Eddy Goldberg
- 17,938 Reads 5 Shares
There has been a growing trend in the world of franchising to tell candidates more about their earnings potential. Item 19 in the Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD) is the section that provides details on earnings, costs, and other factors likely to affect future financial performance after a candidate signs on to become a franchisee.
- Eddy Goldberg and Kerry Pipes
- 23,390 Reads 2 Shares
After my workshop on loss prevention and security at Franchise Update's Multiunit Franchising conference this past April in Scottsdale, attendees made their desire clear for more information on the topic--and for specific tactics they could employ to improve profitability. After all, every dollar not lost to employee or customer theft (or some other form of controllable loss), falls directly to the bottom line.
- Rollie Trayte and Gary Widman
- 4,544 Reads 3 Shares
Unfortunately, many franchisors flounder in direct-response recruitment advertising. Typically, their development efforts focus on improving their sales and media sources, with minimal attention paid to increasing ad performance.
- Steve Olson
- 3,642 Reads 1 Shares
When we visited with Hank Huth last year, the franchising veteran was keeping busy overseeing his 23 Blockbuster Video locations and 7 Palm Beach Tan units. He had an eye on expanding his Palm Beach Tan portfolio and he did just that in 2007, adding 3 more and winning the company's 2007 Developer of the Year Award. But that's not all he's been busy developing.
- Kerry Pipes
- 8,751 Reads 1 Shares
There's a loud ruckus, a crowd gathers 'round, and a customer is sprawled on the floor next to the soft drink dispenser. The area is covered in soda and ice and the customer laments she slipped, fell, and is injured because of your negligence.
- Kerry Pipes
- 9,012 Reads 1 Shares
With her high energy and positive attitude, it's no surprise that Linda Fong is a successful multi-brand, multiunit franchisee. However, like many franchisees, she's not one of those who made a plan and followed a straight line to that success. But it's the detours and her individualism that have taught her what she needed.
- Eddy Goldberg
- 3,572 Reads 15 Shares
When Bill McPherson was growing up in the San Fernando Valley, he dreamed of being a professional basketball player. He was good enough to get a scholarship to the University of California at Irvine.
- Debbie Selinsky
- 3,810 Reads 3 Shares
Growing up with a father who owned a Burger King gave Will Bigham an early look into the back room operations of fast food franchising, laying the groundwork for his own career.
- John Carroll
- 4,025 Reads 43 Shares
Performing a financial analysis of your existing units, for disclosure to franchise candidates in Item 19 of your FDD, could be one of the most important decisions you make for your concept
- Marc Kiekenapp
- 3,679 Reads 2 Shares
For Bill Gellert, who currently owns and operates 14 franchise units across three brands, with a fourth on the way, business is "a constant mixture of fear and excitement." And he loves it.
- Eddy Goldberg
- 4,085 Reads 37 Shares
"I love the action of the restaurants and the strategy of the real estate. This is the jackpot business for me," says Mike Scanlon, president and CEO of Thomas and King in Lexington, Ky., where he opened his first Applebee's in 1988.
- Eddy Goldberg
- 5,409 Reads 1,021 Shares
Against a background of greater economic uncertainty in 2008, will franchise development become more difficult?
In a word, yes. To be clear, the franchise business model is alive, well, and growing. This decade's accelerating growth in units and expansion of companies embracing the franchise business model are testament to that. However, it appears that more challenging times are awaiting us in 2008. Here are some of the reasons—and suggestions for what franchisors can do.
- Darrell Johnson
- 3,680 Reads 3 Shares
Customer loyalty cannot be bought. Loyalty is created by great experiences. And loyalty is lost by poor experiences--or loyalty is lost to a competitor who takes care of customers better than you do.
- Jack Mackey
- 3,098 Reads 3 Shares
"How's risk management in the big bank world?" he asked the banker.
"I wish it were that," the banker replied. "It's more about risk elimination. We won't make a loan to anybody unless they don't need the money."
- Eddy Goldberg
- 3,717 Reads 7 Shares
The news is depressing, the economy is sinking, financing is hard to get, the market is down, gas prices are up, and competition is fierce. So why are all these multiunit franchisees smiling?
- Bill Hall
- 3,433 Reads 1 Shares
As vice president of concept development at HMSHost, Novack has his plate full, and seems to relish every bite.
- Eddy Goldberg
- 6,630 Reads 1,023 Shares
During the past 20 years, we have witnessed a generation of multiunit franchise operators grow up. Today there are more than 40,000 of them.
- Darrell Johnson
- 6,145 Reads 1 Shares
In June 2008, heavy rains caused flooding that filled the basement and rose two feet high on the first floor of Columbus Regional Hospital in Columbus, Indiana. The flooding closed the hospital, forcing the evacuation of 157 patients and causing an estimated $125 million in damages. Paul Davis National (PDN) was soon on the scene, part of the team brought in to mitigate the damage and allow the regional health care facility to reopen as quickly as possible.
- Eddy Goldberg
- 3,440 Reads 1,021 Shares
The Government of Afghanistan is currently reviewing a bill that would reform and modernize the country's contract law. Afghanistan is a civil code jurisdiction and, currently, contracts are governed by sections of the country's Civil Code (dating from 1976) and Commercial Code (dating from 1955). Both the 1976 Civil Code and the 1955 Commercial Code are based on the laws of Egypt, which in turn are based on French civil law. During the period following the Soviet invasion, and the subsequent civil war in Afghanistan, little attention was paid to updating or modernizing these Afghanistan statutes.
- Herbert S. Wolfson
- 11,383 Reads 3 Shares
Korea's first franchise law, the Fair Franchise Transactions Act (the "FFTA") was adopted May 2002, effective Nov. 2002. Its Presidential Enforcement Decree - setting forth detailed information to be provided in the franchise information disclosure statement and a description of concrete types of unfair transactions broadly prohibited under FFTA - was promulgated Nov. 2002 (last amended June 2003). In the Korean system, Enforcement Decrees provide detailed instructions for statutory compliance; therefore, it is to be expected that 2004's changes to applicable law will be found in future amendments to the Enforcement Decree.
- Hyun-Sang Youn & Brendon Carr
- 5,245 Reads 31 Shares
Ask any small business owner in the country how important customer retention and loyalty are and they'll tell you they rank right up top of the list of business priorities. It's no different in franchising.
- Kerry Pipes
- 3,422 Reads 76 Shares
Franchise Update Media Group, the leading industry resource for franchise development, today announced that Area Developer Magazine has a new name: Multi-Unit Franchisee Magazine, effective with the Issue III 2008 edition, which will be published at the end of the month.
- Press Release
- 5,036 Reads
Beyond the unmistakable impact of the Internet and World Wide Web, advances in technologies used every day by franchisees are continuing to change the face of franchising -- and the way franchisees do business.
- Eddy Goldberg
- 3,710 Reads 1,014 Shares
Franchise Update Media Group, the leading industry resource for franchise development, announces that registration is now open for the 10th Annual Franchise Leadership & Development Conference, which will be held at The Drake Hotel in Chicago, Sept. 24-26, 2008. The theme for this year is "Driving Performance in Tough Times."
- Press Release
- 3,192 Reads 3 Shares
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