Micro-franchising helps people with limited resources become business owners by offering low-cost and proven franchise models ...

For business owners, franchisors and franchisees alike the past two and a half years have been one hard hit after another - a global pandemic and long periods of lockdown and restrictions, the impact ...

While 2025 was the year of the cautious consumer, foodservice franchisees are optimistic about more stability next year and ...

Once upon a time, if you wanted to buy a franchise, you might have found an ad in the paper, like the one that appeared in a 1949 New York Times issue, which I recently found while combing through ...

As the year comes to a close, new franchising programs are kicking off the winter months across the restaurant industry. This ...

Not every business can be franchised, nor should it. While franchising can be the right growth vehicle for someone with an established brand and proven concept that’s ripe for growth, there are other ...

Your business operation may be small now, but perhaps you're to the point where you're considering future expansion. One method of growing your business is to sell franchise units. Franchising allows ...

People often ask me the same question: "How do I know if franchising is the right decision for me?" As the leader of the International Franchise Association (IFA), I know some things to be true: ...

Expanding your business doesn't require growing it all yourself. With a franchising or licensing agreement, you can recruit other entrepreneurs to help. When you franchise, you authorize someone else ...

Michele Henry remembers exactly where she was sitting when she signed the agreement to sell Primp, a cheap-chic boutique she founded in 2010 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Her signature was penned at 10:30 a ...

Franchises typically work best for service-based businesses, while licenses are more conducive to product-based businesses. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising ...

Social equity in cannabis is having a resurgent moment, with recently legalized states like New York learning from the mistakes of earlier programs and finally giving social equity its proper due.