Franchise Articles

Jun 19, 2025

Leisure and hospitality franchises bracing for a...

In 2024, Canadian tourists spent US$20.5 billion visiting America. However, visitor numbers this year have plummeted, leaving many leisure and hospitality franchises concerned about the bottom...

Jun 5, 2025

Should you offer Buy Now Pay Later?

When times are tight, it may be tempting to offer financing to entice customers to support your franchise, but is this really something you should be doing? . Why offer financing?...

May 21, 2025

What's keeping you up at night?

It is a challenging time to run your own business, and success is never guaranteed. Here is a look at the primary issues affecting franchisees at the moment, along with some possible...

May 6, 2025

The Importance Of Effective Risk Strategies

If the last few years have taught us anything, it's how important it is to thoroughly assess all potential risks that could affect businesses and consider how to implement risk reduction...

Apr 23, 2025

Protect your customers against gift card scams

Gift cards and points-based loyalty programs are a great way to keep customers coming back time and time again, but a new scam is emerging that could jeopardize your customers' trust in your...

Apr 7, 2025

Strategies for dealing with overwhelm

As a business owner, you wear many hats. You are the boss, inventory taker, social media presence, accountant, customer-greeter, cleaner, cook and more. You probably think about your business...

Mar 24, 2025

Effective Training Tips for Your Franchise Manager

franchise manager can make or break your franchise's location on a daily operations level. After all, this is the person who will be in charge of how your location will run. When you are not...

Mar 17, 2025

Why you must let your franchisor lead on public...

When your brand is being impacted by external events, it can be tempting to react and issue a statement, discuss your feelings with the press or publicize your personal opinion, but these...

Mar 5, 2025

What tariffs may mean for your franchise

US business owners that import or export goods abroad could soon see their import costs rise and their overseas business drop as new tariffs come into effect. Goods imported from China will now...

Feb 21, 2025

Effective Marketing Techniques To Draw in Tourists

While most marketing campaigns, promotions and advertising drives are targeted at local clients and customers, we should remember the opportunities that tourism provides to individuals,...

Feb 14, 2025

How To Be Successful In Franchising

It's a new year and the perfect time for a new start. Whether you are an experienced franchisee who needs a kickstart to refresh your business aims and plans for the coming year or you're looking...

Feb 7, 2025

Five ways to make your franchise more efficient

Times are tough, and businesses must find ways to streamline their service and improve efficiency if they want to remain profitable. Identifying efficiencies in a franchise organization can be a...

Jan 31, 2025

Can you afford to maintain an open door policy?

Many businesses operate an open door policy, allowing the public to use their facilities for free without the need to purchase anything. This open door policy is one way of complying with...

Jan 21, 2025

How to forge a strong franchisor-franchisee...

The relationship between a franchisor and their franchisees must be one of mutual trust and respect. Without these two important factors, it will not be possible to derive a successful...

Jan 14, 2025

Channel boredom into meaningful pursuits

As a business owner, you can fall into repetitive habits that fail to engage you mentally. This eventually results in stagnation and boredom, and it can quickly sour your enjoyment of your...

Jan 7, 2025

The power of mergers

Although it is unusual in the world of franchising, mergers are an accepted way of achieving business stability and growth. As recently demonstrated by the Nissan and Honda merger, when...

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