Archive for the 'Trends' Category

AME Info:
Seen as an ideal business model for small to medium enterprises (SMEs), the Middle East’s franchise industry is estimated to be worth $30bn, with an average annual growth rate of 25%.
Fuelling this growth is the mammoth retail explosion currently being witnessed across the region, as more and more shopping malls and entertainment centres open […]

Franchising.com:
Dogtopia, a full-service dog daycare, spa and boarding facility known for providing dogs with a fun and positive experience, will celebrate the Grand Opening of its newest location at 139 Endicott Street, offering Danvers area dog owners peace of mind, knowing their dog is in a safe and happy place while they’re at work or […]

Emediawire:
Many sites provide its users with a chance to play games, but they also provide the users with the chance of winning cash prizes, and participating in online tournaments. With new site play-good-games.com, a person will not only be able to enjoy the games that they are playing, but they will also be able to […]

MiamiHerald.com:
At the Cool-de-Sac Play Café, you can find a Lego station with millions of Legos color-sorted and stashed in bins; an arts and crafts center where kids can paint paper plates or ceramic pigs; a bank of gleaming white Apple iMacs on knee-high tables; and naturally, pizza.

This is obviously the result of careful planning, but […]

CNNMoney:
Walk into an area Wal-Mart with hunger pains, and you will have the chance to order a cheeseburger and fries from a McDonald’s restaurant inside.

In a matter of months, customers could have a different choice, perhaps a panini and a smoothie.
Camille’s Sidewalk Cafe, a rapidly growing Tulsa company with 1,000 restaurants open or in development […]

News 8:
Pollo Campero, a Latin American fried-chicken favorite that had been seen in the U.S. only in takeout boxes aboard arriving flights, has teamed up with Wal-Mart to expand its reach to the nation’s growing Hispanic population.

A restaurant bearing the Guatemalan chain’s mascot chicken in a cowboy hat now sells its famed product inside a […]

Boston Globe:
George Naddaff realized he might have a problem when a Bedford police officer spurned his offer of a free snack.
Naddaff is the franchising guru who helped cultivate chains like Boston Chicken, Sylvan Learning Centers, and VR Business Brokers, and 2 years ago, he was attending the opening of the Bedford branch of his latest […]

WhichFranchise:
Kids, adults, hen parties, corporate events and more are all excellent markets for the business which brings fun, music and stardom together in one package.

Pop Star Parties is a home based franchise that delivers a unique ‘Party’ in home or in venue where customers get the full Hollywood treatment.
The Business is run by the Recognition […]

Quick growth does not equal profitability… This is a fad industry that grew way too fast.’ Richard Rosen
FranchisePick:
FranchisePick.com has been focusing on the rise and fall of the meal prep franchise as it serves as a contemporary case study and cautionary tale of the ‘hot new franchise’ phenomenon, and an example of the devastation that […]

The Franchise Magazine:
Home services franchisor Myhome International plc has launched a self-titled new homes and lifestyles magazine. The magazine will cover the variety of professional domestic services on offer from the individual brands within the Myhome Group and will have an initial circulation of 25,000.

Myhome plans to have the magazine distributed through the Myhome franchise […]