For the second quarter in a row franchises posted strong positive returns. In Q2-2019, franchise companies’ returns significantly outpaced those for both Russell 2000 and S&P 500. Non-food franchises outperformed their food counterparts, with latter losing further market capital as “go-private” deals for brands like Papa Murphy’s continued to impact the FRANdex in Q3. Returns […]
It is increasingly clear that we are near the end of the current economic expansion. While it hasn’t been a robust period, it has been a persistently improving one–and the second-longest growth period in modern U.S. history. What comes next? We have two sets of franchise-related insights into the economic period we’re likely heading into […]
On Franchise Management Programs: “For a long time, universities and their business schools had been indifferent towards franchising. It wasn’t an oversight that accounted for franchising never being taught in business schools. Business schools have just never seen the point..” Read more here. In the News: Yum! Brands Names PepsiCo’s Chris Turner CFO [QSR] Tijuana […]
For a long time, universities and their business schools had been indifferent towards franchising. It wasn’t an oversight that accounted for franchising never being taught in business schools. Business schools have just never seen the point: All its elements, they say — marketing, logistics, management — are taught in other classes. It had long been […]
Forbes commissioned FRANdata yet again to analyze the over 3200 franchise brands in the United States. We measured them according to 5 main criteria which Forbes deemed important for prospective franchise investors to measure– system sustainability, system demand, value for investment, franchisor support, and franchisor stability. The value for investment score is comprised of various […]