On moving away from IPOs:
2014. A year when franchises were the poster child for initial public offerings in the United States. According to Renaissance Capital, 41 IPOs were set to happen in 2014 and it was considered the best year for IPO deals since the tech-stock boom of 2000.
In the News:
- Amazon wants you to start a business to deliver its packages [CNN]
- Moody’s revamps small business credit underwriting [PYMNTS]
- Golden Gate Capital acquires The Learning Experience [Franchising.com]
- Garbanzo names Juice it Up! founder as chief development officer [Nation’s Restaurant News]
- Shanghai’s first ‘shared restaurant’ opens [Shanghaiist]
- Jimmy John’s not responsible for franchisees’ labor policies, judge rules [Post Bulletin]
- Vaping industry rallies to oppose looming flavor crackdown from the FDA [The Daily Vaper]
- The American Dream deferred [Brookings]
- How technology is changing Franchising worldwide [Franchising.com]
- Starbucks loses another top executive [Nation’s Restaurant News]
- On the move: Q2 restaurant exec changes [Nation’s Restaurant News]
- Why should U.S. franchisors be concerned about the GDPR? [IFA Blog]
- How Floor Coverings International made its top franchise better [Forbes]
- Salons by JC to see record revenue from franchises, president says [Dallas Business Journal]
- Amazon may launch small business lending program in China [Ecns.cn]
- NPC restructures, names Steve Layt to head Pizza Hut division [Nation’s Restaurant News]
- Matt Hayes, owner, BrightStar Care of Mid-Missouri [Columbia Business Times]
- Small is big again in Franchising [Forbes]
- ABQ company gets new HQ to keep up with national growth [Albuquerque Journal]
- Franchising isn’t everyone’s pie or muffin, but it could be [The Sydney Morning Herald]
- Franchising to grow to $24 billion by 2020, bucking slump in other sectors [Business Mirror]
- Small business ownership and low-cost franchising [Newswire]