The Agreement That Changed Everything
Once upon a time in an alternative universe, Benjamin Franklin didn’t franchise his printing business, and the American Revolution never happened.
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Franchising Conferences – Proposing a New Direction
Are franchising conferences keeping pace with the issues that we really need to address? Study results will look rosy if you don’t include the systems that have failed and gone out of business.
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The Ghost of David Weil and the Machinery of Anti-Franchise Advocacy: What Brian Callaci Gets Wrong — and Why It Matters
Mr. Callaci’s sweeping claims about the “cruel reign” of a complex method of downstream distribution that covers over 300 distinct industries, without the discipline of peer review, and with seemingly little to no background in franchising, is not economic analysis but instead advocacy with footnotes.
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The Myth That Won’t Die – Isaac Singer and 1851 – Celebrating Franchising’s Founding Father for its 300th Birthday
In 2031, the agreement that founded franchising in North America turns 300 years old. But before franchising can celebrate this birthday properly, it needs to celebrate the correct founder.
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It’s Time to Consider Privatizing Air Traffic Control
Franchising is a performance-based method in which standards are established, franchisees have incentives to meet those standards, and the scale of the system allows for replication of support and supply that makes it economically efficient at the system and local level.
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Retail Theater: Crafting an Immersive Shopping Experience in Franchising
The success of Retail Theater rests on how well you physically convey your brand’s story and the culture of your business, from even before the moment a customer steps through the door. Atmosphere, staff, product/service presentation, and packaging must all be orchestrated into a curated performance.
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Protecting Brand Standards: Finding the right supply chain balance
While franchisors need to maintain brand consistency and quality standards across their networks, franchisees face increasing pressure to protect their profit margins in an inflationary environment. The most successful franchise systems recognize that supply chain management must balance the needs of consistently meeting brand standards with the economic realities facing franchisees.
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MSA Worldwide: Where We Are Today
As an acknowledged leader in franchise consulting, MSA Worldwide’s commitment to our clients is to develop programs that enable them to exceed their goals and improve their franchisees’ performance. Our strategic capabilities in franchising are well known and respected, but it is our ability to execute on a tactical level that separates our practice from other advisors and makes us a valued and essential resource for our clients.
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Franchising Created over 30,000 Private Sector Jobs in October 2017
By Michael Seid, Managing Director, MSA Worldwide The U.S. economy added 2.06 million jobs in 2017, somewhat short of the 2.24 million jobs added in 2016 but representing another solid year of gains. The Labor Department’s jobs report for October 2017 showed the economy adding 261,000 jobs in that month, below Wall Street expectations of…
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California AB 2305, “The Level Playing Field for Small Businesses Act of 2012”
By Michael Seid, Managing Director, MSA Worldwide Originally published in Franchise Law News, 2nd Quarter Edition, 2012 You have to be concerned about what the folks in California’s state capitol of Sacramento are thinking about these days. The California economy is in the tank with statewide unemployment nearing 11% and minority and youth unemployment even…
