In bad times investors move their money to other areas. Often they pull money from stocks and go to commodities or other areas that are perceived as safer bets. One area that gets an influx of money during down times is franchising. Investors that are tired of watching their money go down, […]

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It’s no secret that consumers are spending less and when you own your own small business even a 5 to 10% decrease can hurt. If you own a franchise that makes most of it’s profit from discretionary income downturns like this can kill as consumers cut out the non-essentials first. What can a small business […]

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A few years ago all the news in franchising came out of the U.S. Now I’m seeing more and more of it from Europe. There are several reasons for this including the weak dollar making U.S. based franchises cheaper as well as other laws that have made buying a franchise in Europe easier than before.
If […]

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