A franchise business is a business owned by an entrepreneur or an entrepreneurial group, offering a product or service labeled by a corporation that provides assistance in every aspect of the business ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Anyone with internet access and a mild case of curiosity can look up the definition of franchising. In a strictly technical sense, the ...

We have all probably eaten at a fast food restaurant sometime within the past week or picked up our clothes at the dry cleaner. Chances are these purchases were made at a franchise store. Franchising ...

In his Franchising column, David J. Kaufmann, senior partner of Kaufmann Gildin Robbins & Oppenheim, writes: The New York Franchise Act is perhaps the nation's toughest - and one seminal reason why is ...

In order to understand what is to be considered when weighing the alternatives to the franchise expansion route, it makes sense to first know what precisely a franchise is. In the U.S., the Federal ...

Since at least 2008 the authors of this article have noted and expressed their collective concern about the antiquated state of New York’s 1981 franchise law, which has never been amended for ...

Many business owners who consider expansion are unsure of the options and avenues available to them. While replicating your business through the franchising route is arguably one of the most ...