Every franchise brand you’ve ever heard of had a first franchisee. That means someone signed before there was a playbook to fully validate. Should that be you? Are you looking at a brand-new franchise...

The Brass Tap franchise just signed its first franchise agreement in Delaware. The new bar is planned for Middletown, at the Bayberry Town Center. Key Takeaways The Brass Tap signed its first Delaware...

Buying a franchise with your spouse sounds romantic. Two people. One dream. A shared grand opening photo. Then reality shows up. One of you is picking paint colors. The other is asking about the personal...

An Amazon storefront is a strange thing to sell. The revenue is real, the margins are documented down to the cent and yet a buyer still has to take it on faith that the account won’t get suspended, the...

I’ve written about AI and the franchise business before, but not in a situation like this. One in which a major franchisor like McDonald’s is being accused of using AI for illegal price-fixing...