MAR. 17, 2010 09:40:00 AM | PRESS RELEASE
Franchise Update Media Group (FUMG), the leading industry resource for franchise development, today announced that its website Franchising.com continues to be ranked in the "Top 5" in eMaximation's latest Franchise Benchmark Report for Franchise Portals. Franchising.com has also been ranked in the "Top 5" for completed franchise applications, an indicator of the quality of leads that are generated.
MAR. 15, 2010 08:00:00 AM | BY EDDY GOLDBERG
The way to a man's heart may be through his stomach, but the way to a banker's heart is through strong unit economics.
MAR. 12, 2010 11:00:00 AM | PRESS RELEASE
Multi-Unit Franchisee Magazine, published by Franchise Update Media Group (FUMG), today announced that the 2010 Multi-Unit Franchising Conference has record-breaking attendance and is nearly sold out. This year's event is March 24-26 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.
MAR. 11, 2010 02:00:00 PM | MULTI-UNIT FRANCHISEE
Multi-unit franchisee Todd Pulley knows all about measuring unit performance and profitability - even though he had no prior financial background before becoming a franchisee. Over the last 15 years though, he has developed and refined his own system for measuring his unit economics at his four PuroClean locations in New Jersey and Delaware. The effort is paying off.
MAR. 11, 2010 12:00:00 PM | BY DALE WILLERTON
When was the last time you challenged a landlord or property manager about the operating expenses or common area maintenance (CAM) charges? Probably not recently or never, right? To clarify, operating costs are the day-to-day management and maintenance expenses charged to the tenant; examples include asphalt repairs, snow removal, property insurance, and so on. Franchise tenants pay a proportionate share of these costs based on the space they occupy. Therefore, if a franchise tenant occupies 12 percent of a building, he or she will pay for 12 percent of the operating costs. Paying by this said ratio is the industry standard but, of course, there are deviations for special circumstances like free-standing buildings and so on.