Dec 22, 2015

How to be a well-behaved franchisee in 10 easy steps

Once you have purchased your franchise and got the business up and running, the franchisor may seem a little remote…
Dec 22, 2015

Selecting Your First Franchise

The number of franchise opportunities is staggering, and they’re not all good ones. As a reporter constantly evaluating various franchises,…
Dec 21, 2015

The 2 Most Important Steps in Deciding If Franchising Is a Good Fit for You

Just because a particular business can be franchised doesn’t mean it should be franchised. As a business strategy, franchising is a tool designed to…
Dec 18, 2015

Casino Group plans to sell Big C Vietnam

France’s Casino Group announced plans on December 15 to sell its Big C supermarket chain in Vietnam to cut its debts by…
Dec 18, 2015

Value of Vietnamese firms only half of companies on other SE Asia bourses

The valuation of Vietnamese companies on the stock market is lower than 40-50 percent than in neighboring markets, according to Dominic Scriven,…
Dec 18, 2015

The Acid Test: Will Franchising Your Business Be Profitable or Not?

The acid test of franchising is return on investment. A franchise business must be profitable. But a profitable prototype is…