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FeaturedA federal judge held Sept. 29 that Minnesota's ban on liquidated damages does not stop a franchisor from suing for the actual fees it lost when a franchisee left 13 years early.
Revscale Media (illustration)Locations using conversational AI turned 69% of applicants into interviews, four times the manual rate, and the spa franchisor took top honors at this year's Franchise Innovation Awards.
Revscale Media (illustration)Distribution Solutions Group agreed to acquire GradeEight Holdings, parent of the Winzer franchise network and FastServ Supply, a business with about $110 million in annual sales.
Revscale Media (illustration)Domino's now expects 125 to 150 net new U.S. stores this year, and its CFO tied the cut to franchisee profitability, not closures. Orders are up; the items in each order are not.
Revscale Media (illustration)McDonald's, FranConnect and ServiceTitan all pushed AI agents into franchise and multi-location operations this fall. The fight that matters is over who keeps the conversation record.
Revscale Media (illustration)Original Entrepreneurs will open 33 shops across New York City, Long Island and New Jersey over five years, the latest step in a turnaround that has franchisees carrying more of the load.
Revscale Media (illustration)The founders, who previously built national mobility franchises, say they have territories in eight metros and want hands-on owners rather than absentee investors.
Revscale Media (illustration)The Property Franchise Group paid £0.9 million for 25% of Enteka Ai, the conversational AI already answering leads in more than 210 of its offices. Franchisors are starting to own their AI tools.
Revscale Media (illustration)The Joint's regional developers now hold 32% of its units, down from 52% in January. It is part of a wider pullback from middlemen, and franchisees should ask what they get out of it.
Development agreements, M&A, and the capital moves changing who owns what across the network.
Revscale Media (illustration)A continuation vehicle pays out earlier investors while M-One keeps the 930-unit drive-thru chain, months after its first whole business securitization.
Field operations, multi-unit ownership, and the systems behind keeping every location on standard.
Papa Murphy'sThree new deals put Take 'n' Bake pizza and frozen yogurt under one roof, days before MTY said some of its brands may belong elsewhere.
How AI agents and applied models are changing the way distributed businesses run.
Revscale Media (illustration)The franchise CRM provider is acquiring an AI-native operations platform, aiming to put franchise sales, onboarding, training and field coaching in one system.
Revscale Media (illustration)Batteries Plus is rolling out three in-house AI tools to handle franchise leads and store calls, betting the systemwide deployment pays off in millions.
Revscale Media (illustration)ZenaTech is building a franchise model to layer AI-powered drones onto its newly acquired Green Earth Powerwashing network in Florida.
Weekly and daily briefs on franchising, multi-location operations, and applied AI.
Good morning, this is the Revscale Media Daily Brief, I'm Jordan. And I'm Priya. Five stories, fast, let's get you to work. Okay, first up. A Minnesota judge just ruled Ramada can chase actual lost royalties from a franchisee who bailed…
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