Revscale Media (illustration)A Hug Away Healthcare Launches Franchise Program
The Houston home health and hospice provider is opening its 18-year-old care model to franchisees as it looks to expand beyond Texas.
After 30 years, the mobile grooming franchise takes a new name and look, betting a sharper identity helps its 450-plus vans win more local visibility.

Aussie Pet Mobile is now Bark & Mane. The mobile pet grooming franchise, part of Home Franchise Concepts, tied the change to its 30th anniversary and rolled out new colors, redesigned vans, and a tagline, Be Clean, Be Well & Be Loved. The name is the visible part of a deeper repositioning.
A name carries equity, so franchisors rarely drop one without reason. Aussie Pet Mobile leaned on its Australian origin, which said little about what the service actually does. Bark & Mane describes the work and gives franchise owners a modern identity to market locally, where most grooming demand is won.
The rebrand ships new marketing tools, a refreshed digital presence, and updated van wraps built to lift local visibility and social engagement. Owners keep the same service model, including a post-appointment well-being report and a recurring-care program meant to turn one-time grooms into standing appointments. The aim is more repeat revenue per van.
More than 95 million U.S. households own pets, and demand for one-on-one, low-stress grooming keeps climbing. Bark & Mane runs over 450 mobile units and is active in the American Kennel Club safe-groomer program. A clearer brand is the franchisor's tool to help owners capture more of that demand without changing the underlying economics.
Revscale Media (illustration)The Houston home health and hospice provider is opening its 18-year-old care model to franchisees as it looks to expand beyond Texas.
Revscale Media (illustration)RDP Advisory brokered the sale of Miami's largest pet daycare, boarding, and grooming operator to a strategic buyer whose identity wasn't disclosed.
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