Daily Archives: Friday May 15th, 2015

The world’s largest convenience store franchiser, 7-Eleven, is nearing completion of prepping stores from its 2011 Wilson Farms store chain at a store franchising sale in Western New York. Part of the company’s national strategy, 7-Eleven purchased the 188-store Wilson Farms chain and shed some 30 stores through auction, closed […]

Although being named one of the worst performers in the S&P 500 last year, Whole Foods is introducing a new chain aimed at a younger market. Various other companies have begun a tight race with the leading organic grocery chain. With a total of 417 locations currently open, the chain […]

Although still rare, mobile payments — the use of phones to make in-store payments — are gaining plenty of attention, and many industry observers are seeing technical developments almost certain to reshape the payments landscape. Writing for TheFinancialBrand.com, Jim Marous provides a terrific summary of the initiatives by Apple Pay, […]

As news about retail point of sale (POS) breaches continues unabated, information about how to better protect customers, and reputations, becomes paramount. The information technology channel observer Business Solutions Magazine (BSMinfo.com) ran a recent guest column by Andrew Bagrin, Founder and CEO, My Digital Shield is on topic in this […]

Franchising continues to be an attractive career change consideration for many Americans, in part because of proven business plans and methods. Therefore, it is imperative that potential franchisees understand what it takes to be successful within a given chain’s franchising framework. Just as we happily share our vast point of […]