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Depending upon your source of information, we are headed into a recession or a depression or even a catastrophic cessation of all business activities. By any definition, things do not look promising and we are looking at a new economic landscape. The question arises as to how that will affect franchising. People will tell you

Understandably, much more attention is given to the present and future of franchising than to the past, but this entry considers (very briefly) the origins of franchises. Not the start of the practice, though, but rather the etymology of the word franchise. In short, going backward in time, the word “franchise” comes to modern English

Your choice of candidate for the U.S. presidency will no doubt be made after a complex consideration of various factors. However, since we are focused on franchising in this space, let’s try to consider the election just from that perspective. Franchising World Magazine recently published the “FranPAC Report Card.” FranPAC is the political action committee

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