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DDH Home Organizing and Move Management Joins Franchise FastLane to Accelerate National Growth

Mother-Daughter Team Taps Franchise FastLane to Bring Home Organization and Moving Services to New Markets

Birdcall Opens First Franchise Location in Starkville, Mississippi

Birdcall—the Colorado-born franchise known for its naturally superior chicken, award-winning sandwiches, and elevated guest experience—has officially opened its first-ever franchise location in Starkville, Mississippi, marking a significant milestone in the brand’s ongoing national expansion.

PostNet opens new veteran-owned location in Alexandria, Virginia

PostNet, a global leader in high-quality shipping, printing and logistics solutions, has opened a new veteran-owned center in Alexandria, Virginia, at 6471 Old Beulah Street, and hosted a grand opening celebration on Aug. 18.

RNR Tire Express to Debut in Huntsville with New Franchise Agreement

RNR Tire Express (RNR), the nation’s leading franchise retailer for tires and custom wheels and part of the multi-brand franchisor company DX3 Brands, continues to expand its Alabama presence with a signed franchise agreement that will bring the brand’s flexible lease-to-own tire payment options to Huntsville for the first time. Spearheaded by local mother-son entrepreneur team Marian Snow and Brett Standifer, the new location is expected to open fall of 2027.

HTeaO Announces First Rio Grande Valley Location, Coming to Brownsville in Early 2027

The new store will be owned and operated by franchise partners Omar Ortega and Anna Marroquin

First-Ever Buffalo Wild Wings GO and Jimmy John’s Combo Opens in Palmetto Aug. 18

Two Inspire Brands favorites joined forces for the first time. Buffalo Wild Wings GO and Jimmy John’s® opened the country’s first co-branded location at 5241 69th St. E in Palmetto, bringing hand-sauced wings and made-to-order subs together under one roof.

Amidst a Transformational Year, Workout Anytime Appoints Peter Stipher as Chief Operating Officer to Fuel Next Era of Growth

Building on a momentous year, Workout Anytime announces Peter Stipher as Chief Operating Officer. Stipher’s appointment reinforces the company's commitment to building one of the fitness industry's most innovative and scalable franchise platforms.

BrightStar Care Adds 19 Locations, Signs 20-Plus Agreements

The brand signed more than 20 franchise agreements and opened 19 new locations in the first six months of the year, building a strong foundation for a year marked by national recognition, new leadership and expanded clinical support.

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Structure Is the Floor, Not the Ceiling

Ricky Kalmon

For more than three decades, I have demonstrated that the same instructions, resources, and opportunities can still produce completely different results because structure may provide the path, but mindset ultimately determines how each person navigates it.

Expert Advice

Beyond AI Content: How Franchise Brands Can Stand Out in a Sea of Sameness

Steve Buors

Artificial intelligence has rapidly become one of the most influential forces in modern marketing. New platforms and tools appear almost daily, each promising faster execution, lower costs, and greater productivity. Marketing leaders are being encouraged to embrace AI as a way to accomplish more while operating with increasingly limited resources.

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How Multi-Tiered Dispute Resolution Systems Can Resolve Disputes More Efficiently and Effectively than Arbitration or Litigation—and even Strengthen Franchise Relationships

David G Thomas

Disputes are an inevitable part of doing business, particularly when parties are in business together within a franchise system. For many franchisors and franchisees, arbitration has long been viewed as a faster, less expensive alternative to litigation. Although arbitration often delivers efficiencies, it is still at its core a rights-based dispute resolution process, i.e., like litigation, arbitration places the outcome of a dispute in the hands of a third party.

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Behind Every Franchisee Is a Story Worth Telling

By Scott White, Co-Founder & CEO, Thunderly

I’ve spent more than three decades in franchise marketing. In that time, I’ve had a front-row seat to thousands of stories that don’t get told often enough and are often the best part of the business.

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Keeping Pace with Change Starts by Living Your Values

By Evan Hackel

The pace of change has never been faster - and it will never again be this slow.

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Your Calendar Reveals Your Brand's Ceiling

Lucas Frey

Your Calendar Reveals Your Brand's Ceiling As a franchise organization grows, a founder’s calendar can quietly become its greatest constraint. The same habits and responsibilities that helped build the business can eventually prevent it from scaling. In “Your Calendar Reveals Your Brand's Ceiling,” discover how leadership time becomes one of the most valuable forms of organizational capital—and why sustainable growth depends on shifting from doing the work to building the systems, leaders, and capabilities that allow others to do it. Take a closer look at where your time is going, what it is truly producing, and whether your calendar is building the future of your franchise—or limiting it.

Veterans Spotlight

Veterans in Franchising

September 2026

From The U.S. Army to Home Care, David Kapojos Builds a Mission of Service in California

For David Kapojos, military service was never just about completing a mission. It was about responsibility, teamwork and taking care of the people beside him. Today, as the owner of FirstLight Home Care businesses in Pasadena, San Gabriel, Burbank, Glendale, and Chino Hills, Kapojos is bringing those same principles to a new mission: helping seniors, veterans and families have their best day, every day with the support of compassionate in-home care.

August 2026

Keeping America Operating: One Veteran's Journey into Essential-Service Franchising

By Austin Heneveld, PIRTEK Jacksonville...

June 2026

From Advisor to Owner: How a Marine Corps Veteran Found His Place in Franchising

A Marine Corps veteran moves from franchise advisor to owner, sharing how his experience helped him find the right franchise opportunity and build his future.

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Building a Music Education Brand That Franchisees Can Believe In

When Brian Gross joined Bach to Rock, the brand had just two schools. The opportunity in front of him was not simply to grow the number of locations, it was to build a business that could deliver meaningful music education to more families while giving franchise owners the systems, support and confidence to build sustainable businesses in their own communities.

September 2026

How Kidcreate Studio Is Building the Next Generation of Creative Kids

The next generation will inherit problems no one has solved yet. Teaching them to follow instructions will never be enough; we have to help them imagine what does not exist, work through the frustration of creating it, and develop the confidence to make it real.

September 2026

How this Professional Ballerina and Founder is Reimagining Ballet's Future Through Purpose-Driven Franchising

The future of ballet may be shaped less by perfection and more by confidence, creativity and belonging. As conversations throughout the ballet world continue to evolve around body image, perfectionism and mental health, Tutu School is helping reshape children's earliest experiences with dance through an inclusive, confidence-building approach.

September 2026

When Franchising Shows Up for the Next Generation

When we think about what children need to succeed, we often think first about the basics: a good education, a safe place to live, food on the table, and the supplies they need to show up prepared for school.

September 2026

You Have a Great Program. That Doesn’t Mean You Have a Franchise.

Every year at shows like this one, I meet founders of youth enrichment concepts telling a version of the same story. One location, maybe three. A waitlist. Parents who won’t stop referring. And somebody — a cousin, a former employee, a parent standing in the lobby — has already asked whether they can open one in their town.

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Industry Headlines

DDH Home Organizing and Move Management Joins Franchise FastLane to Accelerate National Growth

Birdcall Opens First Franchise Location in Starkville, Mississippi

PostNet opens new veteran-owned location in Alexandria, Virginia

RNR Tire Express to Debut in Huntsville with New Franchise Agreement

HTeaO Announces First Rio Grande Valley Location, Coming to Brownsville in Early 2027

First-Ever Buffalo Wild Wings GO and Jimmy John’s Combo Opens in Palmetto Aug. 18

Amidst a Transformational Year, Workout Anytime Appoints Peter Stipher as Chief Operating Officer to Fuel Next Era of Growth

BrightStar Care Adds 19 Locations, Signs 20-Plus Agreements

Insights from Industry Leaders

Structure Is the Floor, Not the Ceiling

Beyond AI Content: How Franchise Brands Can Stand Out in a Sea of Sameness

How Multi-Tiered Dispute Resolution Systems Can Resolve Disputes More Efficiently and Effectively than Arbitration or Litigation—and even Strengthen Franchise Relationships

Behind Every Franchisee Is a Story Worth Telling

Keeping Pace with Change Starts by Living Your Values

Your Calendar Reveals Your Brand's Ceiling

Veterans in Franchising

From The U.S. Army to Home Care, David Kapojos Builds a Mission of Service in California

Keeping America Operating: One Veteran's Journey into Essential-Service Franchising

From Advisor to Owner: How a Marine Corps Veteran Found His Place in Franchising

Featured Stories

Building a Music Education Brand That Franchisees Can Believe In

How Kidcreate Studio Is Building the Next Generation of Creative Kids

How this Professional Ballerina and Founder is Reimagining Ballet's Future Through Purpose-Driven Franchising

When Franchising Shows Up for the Next Generation

You Have a Great Program. That Doesn’t Mean You Have a Franchise.

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