What’s thefuture for

franchisingin 2016?

WILL 2016 BE A MAKE OR BREAK YEAR FOR FRANCHISING?Some are predicting the end of the world — the franchising world, at least. Others are forecasting strong growth. Who’s right? I’m erring toward option two — and that’s not just because, as a franchise consultant, I would say that.

THESE ARE CHALLENGING TIMES FOR FRANCHISINGAccording to the news media, at least.So no doubt you’ll be wanting to know what changes may take place that will affect your franchise. I’ve looked into my crystal ball and had some visions of the future.But you know what happens when you try to predict the future…

NEW LAWS WHICH APPEAR TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST FRANCHISING WILL REMAIN A HOT TOPICBut nothing will happen.

Not this year anyway. That’s because it’s an election year in the US — and everyone knows that nothing that looks as though it may cause job losses ever takes place in an election year.

Surprise, surprise, the joint employee tussle between the National Labor Relations Board and McDonald’s has been delayed — on what seem to be nebulous grounds.

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FRANCHISING WILL GET DISRUPTIVE AGAINBack in the fifties and sixties, franchising was a disruptive business model, threatening the existence of independent mom-and-pop stores and restaurants. Now it’s franchising’s turn to be disrupted — by the likes of equity-funded chains such as Starbucks and Chipotle, a more regulated labour market, and the on-demand economy.But do you think franchising will take all this lying down? No, sir!

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FRANCHISING WILL MORPH INTO MORE HYBRID MODELSAs part of getting disruptive again, franchising will morph with other business models to create hybrids that meet the needs of customers and bring the cost of doing business down in unexpected ways.

As franchising changes shape, people will stop asking the stupid question ‘Is it franchising or not?’ and start discovering more and better franchise-related models.

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FRANCHISING WILL SPREAD INTO BUSINESS TYPES YOU WOULDN’T EXPECT TO BE FRANCHISEDOnce, lawyers, accountants, consultants and other professional services providers turned their noses up at the notion of franchising in their profession, but now a few have grasped the benefits and the rest have realised that their business model is no longer working for them.For more examples, click here http://bit.ly/1KltoLM.

FRANCHISING WILL CONTINUE TO GROWAs finance becomes more available, more minorities and women become interested, new opportunities arise and the internationalisation of franchises continues, the continued growth of franchising is inevitable.

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YOU WILL NEED HELP TO DEVELOP AND GROW YOUR FRANCHISEThis isn’t a prediction, it’s a certainty.

Virtually every successful business person, whether a franchisor or not, has been smart enough to recognise that they have needed help to get where they want to be.

You’re smart. So contact us for help.