Buying a franchise is exciting.

Ten years after launching in Canada, the franchise scholarship program has now awarded more than $250,000 to the families of JAN-PRO franchise owners

Liane Caruso, CFE, co-founder of Franchise Assembly and fractional CMO at HelloCMO, argues that local marketing ownership is not a question with a single right answer – it is a question that needs an actual answer, defined at the level of individual responsibilities and backed by real infrastructure.

Alex Colthart argues that franchisors who invest in annual conventions are sitting on a content goldmine – and most of them let it walk out the door when the event ends.

Ken LeBlanc, CEO of PropertyGuys.com, explains why some of the network’s most successful franchisees operate in smaller, highly localised territories – and how that insight shaped the creation of the Flex Franchise model.

The story that gets customers through the door isn’t necessarily the one that gets a prospective franchisee interested

Mark Scott, Partner at PartnerWise Franchise, shares the due diligence questions that Canadian franchise buyers most often overlook – from assessing franchisor stability to stress-testing financial projections against rising costs and economic uncertainty

AI is giving franchise brands access to increasingly sophisticated marketing capabilities. The next challenge is ensuring those capabilities reach every local market in a way that is relevant, scalable and effective

Shawn Saraga, founder of The Franchise Academy, explains how the journey from a single franchise location to generational wealth is built not on grand plans but on learning from every store – including the ones that fail

9,000 clicks. 500,000 views. Thousands of impressions. Your analytics marketing report can look impressive, but without understanding the people and journey behind those numbers, they can also lead to some very expensive conclusions

Lisa Stead of Stagecoach Performing Arts explains why thorough franchise due diligence should go well beyond validating figures, and sets out five questions that reveal what a franchise is really like to own

The Canadian Franchise Association highlights how the country’s franchise sector – spanning more than 60 industries and almost $150 billion in economic activity – is built on the ambitions of local, independently owned small businesses