franchise success rate

Worst 25 Franchises to Buy with the Highest Failure Rates, 2012

Posted Fri, 2012-06-15 08:02 by BMM

A shuttered Quiznos sub shop in Kentucky

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Blue MauMau dares say what other publications won't. Here is our annual listing of major franchise lemons to avoid investing in. It's hard to believe but there are 23 major brands in 2012, where franchised stores actually fail worse than Quiznos. Ice cream shops have not done well.

SBA Says Franchises Are 'Proven' Success

Posted Sun, 2012-03-18 15:20 by Paul Steinberg

Utah's top SBA official touts buying a franchise as buying into a proven business model.

Forbes May Adopt Franchise "Churn" In Rankings

Posted Wed, 2012-03-07 19:12 by Paul Steinberg

After protests by franchisees and franchise blogger Sean Kelly, editors at Forbes said they may consider franchise "churn" numbers when compiling rankings.

IFA Asks Members Not to Say 90% of Franchises Succeed

Posted Thu, 2010-03-18 09:59 by admin

For years and years franchisor sales persons used a Department of Commerce study to sell prospective franchisees that they should buy a franchise because franchises are proven and safer than buy