Franchise News Weekly The Week That Reminded Everyone Why Due Diligence Is Not Optional The franchise industry in the final week of September 2026 is producing exactly the mix it always produces: real opportunity and real risk, often in the same news cycle. By Will Huffhine • 5 min read
Business Education How Do I Choose the Best Franchise Broker or Consultant? You are potentially about to make one of the largest financial decisions of your life. The person guiding you through it should be someone who would tell you the truth if the brand you love is not the brand you should invest in. By Will Huffhine • 6 min read
Business Openings Building a Business with Purpose in Portland Hallmark Homecare is an industry innovator and promises to be the next iteration of in-home care across America. They’re solving challenges of the high overhead and chronic shortages plaguing the traditional senior care industry. By Will Huffhine • 2 min read
Business Ideas Twenty-Five New Locations in One Year. Here's Why This Mooving Brand Is Moving Fast. That kind of growth does not happen by accident. It happens when a brand has a genuine story, a distinctive identity, a proven operating model, and a development team that knows how to bring the right candidates in. By Will Huffhine • 5 min read
Business Ideas The Most Loyal Customer Base We Have Ever Seen in a Franchise FDD Seven visits per year. That is not a coffee habit. That is genuine community. And it is the foundation of one of the most distinctive and durable specialty retail franchise concepts I have encountered in this industry. By Will Huffhine • 4 min read
Business Trends How AI is Changing Franchise Ownership The most immediate and measurable impact of AI on franchise operations is in customer communication and labor management. These are the two areas where AI is generating documented, verifiable cost savings at scale. By Will Huffhine • 6 min read
Franchise News Weekly A 314-Restaurant Bankruptcy, a White House Announcement, and the Clearest Week of Franchise Signals We've Seen in Months. The category you invest in matters as much as the brand you choose. The operators who build durable equity tend to be in categories where the cost structure leaves room to breathe. By Will Huffhine • 6 min read
Everline Coatings Business Openings EverLine Coatings Continues Growing in Chicago Everline Coatings help property owners and managers keep their parking lots safe and appealing to customers with professional line painting and pavement maintenance programs. By Will Huffhine • 4 min read
Business Education How to Build a Business Culture You Can Be Proud Of The culture you build in the first ninety days of your business will either compound into something you are proud of or calcify into something you spend years trying to fix. By Will Huffhine • 6 min read
City Business Planners What Business Should I Start in Laredo, Texas? Record freight and shrinking freight payrolls is the single most important fact about opening a business here, because it tells you to sell into compliance budgets rather than into load volume. By Will Huffhine • 5 min read
Franchise News Weekly Forty-Seven Restaurants Closed This Week. Here's What Opened Instead. This week produced two signals that are impossible to ignore, and they point in opposite directions. One is a story about what happens when the wrong business model meets unsustainable debt. The other is a story about where the real opportunity is being built right now. By Will Huffhine • 6 min read
Business Trends Why AI May Push More Executives Toward Business Ownership AI is not merely threatening jobs. It is restructuring the perceived risk-reward relationship between corporate employment and business ownership in ways that are pushing executives toward business ownership. By Will Huffhine • 6 min read
