In his Franchising column, David J. Kaufmann, senior partner of Kaufmann Gildin Robbins & Oppenheim, writes: The New York Franchise Act is perhaps the nation's toughest - and one seminal reason why is ...

A franchise is when a franchisor (owner of the trademark) grants a franchisee the right to use franchisor’s trademark for a fee and then exerts a “significant degree of control over the franchisee’s ...

How Does the Franchising Business Model Work? Learn the benefits of buying into a franchisor’s brand recognition, established customer base, and full-fledged operational system. Franchising is a ...

"Micro-franchising" is a term that originally identified concepts of traditional franchising models but is geared toward smaller-sized businesses. As the CEO of a franchised commercial cleaning ...