It’s no secret that the past three years have presented fitness clubs with unseen challenges requiring immense tenacity to power through. But TITLE Boxing, the leading authentic heavy bag boxing club, has risen above the challenges and is now stronger than ever. The brand offers a workout designed to build your fitness, control your breathing, and clear your mind, with more than 145 locations and a proven franchise model that helps franchisees unleash their entrepreneurial spirit. To find out...

The benefits of escaping the nine-to-five grind and running your own business are endless: from a better work-life balance and flexible hours to more financial gains and the feeling of being your own boss. But once you get your dream business, the question is: how do you grow it successfully? Simon Severino, the founder of consulting firm Strategy Sprints, has found a way to pull business owners out of the weeds and rocket their numbers. Having invented the Strategy Sprints Method, Simon...

The health and beauty sector has certainly shown some resilience coming out of the COVID pandemic. Looking ahead, the global beauty industry market size is expected to increase by 3.5 per cent in 2024, to total $590.9bn, before rising another 3.4 per cent to hit $611.2bn in 2025. One industry-leading organization that has recorded outstanding performance of its flagship brands, is Radiance Holdings. Led by CEO, Christina Russell, the company represents a collection of premier brands in the...

If there is one thing the world can agree on, it’s our love for pizza. The overall market size of the pizza restaurant industry in the U.S. topped over $55bn in 2021, making pizza franchises a lucrative business opportunity. But how do you ensure that you stand out from the crowd when the pizza market is only getting further saturated?  Combining unexpected flavors and high-quality ingredients, as well as doing things differently certainly helps. At least that’s the stance for California...

Our guest this week is something of a franchising veteran, having been CEO for a number of large international brands such as Haagen-Dazs, Pure Barre, and The Lash Lounge. Dave Keil is now the president of franchise consultancy Franworth and uses his decades of experience in assisting franchise brands with their growth and development.   In recent years, however, Dave has also turned his talents to the charitable world of non-profits. Having founded Franchise for Good in 2020 – the official...

This week we’re joined by David Weaver, an accomplished consultant for FranChoice and the president of Franchise Your Freedom. As the name of his organization would suggest, David is a lifelong advocate for the power of franchising and the independence that the business model can bring.   Over his career, he has helped over 150 business owners spread their entrepreneurial dreams through over 200 individual franchise locations and continues to work with entrepreneurs in realizing their...

This week’s guest is perhaps one of our most in-demand yet, with Michael O. Browning Jr. being a hot commodity within the North American franchising scene. Having launched Unleashed Brands in 2021, Michael has continued with impressive momentum and was recently appointed to the IFA’s board of directors, giving him a direct line into the American franchising community.   Michael’s history with franchising goes back over a decade when he founded and ran Urban Air Adventure Parks back in 2010....

While many franchise brands are built around making as much money as possible for all involved, some concepts strive to put more back into the world than just financial gains. One such example is Goldfish Swim School, which co-founders Chris and Jenny McCuiston created in order to make children as safe as possible around water.   This commitment to compassion has benefitted the brand’s expansion, and since its 2006 creation, Goldfish has now grown to have more than 250 schools either open or...

Sometimes, franchise brands can ride the line between multiple industries to ultimately create something completely new and fresh. One such example is Blo Blow Dry Bar, which positions itself in both the wellness and beauty markets to deliver blowdrys and other beauty services to its customers; with a focus put on the experience that its guests receive.   The brand’s CEO, Vanessa Yakobson, knows a thing or two about delivering exceptional customer service. She has grown the brand since...

It’s always exciting to speak with the founder of a homegrown brand that’s just on the cusp of international success. This week, we’re joined on the podcast by Sanj Sanghera, co-founder and MD of the Döner Shack and Döner Haus franchise brands.   Döner Shack was launched in Leeds in the U.K. back in 2019 and has since steadily grown with new openings in both Manchester and Leicester. Sanj has also spoken about putting plans in place to develop in the States, too, with New York and Florida...

The world of salon property management is surprisingly active within the franchising landscape, with brands such as Phenix Salon Suites opening up doors of opportunity to multiple entrepreneurs at once. On one level, you have the franchisee themselves, who can be in business for themselves but not by themselves. You then also have the beauty and wellness professionals who occupy the Phenix location; with each being presented with a slick, affordable venue to conduct their own...

The coworking space is one of franchising’s newest trends, and brands that have managed to perfect the essentials that workers want from these flexible sites are seeing returns that would make even the most established F&B frontrunners enviable. They may require hefty initial fees – which can climb to over $1m just to get started – but this sector shows no signs of stopping.   Venture X is one competitor within the space that has managed to go from strength to strength since its 2012...

Even those who don’t follow boxing all that closely are surely familiar with Floyd Mayweather, the now-retired champion whose name alone has become a profitable and attractive brand.   It makes sense, then, that Mayweather Boxing + Fitness launched back in 2018 and is entirely based around ‘training like the champ’. With its high-intensity classes and virtual reality workout options, the brand is quickly rising as a leading contender in the fitness franchising space.   But this is an...

Over the course of this multi-unit month, we’ve shone a spotlight on several of the key factors and challenges currently impacting multi-unit franchise professionals. We’ve spoken directly to multi-unit operators to learn about their daily opportunities, and have caught up with financial and legal experts to uncover the behind-the-scenes roadblocks that entrepreneurs can sometimes encounter.  For this final episode of multi-unit month, we’re speaking to three industry heavyweights about the...

On this instalment of the Multi-Unit Month takeover of the Global Franchise Podcast, we’re learning more about the all-important strategies that are working alongside an entrepreneur’s drive for multi-unit growth; namely, the legal and financial nuances that support ambitious plans for expansion.   We’re joined by three financial and legal experts to cover everything that an entrepreneur would need to know so that they can begin building a solid action plan before setting off. Join us as we...

On this second episode of the Multi-Unit Month takeover of the Global Franchise Podcast, we’re taking the conversation directly to the people that know about the highs and lows of operating a multi-unit portfolio: the franchisees.   We’ve spoken with three operators from varied industries and backgrounds to deliver a comprehensive package into the day-to-day lives of this kind of business owner. This includes the challenges, personality traits, and leadership skills that all entrepreneurs...

Multi-Unit Month is back, and that means four brand-new podcast episodes dedicated to multi-unit franchising. Join us every Friday in May, when we’ll be speaking to many franchising experts and insiders – as well as multi-unit and multi-brand operators themselves – to learn why this form of franchise ownership is skyrocketing in popularity.   According to FRANdata, over half of all franchise units in the U.S. are controlled by multi-unit operators. There are more than 43,000 of these kinds...

The CBD retail craze shows no signs of stopping, with this new health wave taking markets around the world by storm. Even in countries like the U.K., where the sale of recreational or medicinal cannabis is illegal, that hasn’t stopped CBD retailers from selling a wide variety of products infused with oils often found in hemp.   One such organization making its mark in this emerging sector is Your CBD Store, the retail franchising arm of SUNMED. Founded in Florida in 2018, Your CBD Store now...

We’ve touched on cannabis franchising on the podcast before, and have actually had one of this episode’s guests join us previously. Mike Weinberger, chief franchise officer for Unity Rd., came on the podcast back in June 2020 to talk about the opportunities present within this nascent industry. He touched on the challenges created by federal laws but was hopeful that the brand’s exponential growth would see it continue to attract experienced, savvy investors.   Well, since that episode,...

While franchising is certainly a popular way of creating personal wealth, some entrepreneurs see the business model as a way of giving back much more than just financial returns. This is certainly the case for Hansel Lynn, CEO and founder of theCoderSchool, who uses his lifestyle franchise as a way to pursue a rewarding career.   Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Silicon Valley, theCoderSchool combines a small teaching ratio with an individualized immersion-style to help kids learn to...

Spa franchises are an increasingly prominent segment of the international market, as customers demand more when it comes to their sense of cleanliness and wellbeing. Despite this industry seemingly being one of the first you’d need to shut down during a pandemic where close contact is mandated, brands like Hand & Stone managed to continue growing during the past two years, and show no sign of stopping.   To learn more about the resilience and demand for this intimate industry, we caught...

Membership programs are a valuable marketing and retention tool for all kinds of businesses, but it requires the right kind of experience and strategy to ensure that these are fully optimized. You need to understand what your customers want out of your brand and package this up for them in an affordable, attractive bundle.   This is something that Amy Phillips, president and chief marketing officer for Altitude Trampoline Parks, knows all too well. Amy joined Altitude back in 2020 and...

Data is an essential part of a brand’s growth, which we’ve covered extensively on the podcast and throughout previous issues of Global Franchise magazine. With it becoming increasingly challenging to harness third-party data, however, franchises need to start looking inward. For example, more than 75 per cent of iOS users around the world have rejected app tracking since the release of Apple’s iOS 14.5.   First-party data has historically been viewed as an expensive area to tread into,...

Devan and Morgan Kline first conceptualized the idea of Burn Boot Camp back in a gym parking lot in 2012. In the 10 years since, the fitness-focused husband-and-wife duo have grown this inclusive franchise network to over 300 sites, with ambitious plans to hit 500 by the year 2023.   But the fitness landscape certainly isn’t the same today as it was a decade ago, neither is the franchising model approached in quite the same way.   We wanted to sit down with Devan and Morgan to learn about...