franchise

Ikea operates over 500 stores worldwide under a franchise system.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

The most elusive, highly coveted cards have long been an important factor in making Pokémon the world’s highest-grossing media franchise.

From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2026

After three years of uncertainty, the latest feature-length spinoff of the “Looney Tunes” franchise has finally, blessedly, reached theaters nationwide.

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026

He said he didn’t inherit Loiczly’s debts thanks to franchise laws.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

He had worked briefly as an automotive parts salesman, a janitor, a car wash attendant, and a short-order cook at the local A&W fast-food franchise.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien

As part of plans to reduce its reliance on the core obesity and diabetes franchises, the company is working to broaden its drug offering to include more treatments for related diseases.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

Major franchises — the Lakers, Dodgers, Dallas Cowboys and New York Yankees, to name a few — don’t change hands often.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

Electronic Arts, the gaming company known for franchises such as “The Sims” and “Battlefield,” has been acquired by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, Silver Lake and Affinity Partners for $55 billion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

Selling franchises will certainly be part of the plan, and BBC Sport heard from one of the team's general managers about "significant interest" from investors.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

The man who owns the Cape Girardeau restaurant, Shannon Davis, has linked it and three other of his 12 McDonald’s franchises to the Colorado call center, which is run by another McDonald’s franchisee, Steven Bigari.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman

McDonald’s and Wendy’s franchised U.S. restaurants also tend to have better margins than Burger King’s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

He has also cited Greater Manchester's bus operating model, in which private bus firms bid to run services franchised by the local transport authority, as a possible model for regulating the water and energy sectors.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

Company-owned On the Border locations closed earlier in the month, but franchised restaurants operate independently.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

Analyst Brian Harbour believes Yum offers some of the strongest growth potential among large franchised restaurant companies, yet the stock’s current pricing fails to reflect those advantages.

From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026

Instead of the franchised blandness of American cities, Alexandria is a city of mom-and-pop stores, all with signage screaming for attention, their wares encroaching on the streets.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro

Jersey Mike’s founder, Peter Cancro, began working there at age 14, bought the business in 1975 and started franchising the chain in 1987.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026

He is also franchising his intellectual property, creating other products such as a card game inspired by "Exquisite Corpses" while holding talks with video game developers.

From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026

The chain has spent the past year assessing its business, with executives looking to change everything from its franchising strategy to how it builds its pizzas.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 5, 2026

Collective protest has been complicated by consolidation, franchising and acquisitions, making it ever more difficult to even figure out who to protest and how.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2025

There are plans to open a Fresh Brothers in the Chicago area and begin franchising in other states by March, Majewski said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2024