EXCLUSIVE: Brian Robbin’s family entertainment company, Big Shot Pictures, has optioned the feature rights to adapt CookieRun, the South Korean hit gaming franchise which counts over 300 million ...

Steven Spielberg has taken on the task of helming the “Transformers” franchise amid development on Paramount Pictures’ eighth movie based on the IP. He will serve as an executive producer on ...

Find out how the largest franchise brands are performing in this exclusive annual ranking. Access original research and ...

The dream of being your own boss and building a business from the ground up is within reach for a vast number of entrepreneurs. Yet, the aspiring business owner faces a critical decision: to start ...

Artificial intelligence has grabbed headlines recently, but a different sort of sector of the U.S. economy is in full growth mode: franchising. U.S. franchise establishments – think McDonald's, the ...

Franchising is becoming more diverse. U.S. census data shows that franchise ownership rates between 2007 and 2012 increased by 50% for both women and historically underrepresented groups — and while ...

Introduced by 14 House members, the American Franchise Act seeks to codify a narrow joint employer standard specifically for franchising. The legislation follows years of regulatory swings under ...

Learn how franchise companies scale and profit --and which ones are doing the best job of it. Get a list of the top, ...