Valuations are high. Not just in the stock market. Pretty much everywhere you might look. And as investors look across various asset classes, might the gaze be sweeping across eCommerce, FinTechs, maybe even bricks and mortar (sorry, WeWork) … to kicks and scorers? In an...
A dispute between 7-Eleven franchise owners and 7-Eleven, Inc. (SEI) is brewing, putting vendor contract negotiations in the spotlight of the franchise sector. A press release, issued on Tuesday (April 16), revealed that the National Coalition of Associations of 7-Eleven Franchisees (NCASEF) has requested for 7-Eleven...
EML Payments is integrating its virtual payment capabilities into the accounts payable solutions offered by Mize Houser as the two look to help companies replace paper checks in B2B payments with virtual or ACH. Mize Houser provides accounting and AP solutions to franchisee owners; according...
“The [McDonald’s] brand is about fun. We really create delicious ‘feel-good’ moments for everybody that are also light hearted.” That was McDonald’s VP of Global Digital Experiences, Farhan Siddiqi, back in May when he dropped in to talk with Karen Webster about McDonald’s future in retail, as...
November 29, 2019
Valuations are high. Not just in the stock market. Pretty much everywhere you might look. And as investors look across various asset classes, might the gaze be sweeping across eCommerce, FinTechs, maybe even bricks and mortar (sorry, WeWork) … to kicks and scorers? In an age where private equity has seen the trials and tribulations […]
July 26, 2017
“The [McDonald’s] brand is about fun. We really create delicious ‘feel-good’ moments for everybody that are also light hearted.” That was McDonald’s VP of Global Digital Experiences, Farhan Siddiqi, back in May...
February 16, 2015
ApplePie Capital, one of the newer players in the marketplace lending space reported last week (Feb. 11) that its loan demand topped $25 million. The San Francisco-based company was formed with the goal of providing franchisees “a more efficient alternative to traditional lenders,” ApplePie CEO Denise Thomas said in a San Francisco Business Times article. The model of crowdsourcing […]
