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Is There a Merger in Your Future?: Why Mergers Could Become A Hot Strategy This Year

JAN. 25, 2010 08:00:00 AM | BY DEAN ZUCCARELLO

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) have been an instrumental component in franchising over the past two decades, particularly as a growth vehicle for expanding companies. Historically, most transactions in franchising have concentrated more on the "A" than on the "M." Some of the primary drivers for this have been cultural and business trends deeply entrenched within franchising. However, the current global financial crisis and franchising's own changing dynamics may alter this.

Restaurants Face New Reality: Operating in a Changed Economic Environment

NOV. 23, 2009 08:00:00 AM | BY DEAN ZUCCARELLO

Since mid-2008, the economy, consumers, and the restaurant industry have been in the vice grip of the country's deepest and longest recession since the Great Depression. Finally, a light at the end of the tunnel is beginning to emerge. Most economists are now saying we have reached or passed the bottom. While the going is certainly still rough, business conditions are beginning to improve, unemployment is stabilizing, and consumers are dipping their toes back in the spending pool. Capital flow is increasing, with equity investors coming off the sidelines and lenders beginning to seriously pursue new debt facilities for borrowers.

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The 12 Reasons Why Businesses Fail to Successfully Transition or Grow

MAR. 30, 2009 08:00:00 AM | BY: NICHOLAS K. NIEMANN, ESQ., ANDREW HOROWITZ, CPHD

We weren't surprised by our meeting with Art. We had seen it many times before. Art and his son had founded and built a very successful retail business. They had operations across the country which were consistently producing significant year-to-year net cash flow. Art had decided recently that he was ready to sell the Company and that he wanted to get this done right away.

However, as we began to visit, it was obvious Art had some roadblocks in his path that would take some time to overcome. He and his son clearly had significant differences about the future which Art was finding at this late date were becoming more and more difficult to resolve.

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»	The 12 Reasons Why Businesses Fail to Successfully Transition or Grow BY: NICHOLAS K. NIEMANN, ESQ., ANDREW HOROWITZ, CPHD