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Franchise 500
This list, offered by Entrepreneur Magazine, provides details on franchise size, growth history and startup requirements. |
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Franchise and Business Opportunities - FTC
The US Federal Trade Commission offers several how-to articles including a Consumer Guide to Buying a Franchise and other basic information about legal and managerial issues facing those interested in franchises. |
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Franchise Chat
Provides news, articles, research reports and other information related to franchise operations. |
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Franchise Handbook
Site has several strong features including directory of hundreds of franchises, trade show schedules and articles. |
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Franchise Times
Leading industry magazine for franchise industry that contains numerous articles and lists. |
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Franchise.com
A very extensive source of information on franchising including locators, glossary of terms, and helpful sections for franchisors and franchisees. Also contains good international coverage. |
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Franchising & Licensing
This site from the World Intellectual Property Organization offers a good review of the differences between these two types of business relationships.
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International Franchise Association
This site offers a great deal of resources for anyone considering starting a franchise business. Includes franchise education, guide to buying a franchise, research reports, directory of franchise options and many other links and listings. |
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NACS Online
Website of the National Association of Convenience Stores has a number of free resources including a library of articles that contains a section with industry research, directories of companies/people in the industry, meeting schedules and more. |
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Retail Systems
Resource for retail and supply chain technologies that includes articles, community sections for specific technology interests, and listings of conferences and events. |
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RetailWire
This is mostly an online discussion forum covering the retail trade. |
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Stores Magazine
Very useful website with many nice features including Stores Retail Buying Guide which contains links to suppliers of products and services used in retail operations, and listings of top US and Global retailers. Also offers several listings of top retailers including top global, top US and top growth. |
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Top 100 Retailers
Listing from Stores Magazine includes revenue numbers and total number of outlets. |
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Top 500 Internet Retailing
Listing from Internet Retailer magazine though will need to spend to get deeper insight into each retailer. |
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US Monthly and Annual Retail Trade Report
Facts and figures from U.S. Census Bureau on retail sales including a separate report on e-commerce or online retail sales. |
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US Retail Trade Census
Provides assess to sections of the US Retail Trade Census report which offers detailed statistics on the US retail industry. While this page offers individual sections, users may have to hunt to locate the full report including the introductory summary section. |
