Next Generation in Franchising: Bringing Yoga to the Youth
Melissa Heikkila left her teaching career in search of a way to help more children. Today, through her Little Yogis Academy franchise, she’s helping hundreds...
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Homegrown and Locally Owned: Studio Kiku, Mezza Lebanese Kitchen, Ghost Taco
By David Chilton Saggers Winning franchise concepts aren’t always the shiny, new concepts in major cities—they are often niche, emerging concepts embedding themselves in smaller...
How Can the Temporary Foreign Worker Program Help Small Businesses?
A federal program is available to help franchisors and franchisees bring skilled workers to Canada. But who can benefit—and how? This article ran in our...
Shaping Up from Coast to Coast
New Year’s resolutions may be long behind us, but Canada’s fitness industry—and the exciting franchise opportunities within it—is as active (pardon the pun) as ever....
Putting the Busy in Business
Owning a franchise is a challenging yet rewarding undertaking, especially for these mobile, service-based franchisees, several of whom began their business as a one-person operation...
Taking Care of Business
Trendy treatments take centre stage in three franchise brands’ à la carte offerings By Georgie Binks Self-care is the term du jour for salons, spas,...
Guiding Wellness
Looking for a franchise system that’s rewarding in more ways than one? These four brands offer products and services that can round out good mental...
Strength through Diversity, Not Adversity
The franchise industry has long helped Canadians reach their potential and find satisfaction in proven systems that allow for personal and professional growth. The companies...
We All Belong!
Diversity in franchising can mean different things to different people, but above all it represents an array of sectors, backgrounds, and approaches to business. These...
Finding a Niche
No matter the business, or businessperson, there is undoubtedly an advantage to discovering an underserviced area in which to thrive. These four franchisees—all from different...