September 27, 2026
Papa Johns is paying coaches to close a 400 basis point gap between its best and worst operators. Most of that gap was set when development signed them.
September 26, 2026
Wendy's adjusted a closure metric, then dropped it. Franchise development belongs on a scorecard of stores still open in three to five years, not deals.
September 25, 2026
Planet Fitness sold new territory only to insiders for a decade. That call was right, and reopening the door now says more than the decade of waiting did.
September 17, 2026
A 314-unit Wendy's operator just filed for bankruptcy. Approving a franchise transfer is a credit decision, and franchisors should start testing it as one.
September 16, 2026
The mistake that shapes a young franchise brand is selling into a market its support team cannot reach. Dave's Hot Chicken is the exception that proves it.
September 15, 2026
The deferrals, releases and confidentiality terms franchisors use to close out territories that never opened are what regulators and lawyers read first.
September 14, 2026
A replacement should help with the work that prompted the search. That might be filling a gap in a rep's route or dividing accounts when someone joins the team. Bring one of those tasks into a trial with your own data and check how much work it takes to complete.
September 11, 2026
Why sales territory overlap starts, what it costs before anyone notices, and how to redraw territories and write rules of engagement that stop double coverage
September 11, 2026
Six metrics that measure territory balance, which criterion to weight for your sales motion, and how to run a fair rebalance without losing your best reps.
September 11, 2026
Why the closest-next-stop rule sends reps across town twice, how to sequence a call list around fixed appointments, and what backtracking really costs.
September 11, 2026
How to measure trade area overlap between your own stores with drive time polygons, calculate a cannibalization rate, and judge an acceptable threshold.
September 11, 2026
What a sales territory is made of, the boundary bases companies use, real examples from pharma to distribution, and how quota attaches to a territory.
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