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“Grand Theft Auto V” made $1 billion in sales just three days after its release in 2013, and the franchise as a whole has sold almost 475 million units worldwide.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

That realization would trigger the most aggressive set of all-in moves ever attempted by an NFL franchise.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Actor Peter Cullen, who voiced popular characters including Optimus Prime in Transformers and Eeyore in Disney's Winnie the Pooh franchise, has died at the age of 85.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

Curry’s terrifying portrait of the demonic clown in the 1990 TV adaptation of Stephen King novel ‘It’ set a high bar that for some fans of the horror franchise has been difficult to clear.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

The first of these campaigns was the First Transvaal and Orange Free State Peoples Assembly for Votes for All, a campaign for the extension of the franchise to all black South Africans.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

As part of plans to reduce its reliance on the core obesity and diabetes franchises, the company is working to broaden its drug offering to include more treatments for related diseases.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

Collectively, the 30 NBA franchises were worth $165 billion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

Major franchises — the Lakers, Dodgers, Dallas Cowboys and New York Yankees, to name a few — don’t change hands often.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

Selling franchises will certainly be part of the plan, and BBC Sport heard from one of the team's general managers about "significant interest" from investors.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

The economy was in recession in 1975 and Milton had been forced to close a few franchises.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

Jersey Mike’s has high profit margins compared with other restaurant chains, but its debt levels are high when compared with other franchised peers, according to the Wall Street research firm Gordon Haskett.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

He has also cited Greater Manchester's bus operating model, in which private bus firms bid to run services franchised by the local transport authority, as a possible model for regulating the water and energy sectors.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

That is especially true in heavily franchised systems.

From Barron's ● May 26, 2026

By 2018, Gap had more than $16.5 billion in annual sales, more than 3,600 company owned and franchised stores and employed about 135,000 people.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026

Instead of the franchised blandness of American cities, Alexandria is a city of mom-and-pop stores, all with signage screaming for attention, their wares encroaching on the streets.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro

Jersey Mike’s founder, Peter Cancro, began working there at age 14, bought the business in 1975 and started franchising the chain in 1987.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026

Beyond providing high-quality products at affordable prices, franchising also creates jobs—nearly 9 million.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026

He is also franchising his intellectual property, creating other products such as a card game inspired by "Exquisite Corpses" while holding talks with video game developers.

From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026

Collective protest has been complicated by consolidation, franchising and acquisitions, making it ever more difficult to even figure out who to protest and how.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2025

There are plans to open a Fresh Brothers in the Chicago area and begin franchising in other states by March, Majewski said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2024