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The league pivoted away from a potential overseas franchise to playing more games internationally.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

They get both in “Drawn Together,” based on a duology by the Argentina-born novelist Mercedes Ron, whose “Culpables” trilogy has become a hit franchise for Prime Video and a young-adult phenomenon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

This week its cheerleaders have visited US military bases in Australia before coming to Melbourne, and the franchise has installed a 22-yard floating football field on Melbourne's Yarra River serving as a fan zone.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

The second payment will be treated as an advance against future profit participation, meaning the producers keep a stake in the franchise rather than selling it back.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

Aunt Helena is fat, she once headed a Weight Watchers’ franchise operation in Iowa.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood

Belron employs around 32,000 people globally and operates in 42 countries through a mix of wholly owned businesses and franchises.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

So it's inevitable for Bond fans to want to have their questions answered about the future of one of cinema's most sought after roles, in one of cinema's biggest franchises.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026

The original series first aired in September 1966, and has since grown into one of the most influential science fiction franchises.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

On Tuesday, their potential savior emerged: Kroenke, a man who already owned franchises worth tens of billions of dollars.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

They all worked at bottom-rung jobs in “big-box” superstores and fast- food franchises for $7 an hour.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz

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

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

The franchising company, which has a portfolio of restaurants with over 2,200 locations globally, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Texas on Monday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 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