Surging demand in the provinces for affordable small business ventures and the underlying shift of overseas Filipino workers to entrepreneurship are driving the annual 20 percent growth of the franchising industry, according to a trade group. Read the rest of this entry »

THE DEPARTMENT of Trade and Industry is positioning its yet-to-be-finalized guidelines for the growing franchising industry as more voluntary than mandatory. Read the rest of this entry »

Franchising seems to be immune from the global financial crisis, with some firms expanding even during the economic turmoil, officials of the Philippine Franchise Association (PFA) told The Manila Times in an exclusive roundtable interview on Monday. Read the rest of this entry »