When Alex Adler began exploring franchise opportunities, he didn’t expect home care to rise so clearly to the top of his list. However, after months of refining his criteria with a franchise broker, one company kept resurfacing: Assisting Hands® Home Care. By Jessica Petrucelli
For many families, enrolling a young child in dance is a first step into structured extracurricular learning. For Twinkle Star Dance™ Academy, that moment represents something larger: an opportunity to shape how children experience learning itself. By Tamara Rahoumi
As International Women’s Day approaches, the story of women in franchising has moved from inspiring to transformational. Today, women represent roughly 30% of all franchise owners in the U.S., a significant rise from about 20.5% a decade ago. This marks a clear shift in entrepreneurial leadership, and it redefines how women engage with business ownership through franchising models that offer structure, support and scalability. By Rose Mango
Originally created by some of the founders of The Joint Chiropractic, iFlex® Stretch Studios opened in March 2022 with a corporate store in Chandler, Arizona. In the winter of 2024, boutique fitness franchising company Sequel Brands purchased the brand, adding to its growing roster of wellness and fitness companies. Sequel Brands saw an opportunity to apply its expertise in the fitness and wellness industries to create an iteration of iFlex Stretch Studios as a premier, modern, technology-driven stretch studio. By Kelsi Trinidad