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...McDonald’s has experienced this first hand, with the burger chain reporting that same-store sales in its international licensed division — which covers more than 80 markets where McDonald’s has licensed its franchising...
...However, the miss was greater within the division covering the more than 80 markets internationally where McDonald’s has licensed its franchising rights....
...It is a huge franchising machine, with a growing appetite. Franchisees run 95 per cent of the company’s 40,275 locations around the world....
...latest guidance that the 260,000 barrel-a-day Kazakhstan expansion project — operated by Tengizchevroil in which Chevron has a 50 per cent stake — would start up in the first half of next year “given the hiccups...
...It eventually got off the ground late last year after several hiccups, with Crawford conceding: “There are no sacred cows in product at Twitter anymore....
...The group hired advisers Houlihan Lokey this year to look at potential options for the business, according to a person familiar with the matter, who said it could attract interest from a specialist franchising...
...“This looks like it’s going to be a hiccup for the Chinese companies but not something that they’re not going to be able to overcome,” said Jayanth Kolla, a telecoms and tech analyst based in Bangalore....
...But quite often at the other end, they haven’t thought about it at all and then somebody else makes the decision for them or there’s some terrible hiccup or whatever....
...And you know there’s a sort of a short term hiccup with the Covid restrictions in Shanghai. But to the best of my knowledge, the future of Tesla is incredibly bright....
...(Though the Spac in question, Digital World Acquisition Corp, has yet to file its S-4 with US regulators)....
...After the meme stock hiccup, Robinhood blamed the settlement system for the debacle....
...And there's a sort of a short-term hiccup with the Covid restrictions in Shanghai. But to the best of my knowledge, the future of Tesla is incredibly bright....
...Here’s how this deal works: Churchill Capital Corp III raised $1.1bn in February in a public listing....
...Telstra, the country’s biggest telco, has struggled financially in recent years amid hefty competition and hiccups in a government-led plan to boost Australia’s sluggish internet speeds....
...Barring last-minute hiccups, US Treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin is set to tell fellow World Bank shareholders at next week’s spring meetings in Washington that he will support an increase in the bank’s...
...There have been operational hiccups, which Mr Woodburn puts down to the company having to relearn how to do things as it has secured new orders....
...Sure, there have been some hiccups. There’s the awful rap song written by one overzealous Refinitiv worker....
...“The fact is that we have [had] some visible hiccups here and there and a trajectory of growth which has more volatility than some of our biggest competitors.”...
...Microsoft missed quarterly revenue expectations as sales of its Windows product suffered a hiccup in the PC market, sending the stock down as much as 4 per cent in after-hours trading....
...IWG, unlike WeWork, is profitable, recently reported solid trading, has seen lower-risk expansion via franchising, and is due to report on initiatives to increase shareholder value....
...And further down the food chain there are still hiccups....
...based on a capital-light approach: unlike some rivals, it owns none of the hotels it has brought into its network, instead operating them under lease agreements or allowing the owners to run them under a franchising...
...After becoming the market leader, partly through franchising, Jollibee gobbled up other brands, such as the Greenwich Pizza chain, Red Ribbon bakeshop and the Burger King franchise in the Philippines, as...
...If, however, doubt arises about their future dominance, the resulting share price move will make Tuesday look like a little hiccup....
...Chinese partners pumped in money to fund growth and buy real estate, leaving hotel companies to concentrate on managing and franchising properties....
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