Suttle-Straus offers a web-based marketing platform for franchisors that protects brand standards and eliminates redundant design work by allowing franchisees to customize, print, download, and mail brand-right collateral for their local market. The software connects to our in-house print, direct mail, signage and promotional products fulfillment services, which allows franchises to deliver marketing two times faster.

We’re Wipfli, a top 20 advisory firm with a strong CPA foundation serving 59,000 clients across today’s most complex industries. For more than 90 years, we have evolved and grown to help our clients take on whatever comes next. Yet as much as we change, at our core we remain committed to curiosity and our clients.

Our more than 3,200 associates help our clients with services that range from business consulting and digital services to audit and accounting. We focus on emerging and mid-market organizations with specialized knowledge in industries like financial institutions, financial services, manufacturing, distribution, healthcare, construction, real estate, government, nonprofit, agriculture, auto dealerships, technology and tribal gaming and government.

Hireology’s integrated hiring and retention platform empowers multi-location, owner-operated, and independently owned businesses to build their best teams with confidence. The company equips teams with the skills and technology needed to manage the full employee lifecycle –from hire to retire– in one seamless platform.

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Markarie is a digital agency that focuses specifically on scaling franchise development for emerging and SMB franchisors. Your Markarie Account Specialist ensures we develop the ideal franchisee persona and books meetings with that said persona on your behalf. Based on the same principals, franchisees have successfully hired Markarie to develop their B2B pipelines.

Shopify is a leading global commerce company, providing trusted tools to start, grow, market, and manage a retail business of any size. Shopify makes commerce better for everyone with a platform and services that are engineered for reliability, while delivering a better shopping experience for consumers everywhere. Shopify powers millions of businesses in more than 175 countries and is trusted by brands such as Allbirds, Gymshark, PepsiCo, Staples, and many more.

Technology drives human progress. This tenet is the core of our business and vision. Our customers and team members are integral to our continuing success as we provide the essential infrastructure for organizations to transform their digital futures.

ZoomInfo delivers accurate, real-time data, insights, and technology to more than 35,000 companies worldwide. Businesses use our data and platform to increase efficiency, align sales and marketing teams, and consolidate technology stacks. We are a recognized leader in data privacy, with industry-leading GDPR and CCPA compliance and numerous data security and privacy certifications. For more information about how ZoomInfo helps customers unlock insights, engage customers, and win faster visit: http://www.zoominfo.com.

Founded in 2004, Fish is a full-service, national communications firm specializing in franchise and multi-location public relations and marketing. Our clients span a variety of industries, including the restaurant, retail, hospitality, home services, fitness, beauty, and health/wellness segments. We’re proud to work with nationally recognized brands such as: Inspire Brands; Self Esteem Brands; Caribou Coffee; Blaze Pizza; Authority Brands; Hand & Stone Massage and Facial Spa; Smoothie King, and more.

From brand building, national media relations, and influencer marketing to local grand openings, crisis management and corporate communications, Fish’s expertise in communications runs deep and our creative, strategic approach to PR drives impactful results.

Our media relations campaigns consistently land our partners coverage in the most widely read and watched consumer and business outlets nationwide. We love developing creative ways to get media talking about the brands we work with — and getting customers and potential franchisees talking about them, too.

Fish has received numerous awards for our work, including being named a 2022 Power Partner on Inc. magazine’s inaugural list. Fish was also honored on Forbes’ first annual list of America’s Best PR Agencies in 2021 and has been recognized as a best place to work in the industry by Inc. magazine, PRWeek, PRovoke, and PRNEWS.

Fish is based in Fort Lauderdale, FL, with operations in Atlanta, GA, Chicago, IL, Southern CA, Tampa, FL, Denver, CO, Houston, TX, New Jersey and London.

LearningZen.com is a low-cost, easy-to-use online training platform for franchising. Building an online training course has never been easier. Manage all of your organizational training in one system. Utilizing LeariningZen.com will help you decrease costs, increase productivity, measure employee success, and provide a lasting return on investment. Online training is the easiest way of ensuring all of your employees, franchisees, and their staff is being trained consistently.

Established in 1925, Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP is a full service law firm. The firm's franchise practice group provides comprehensive legal services to companies engaged in domestic and international franchising and distribution matters, including the establishment of franchise and distribution programs, litigation, arbitration and mediation of disputes.

World Franchise Associates (WFA) is the premier global franchise services company assisting franchisors enter new international markets. We promote our clients globally through our marketing and events activities in the Middle East, Europe, U.S., Latin America, ASEAN Region. Professionally advising franchise investors in the acquisition of leading brands worldwide. WFA publishes the annual World Franchise Review, the only dedicated magazine for international investors seeking franchise partners.