{"id":4816,"date":"2012-01-02T16:09:33","date_gmt":"2012-01-02T16:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/?p=4816"},"modified":"2015-09-30T16:45:15","modified_gmt":"2015-09-30T16:45:15","slug":"important-franchising-trends-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/important-franchising-trends-2012","title":{"rendered":"Important Franchising Trends to Watch in 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"2012 by jaxxon, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jaxxon\/6617567907\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7154\/6617567907_f1c5894c0b.jpg\" alt=\"2012\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>2012 is going to prove to be an interesting year for the franchise industry<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Global <em>and<\/em> national financial pressures, a <strong>Presidential election\u00a0<\/strong>that&#8217;s going to be impacted by<strong>\u00a0<a title=\"washington lobbyists\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/bill-oreilly-2012-ifa-franchise-convention\">Washington\u00a0lobbyists<\/a>\u00a0<em>like never before<\/em><\/strong>, and<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong> $2,000 suits<\/strong><\/span> are the things to watch this year.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>1. <strong>Pressure<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a global economy, <em><strong>what happens overseas doesn&#8217;t stay overseas<\/strong><\/em>. If our friends across the pond can&#8217;t get things together, (<em>The EU<\/em>) the US economy <em>will<\/em> take a hit. This hit <em>could<\/em> take our country back into a recession. (<em>Which we&#8217;re barely digging out of at the time of this writing<\/em>) Read this <strong><a title=\"greec in the new york times eu crisis\" href=\"https:\/\/topics.nytimes.com\/top\/news\/international\/countriesandterritories\/greece\/index.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">NYT article about Greece<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>2.<strong> An election year<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nothing&#8217;s off the table when it&#8217;s a Presidential election year. The amount of money being thrown around by lobbying organizations, and corporations&#8230;.is huge. <strong><a title=\"super pacs\" href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/blogs\/politics\/2011\/12\/as-fundraising-deadline-looms-super-pacs-relieve-pressure\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">SuperPacs<\/a><\/strong>, and billionaires are putting their money behind the candidates that they want to see in office.<em> Like never before<\/em>. No matter who wins this year, the franchise industry&#8230;all industries, <strong>will be impacted<\/strong>. How? <em>I have no clue<\/em>. Do you?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>3. <strong>Suits<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Banker&#8217;s<\/em><\/strong> suits.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a title=\"Business Portrait | by FFX Florbela's Fotographix \/ FFX \u00a9 no.0266 by FFX \u00a9  florbelas fotographix, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ffx-florbelasfotographix\/3593162929\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3600\/3593162929_a1c30f9a05.jpg\" alt=\"Business Portrait | by FFX Florbela's Fotographix \/ FFX \u00a9 no.0266\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>US lenders had better start lending<\/strong><\/em>. And fast. For the most part, they have money sitting in their vaults. Lots of it! All you have to do is you look at savings account rates. For example, the .50 % interest rate that I&#8217;m currently earning on my savings account tells me one very important thing; <strong><em>my bank<\/em><\/strong> doesn&#8217;t need <em><strong>my money<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Actually, that half a percentage point interest payment that I&#8217;m receiving every month tells me something else;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I need to find more clients for my<strong><a title=\"franchise ownership advisor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/\"> franchise ownership advisory services<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a tip; don&#8217;t let events in which you really have no control over scare you away from doing what you feel you must. If you feel that 2012 is the year for you to change some things about your life, just do it. Change the things that you <em>can<\/em> control.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And read <strong><a title=\"top franchise trends for 2012\" href=\"https:\/\/smallbiztrends.com\/2011\/12\/franchise-trends-for-2012.html\">my 5th annual look at the Top Franchise Trends<\/a><\/strong> in\u00a0detail\u00a0over at <strong>Small Business Trends<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 2012 is going to prove to be an interesting year for the franchise industry. &nbsp; Global and national financial pressures, a Presidential election&nbsp;that&rsquo;s going to be impacted by&nbsp;Washington&nbsp;lobbyists&nbsp;like never before, and $2,000 suits are the things to watch this year. &nbsp; 1. Pressure In a global economy, what happens overseas doesn&rsquo;t stay overseas. 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