Rosenberg International Center of Franchising - News and Events

Avis Budget Group and lodging firms gained market value while the restaurant sector slipped, according to a third-quarter study...from the Rosenberg International Center of Franchising at the University of New Hampshire's Whittemore School of Business and Economics.

UNH Franchise Index Falls 11.6% in first quarter

Original Publication Date: 06/08/2009
Foster's Daily Democrat - The Rosenberg Center Franchise 50 Index lost 11.6 percent of its value in the first quarter of 2009, pulled down by struggling financial markets.

UNH Media Relations - "By March 9, 2009, financial markets, as proxied by the S&P 500 Index, had dropped a shocking 25.1 percent from the beginning of the year, wiping out almost 15 years of gains. Most firms' share prices, including the components of the Rosenberg Center Franchise 50 Index, lost a large amount of their market value," said Hachemi Aliouche, associate director of the Rosenberg International Center of Franchising...

UNH Media Relations - Choice Hotel International topped the Rosenberg Center Franchise 50 Index..."Economic conditions worsened sharply this quarter with mounting job losses, tight credit, crumbling consumer and business confidence, declining consumer spending and business investment, falling home prices, and slumping exports.

Foster's Daily Democrat - E. Hachemi Aliouche has been named associate director of the William Rosenberg International Center of Franchising at the University of New Hampshire.

Aliouche has served as a senior research fellow at the center since its inception. He also is an associate professor of hospitality management.

mbtmag.com - E. Hachemi Aliouche has been named associate director of the William Rosenberg International Center of Franchising at the University of New Hampshire.

Campus Journal - The Rosenberg Center Franchise 50 Index weathered the brutal correction under way in the financial markets far better than the S&P 500 in the third quarter of 2008, ..."A 62.3 percent increase in Buffalo Wild Wings value and a 9.2 percent share gain by McDonald's, in addition to positive returns by another 23 components of the index, shielded the index from the brutal fall suffered by the broader indices," said Hachemi Aliouche, associate director of the Rosenberg Inte

Newswise - The Rosenberg Center Franchise 50 Index weathered the brutal correction under way in the financial markets far better than the S&P 500 in the third quarter of 2008, dipping a mere .4 percent compared with a 9 percent drop in the S&P 500. Buffalo Wild Wings led the Franchise 50 Index with a 62.3 percent increase in market value.

Hispaniconline.com - Eduardo Torres fled Venezuela-and the Hugo Chávez administration-for the American Dream in 2001. He found that dream in franchising. After exploring the business landscape, Torres and his partner stumbled on a junk removal franchise called 1-800-Got-Junk? and bought into the system in 2003. Franchising, he says, made more sense than opening a business with no brand recognition, infrastructure or marketing support.

Journalnow.com - Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. gained the most market value during the second quarter among the 50 companies measured in the Rosenberg Center Franchise 50 Index.

Media Relations - Fears of a recession and economic woes pushed the Rosenberg Center Franchise 50 Index™ down in the fourth quarter of 2007, with the index of the top 50 U.S. public franchisors falling 5.5 percent amid a broad market decline.

Hispaniconline.com - Eduardo Torres fled Venezuela-and the Hugo Chávez administration-for the American Dream in 2001. He found that dream in franchising.

UNH Campus Journal - Eighteen UNH faculty members have been honored for excellence in teaching, research, and public service. Nominated by colleagues and students, recipients of the 2007 excellence awards include faculty members from all seven UNH schools and colleges and represent a diverse array of fields from music and education to ocean engineering, zoology, sociology, and many others. Excellence in Teaching, Udo Schlentrich, associate professor of hospitality management

SeacoastVentures.com - What do you know about franchising? If you're like me, you know a lot and nothing much at all. ...Udo Schlentrich, director of the William Rosenberg International Center of Franchising at the University of New Hampshire, told me that franchising is uniquely American phenomenon born of the country's entrepreneurial zest that is also becoming a global presence.

UNH Media Relations - Choice Hotels was the big winner in the Rosenberg Center Franchise 50 Index^TM for the second quarter of 2006, after reporting record financial and operating results, while Ruby Tuesday was in the unenviable top loser spot following a 25 percent loss in market value this quarter.

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Campus Journal - Where can a woman who has been out of the workforce raising children start her own business with minimal financial investment and who has a higher likelihood of success because she is working with a proven business model?

BNET - Franchising is a growing force in both the US and global economies, but it has received relatively little attention from the academic world The William Rosenberg International Center for Franchising at the University of New Hampshire is designed to change that.

UNH Media Relations - Panera Bread rebounded from last year's poor performance and was the top performer in the first quarter of 2005 in the Rosenberg Center Franchise 50 Index ^TM while Krispy Kreme's downward slide continued during the same period, making it the worst performer, according to The William Rosenberg International Center for Franchising.

BNET - * The Whittemore School of Business and Economics at the University of New Hampshire has partnered with a hotel school in Switzerland, the Glion Institute of Higher Education, to provide hospitality students with an international internship. The program will be offered every spring semester to hospitality management majors or minors in their sophomore or junior year. Students will earn 15 credit hours for the 20-week internship.

"Want Fries with That?" On the Front Porch by John Walters (Audio interview with Udo Schlentrich, NHPR.)

BNET - The University of New Hampshire Rosenberg Center Franchise 50 Index rose 6.6 percent in the first quarter of 2004, significantly outperforming the S&P 500's 1.3 percent increase over the same period.

"Franchising is a major force in the economy, and many of the bestknown and most successful businesses in the country are franchises," said Udo Schlentrich, director of the center, which is part of the UNH Whittemore School of Business and Economics.