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How the Cloud is Changing Everything for Franchise Software

The death of the traditional operations manual is official. Retail and Franchise leaders around the world are embracing a more efficient way to support daily operations in the store: in the cloud.

This trend has been facilitated by more affordable hardware, virtually zero-cost hosting, and most importantly, franchise software developed specifically for a franchising/retail. Franchise software is [...]

Chainformation Helps Vårdapoteket Build a More Effective Pharmacy Network With Cloud Based Franchise Software

Swedish pharmacy chain implements high powered Intranet to laser focus on compliance and communications.

  Chainformation, a leading provider of software for retail, franchise and chain businesses, has implemented its franchise software platform with Vårdapoteket, a Swedish nationwide pharmacy chain with 30 locations and annual sales of 1900 MSEK (280 MUSD). The cloud based franchise software, [...]

How to Improve Brand and Operations Compliance With Cloud Based Franchise Software

How do you define success in your franchise organization? Many organizations that run efficient operations constantly study their key performance indicators, KPIs, to measure the quality of performance on a store by store basis. That can be very helpful in understanding root causes of problems and fixing them. Another critical component in the world of franchising is the level of brand and [...]

Chainformation to Equip Lakkbar Chain With Cloud Based Franchise Software for Streamlined Daily Operations

Norweigan nail salon franchise taps Chainformation to implement franchise software and laser focus on franchise compliance

(MALMÖ, SWEDEN) -- Chainformation, a leading provider of software for retail, franchise and chain businesses, has entered an agreement with Lakkbar to implement its franchise software platform across the franchise network. The Franchise Intranet Platform by Chainformation is [...]

How Franchise Consultants Can Boost Profits by Partnering With Franchise Software Developer

The term “franchise consultant” generates over 4.2 million hits on Google.  There is no doubt that the world of franchise consultants is extremely competitive.

3 Areas Where Franchise Software Can Help

I recently hosted a round table with business owners in the Retail and Franchise segments in Sweden. One thing that strikes me every time that I meet clients that operate a chain business, is the burning need to communicate more effectively with their store locations and staff. We often hear that “communication is key” – but more specifically, I often hear about the difficulty to effectively [...]

Chainformation Helps Unify Colorama Under One Retail Software Platform

Scandinavia’s leading retailer of paint has tooled up with retail software that enables them to laser focus on communication and brand compliance.

Chainformation, a leading provider of software for retail, franchise and chain businesses, has successfully implemented its retail software platform with Colorama, Scandinavia’s most expansive retailer of paint with over 175 store locations.

How Franchise Software Helped Restaurant Chain Grow From Local to Global

Growing from local to Global Restaurant Chain can be challenging for any organization. Especially if you’re growing from just 20 to 70 locations in just under a decade.

O'Learys: 70 restaurants in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Spain, Germany and Singapore

World's Greatest IT Nation Spearheads Franchise Software Solution

Is access to first class IT the reason Swedish Franchising is exploding?

In April 2012 World Economic Forum today released a report where they rank the world’s leading IT countries. According to the report, Sweden ranks number one, far ahead of both Japan and the US. While Sweden may be known for IT companies such as Ericsson, Digital Illusions (Battlefield, Mirror’s Edge), and Spotify – [...]

What Everybody Ought to Know About Franchise Manuals

One of the most common problems when operating a franchise with multiple locations is keeping track of brand compliance and keeping franchise manuals updated. Ask any franchise owner and they will tell you nightmare stories how corporate identity and critical work procedures were being violated simply because they were unable to provide the chain with easy-to-read updates on time.