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Google now lets U.S. homeowners book home‑service appointments through its AI Mode, partnering with Angi and Thumbtack, and offering a “Book Online” button for qualified providers.
Findrix's agency platform offers AI visibility in local context, helping multi-location brands understand their local discovery and measurement challenges.
AXLE helped JETSET Pilates manage its 150+ locations, providing tailored marketing solutions for the fitness franchise.
The Melt's CEO and VP of Franchising discuss how a single mission helped rebuild the brand and improve customer satisfaction, leading to impressive Yelp and Google ratings.
Papa Johns is revamping its 'Unbox Better' strategy to focus on its core values and better ingredients, after franchisees expressed concerns about the brand's identity.
AI search is changing the way customers discover automotive brands, with research now happening inside AI assistants that name two or three brands and explain why.
Multi-location businesses need to track AI visibility across all locations to understand where AI recommends their locations and how it describes them.
The concept of digital-out-of-home (DOOH) advertising is surging, and the TV screens located inside restaurants, gyms, salons and medical offices are reshaping how consumers discover local businesses.
The digital age has brought many benefits to restaurants, but it's also raised the bar tremendously.
Walmart is opening its ecommerce infrastructure to outside AI shopping agents, but on terms designed to protect customer permissions, transaction data and control of checkout.
Franchise brands improve search rankings and online visibility through SEO and reviews.
For years, the franchise marketing “toolkit” was relatively straightforward: Give franchisees a library of logos, social media templates, promotional materials and brand guidelines, then trust them to put those resources to work.
Best Life Brands' CMO Jennifer LoBianco discusses local store marketing strategies for franchisees.
Restaurants face pushback and risk when integrating AI tools, with 48% of executives concerned about managing risk.
Yext connects agentic marketing to location-level decisions with two new moves.
For most multi-location brands, and the agencies that manage their local SEO, Apple Maps has historically lived somewhere near the bottom of the priority list.
McDonald’s will roll out ArchIQ, an artificial intelligence platform to power restaurant operations, as part of its Next strategy.
Home services marketing expands beyond search with AI and video
Burger King is pumping the brakes on drive-thru AI after finding that some customers don’t like ordering from a robot.
Agentic commerce, or the process of AI agents helping users research, compare, and, increasingly, complete local purchases, has moved from concept to reality.
Menufy finds 59% of consumers reject restaurants due to missing online info
A restaurant’s online presence is arguably as important as its physical storefront these days.
Restaurant marketers are increasingly using AI and sales data to identify growth opportunities and automate advertising campaigns across major platforms.
High-performing multi-location brands are 34% more likely to utilize a dedicated local marketing strategy to balance brand consistency with neighborhood-level engagement.