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Key Takeaways Urban Air Adventure Park is capitalizing on big-box closures by converting vacant spaces into entertainment destinations. The franchise’s in-house design and engineering capabilities allow fast, cost-effective adaptive reuse at scale. By driving repeat traffic and family spending, Urban Air has become a sought-after anchor tenant. Across the country, massive retail spaces once occupied by chains like Bed Bath & Beyond and Party City now sit empty. But for Urban Air Adventure Park (#123 on the 2025 Franchise 500), those vacancies are anything but a problem — they’re an opportunity. The fast-growing family entertainment franchise is converting big-box stores…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Instead of reactionary pivots, businesses should embrace rotations — redirecting attention, reallocating resources and evolving their business model to better align with emerging market demand. Founders should analyze their revenue drivers more frequently, stay attuned to market signals and pay attention to customer behavior. Founders who view their companies as vehicles — not monuments — can evolve with market changes, maintaining growth and relevance while staying grounded in their mission. Over the last few years, we’ve witnessed entire industries experience meteoric rises followed by equally dramatic contractions. Edtech, for instance,…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Art is a legitimate but illiquid asset class offering diversification and enjoyment. Only top-quality works drive returns, making access and research essential. NFTs and digital art remain volatile but present evolving investment opportunities. Art has been bought, sold, passed down and fought over for centuries. But is it a legitimate asset class in the same way that stocks and bonds are? The short answer is yes, but with some critical caveats. For decades, I have worked in both the investment world and researched the art market. Today, the art market…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways What started as a fading marquee turned into a million-follower media platform, publishing company and hundreds of retail products. By pulling off a statewide April Fool’s prank with Yeti and the governor of Texas, Ellis Winstanley proved that bold storytelling can lead to authentic collaborations. When the governor of Texas deploys state troopers to help with your April Fool’s prank, you know your restaurant sign is bigger than a roadside gimmick. That actually happened with El Arroyo, the Austin, Texas, Tex-Mex spot co-owned by Ellis Winstanley. The marquee was “stolen”…

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Key Takeaways Jack in the Box will sell Del Taco Holdings for $115 million, ending the two-brand strategy it began in 2022. The company says the sale allows it to focus on its core business and pay down debt. The deal underscores a growing trend of restaurant operators simplifying their portfolios amid high costs. San Diego-based Jack in the Box announced it will sell Del Taco Holdings for $115 million, a move that marks a significant pivot in strategy for the parent company and underscores a broader shift in how fast-food brands are managing their portfolios. Related: Considering franchise ownership?…

Key Takeaways Meta has a spate of entry-level positions open that start around $200,000. The tech giant has been leading the high-salary AI charge, notably poaching employees from Apple and OpenAI. One entry-level software engineer role posted only requires “one internship” and pays $176,000. Meta, the tech giant behind Facebook, Instagram, Threads, WhatsApp, and more, has been doling out some astronomical job offers this year for top AI talent — from 28-year-old Alexandr Wang’s billions to hundreds of millions for a former Apple engineer. Now, the company, which has a market cap of around $1.83 trillion, is hiring for a…

Key Takeaways Apple stock hit an intraday all-time high and a record close on Monday. The spike is attributed to strong demand for the new iPhone 17 series, which have significantly outperformed initial iPhone 16 sales, according to Counterpoint Research. Apple is at the “front end” of a “long-anticipated [iPhone] upgrade cycle” that will last through 2027, per analysts. Apple stock reached an all-time high on Monday, hitting an intraday record of $264.38 and a record close of $262.24. The stock price surpassed its previous all-time high of $260.10 in intraday trading set on December 26, 2024. The recent rally…

Key Takeaways More employees are reporting that they are skipping lunch at least once a week, and it’s making workers extra “hangry.” The report found that eating lunch is getting more expensive, costing employees an average of $108.68 a week, up from $88 per week last year. Gen Z is 35% the most likely to skip lunch than older generations, according to the report. The rising cost of lunch at work is causing more employees to skip the meal altogether. According to food tech platform ezCater’s recent annual Lunch Report, just over half of respondents (51%) reported skipping lunch at…

Key Takeaways Quiet quitting, wherein workers put forth minimal effort on the clock, doesn’t have the hold it once did. Instead, job-hugging employees are reluctant to leave their roles — but it’s not all negative. The workplace pendulum has swung from one extreme to another once again. In the wake of the pandemic, the Great Resignation swept corporate America: More than 50 million people quit their jobs in 2022, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Some of them job-hopped to higher-paying positions. Then came quiet quitting, the viral trend that saw employees put forth bare-minimum effort on the…