Case Study

Multi-Year Operations Strategy Across a Franchise Portfolio

  • Massage Heights (Franchise)
  • Operations & Marketing Strategy
  • Multi-Unit Wellness

Impact at a Glance

30%

Reduction in operational costs across the portfolio

01

The Situation

A 10-location Massage Heights portfolio needed a longer-range plan to improve efficiency and revenue consistently across every location — not a location-by-location fix.

02

The Challenge

Multi-unit operations require standardized processes to scale efficiently, but without a unified 3-year plan, each location was likely improving (or struggling) independently, leaving systemic cost and revenue opportunities on the table.

Our Approach

Direction Alignment Structure Growth

  1. 01

    Direction

    Set a 3-year business operations and marketing strategy for the full portfolio.

  2. 02

    Alignment

    Standardized the approach across all 10 locations rather than treating each in isolation.

  3. 03

    Structure

    Rebuilt business processes to remove inefficiency at scale.

  4. 04

    Growth

    Tracked cost and efficiency gains across the portfolio through execution.

What We Delivered

  1. 013-year business operations and marketing strategy
  2. 02Business process improvement strategy across 10 locations

A portfolio performs when every location is measured against the same operating standard.

The Impact

A multi-year operating strategy replaced reactive cost management with structural discipline. Operational costs fell 30% across the portfolio, and the standards established continue to govern how new locations are run.

The North & Noble Perspective

Multi-unit performance is decided at the portfolio level. A standardized operating approach and a multi-year horizon surface systemic gains that no single location could ever find on its own.

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