October 2008

Liberty Tax Offers Recession-Proof Franchise Opportunity

Live-PR.com: Corporate layoffs could soar as much as 37% in 2008, predicts Career Protection, the leading national provider employment negotiations. With movement continuing out of America’s corporate doors, it’s encouraging that a franchised business is opening every eight minutes. Forced retirement, job cutbacks, and economic uncertainty all point to a safety net of a recession-proof

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Business Cards Are For Moms, Too

StatesmanJournal.com: I have found myself exchanging information with other parents, including telephone numbers and addresses, for setting up times our kids can get together. I tend to use a scratch piece of paper or give a parent one of my business cards to exchange information. In the past couple of weeks, thought, I have received

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Entrepreneur Takes Baby Steps Into Marketing College Logo Items For Nurseries

commercialappeal.com: While there’s plenty of school-spirited baby gear for little ones to wear on game day, one University of Memphis graduate found there was little in the way of team-inspired bedding and accessories for her Tiger tot’s nursery. “I found generic sports bedding,” says Cordova resident LeeAnn Christopherson, mom to 7-year-old Rachel and 2-year-old Ben.

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7-Eleven(R) Continues To Convert Most Company-Owned Stores To Franchise Operations

MarketWatch: 7-Eleven, Inc., the world’s largest convenience retailer and ranked among U.S. top franchisors, is continuing its aggressive plan to convert the vast majority of its company-operated stores into franchised operations in the U.S. by 2012. The conversion of company-operated stores in some markets began in 2006. Approximately 4,100, or 75 percent, of 7-Eleven, Inc.’s

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Choice Hotels Announces The Fifth Cambria Suites Hotel For Georgia

Franchising.com: Development of the new upscale lifestyle hotel Cambria Suites continues to grow with the execution of another franchise agreement for a property in Suwanee, Georgia, just outside of Duluth–the fifth Cambria Suites hotel planned for the state. The hotel will be owned by Duluth-based developer Satellite Hospitality Group, LLC. The Cambria Suites brand, franchised

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