March 17, 2009

UFood Grill Opens At Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport

Franchising.com: UFood Restaurant Group, Inc., an operator of “better-for-you” fast-casual restaurants, announced the opening of its first location at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport in Terminal B on Saturday, March 14, 2009 with franchise developer and operator, Puente-Brancato Enterprises, Inc. Puente-Brancato Enterprises, Inc. currently operates fourteen other businesses at DFW International Airport. The unit at DFW […]

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Service Brands Cleans Up – And Paints And Fixes – In Economic Downturn

Crain’s Detroit Business: For Service Brands International, the economic downturn hasn’t been a bad thing. Its household brands Molly Maid, Mr. Handyman and 1-800-DryClean had combined growth of 5 percent in 2008, a level President and COO John McDonald projects they’ll see again this year. While some families have decided to pass on contracted cleaning

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No Surge in Bicyclists

photo credit: aloxe Last year in there was an enormous surge in bicycle sales with the high gas prices and everyone switching over to more efficient ways of travel. So Mr. Graves, an Oregon bike store owner stocked up on winter equipment expecting sales to be the same. However, sales have dropped quite a bit

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Sales Training for Recession

photo credit: Rob Lee A recent article by Brian Neale stated that during this current recession, your first sales meeting of the new month should revolve around selling the products and services to your consumers that make their lives easier. This is a huge plus in your companies book as people everywhere right now just

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Niche Biz: Designing Fonts

MinnPost: Inspiration for Matt Desmond’s latest font struck him while browsing vintage Russian weaponry at a Minneapolis gun show. There he came upon an artillery box of bandoleers featuring a font from a bygone era. The typeset was hastily stenciled and spray-painted blue. Gritty and original. Just his style. An iPhone picture, and a few-clicks-of-a-mouse

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Popcorn Always Pops

photo credit: kozumel Thinking of launching a popcorn related business opportunity? According a report on American Popcorn, popcorn really pops in a down economy: A fourth generation business American Popcorn, the makers of Jolly Time has survived the Great Depression and several more recessions after that. “We’ve kind of been through the tough time at

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Ways to Fund Your Franchise

photo credit: @MSG The fact is that franchise companies still want to grow; and many individuals are still chasing the American Dream. Both groups realize that the lack of available credit is hampering their ability to make this happen. Solutions exist, but they often require some out-of-the-box thinking and aggressive efforts on everyone’s part. Third

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