June 4, 2009

Card Connection’s Kent Franchisees See Trading Up 27%

Franchising.com: Leading greeting card publisher and franchisor, Card Connection, has today announced that its franchisees for the Canterbury/Dover region have seen trading up by 27% compared with sales figures for the same period last year. “Jason Hook and partner Vanessa Culliford joined Card Connection two years ago,” confirms Andrew Cutler, franchise and sales director for

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Inspirational Moms: Sandy Hunter, The President Of Hunter Hawk, Inc.

Examiner.com: Women-owned businesses are expected to be a driving force that turns this otherwise dismal economy around. An article in Small Business Trends suggests that women entrepreneurs will “rule the global marketplace” due to social entrepreneurship, which women are better at. Who knew our gift of gab would help us take over the world? In

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Hillsborough Mom Of Two Runs Law Firm & Dessert Company

MyCentralJersey.com: From small-business owners to television sitcom actors, recording artists, authors and a nationally known dessert company, Patricia Lawrence Kolaras is the woman behind securing the logos, lyrics, scripts and the secret recipe. Kolaras, 41, an intellectual property and transactional attorney and founder of the township-based PLK Law Group, said her job is to protect

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Direct Sales Blueprint Empowers Direct Sellers To Drive Higher Sales Performance

PR Web: Sales Development & Performance, LLC announced today it is introducing Direct Sales Blueprintâ„¢ to help direct sales people (B2C) improve sales performance. The Direct Sales Blueprintâ„¢ is a personalized skill development system designed to systematically improve core selling skills and performance. “Having access to highly-personalized professional training resources is a positive breakthrough for

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Downturn Fuels Direct Sales

The Financial Express: The Rs 3,500-crore Indian direct selling industry, which employs over 1.5 million entrepreneurs, is unfazed by the global slowdown. The effect of the downturn has prompted many industries to revamp their marketing activities. However, it has opened up a room of opportunities for direct marketing companies to grow even at this juncture.

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Fashion Licensing An Opportunity For The Brands To Expand Globally

India Prwire: It now the turn for Fashion Industry to go global as currently domestic fashion industry constitutes 0.2 percent of the global designer wear market which is 162,900 crore and is increasing 9.5 percent annually. License India hosted an exclusive conclave on Indian Fashion & Lifestyle industry in New Delhi, where brands like Kimaya,

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Think You Can’t Launch Your Invention During a Recession? Think Again!

The following is a guest post by Joan Lefkowitz. You might think that during times of economic recession consumers are in no mood to experiment with, or purchase inventive products. Counter-intuitively, starting a business or launching an invention during a recession can be one of the smartest moves to make — depending of course, on

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NexCen Brands Announces Opening Of First TAFâ„¢ Store In Africa

Earthtimes: NexCen Brands, Inc. today announced the opening of the first TAFTM, previously known as The Athlete’s Foot®, franchised store in Africa. The store opened in Gaborone, Botswana, the capital and largest city of the country. This is the first store to open under the existing TAF master franchise agreement, signed in October 2008, which

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