Franchising.net.au: Retail franchise Howards Storage World has signed a master franchise in the UK. The first store will open in Edinburgh in October 2009 with another 100 stores anticipated for England, Scotland and Wales over the next 10 years. The UK master franchisees, Martin Brown and David Smith have experience in investment banking and commercial […]
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Fort Worth Business Press: With a six-store expansion on the horizon, a national retailer is aiming to create a hairy situation in Tarrant County. After completing a feasibility study with Fort Worth’s Buxton customer analytics and retail site selection company, Mass.-based Fantastic Sams hair salon retailer is looking to open six new franchise locations in
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Business Wire: NexCen Brands, Inc. today announced the opening of the first Great American Cookies franchised store in Mexico. The store opened in Bosco Vallarta Zapopan in Jalisco, one of the 31 Mexican states. This is the first store to open under an existing master franchise agreement, signed in October 2008, which allows for a
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Franchising.com: Areios, LLC, a partnership of franchise and restaurant operators Ron Chaulk and Jim Cagle, is opening the first franchise location of Smashburger, a new innovative better burger restaurant concept, on Colorado’s Western Slope. The new Smashburger will open on Monday, June 15, at First and Grand in Grand Junction. Areios is planning to open
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TVNZ: A significant number of people who have bought franchise businesses over the last 20 years have apparently ended up in court claming they did not get what they thought they were buying. This is according to an extensive new study on franchise law by Auckland University’s Business School. Senior lecturer Gehan Gunasekara says the
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WomenHomeBusiness.com: Some successful business ideas come from childhood. As a child, Nicole Simon’s mom would make her special walnut recipe for friends and co-workers during the holidays. Friends asked for their delectable walnut treats that making it and giving it as holiday gifts became the tradition in their household. They decided to add a fun
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Detroit Free Press: Amiya Alexander bounds in front of a parked school bus at Bloomfield Hills Montessori Center, her smile so wide it shows off the red and black bands around her braces. Those braces, her brown Baby Phat high tops and the poof of pink feathers affixed to her hair speak to the accoutrements
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HarvardBusiness.org: A recent report listed the happiest nations in the world. Guess what? The US didn’t even make it into the top ten. So much for the American dream. Harvard psychologist Dan Gilbert argues that we can train our minds to be happier. 1. Smile. Turns out, smiling is directly linked to happiness. It may
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Mashable: San Francisco is hip to Twitter, and not just when it comes to its tech savvy users. Starting June 2nd, the City of San of Francisco has been supporting all 311 services via Twitter, with the help of Twitter CRM tool CoTweet. Now citizens can send direct messages 24 hours a day to the
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Digital Post Production: Pizza Patrón, the country’s premier Latin pizza brand, today announced the start of its national “Campout at Home Online Sweepstakes” featuring the upcoming Blu-ray® and DVD release of George Lopez’s movie, “Mr. Troop Mom.” The sweepstakes marks the company’s first venture into online marketing. The promotion, open to all U.S. residents age
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