QSRMagazine.com: If the franchisor is focused on the long-term health of the brand, it is going to make sure it makes a very proactive and thoughtful decision as franchisees move from location No. 1 to location No. 2. What you like to see is that the franchisee is very successful in the first one. It’s […]
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Select Your Franchise: Image and System The clearly defined image and system are what we call the interllectual property. This includes the trade name, the method of operation and the way in which the various elements of the business come together to make up the franchise formula. None of the elements of the package need
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International Business Times Australia: 1. Buy the top franchise model in the industry i.e. if Pizza franchise – buy top franchise in the country (the criteria being, 3 -5 years of being number one). 2. If passionate founders are present – big YES. 3. Strict code of conduct and high operational standards – is there
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FranchiseKey: 1. Too many investors act as speculators and not as entrepreneurs due to the land high cost. Franchisee and master franchisees sometimes prefer to bet on the fact that this situation will continue even it scares bank, franchisors and the State. 2. This tendency is made by the shortage of malls adapted to stores
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Fast Company: Lots of companies gab about design thinking, but Chef’n lives it–and it has proven just how fast a startup can rise on the power of a few brilliant ideas. Chef’n focuses on kitchen tools, which are ripe for redesign because of all the fiddly tasks involved. Like Oxo, one of its specialties has
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Springwise: Realizing that both existing and potential clients might appreciate a chat about a haircut before visiting their stylist, Plan B Salon in Cambridge, Massachusetts launched a new service offering 15-minute video consultations. Prior to their appointment, customers can get an idea of what their options are or how receptive the stylist is to their
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Springwise: On even the most tastefully appointed of houses, garage doors tend to be drab and monochrome eyesores, designed apparently without even the smallest nod to aesthetics. A German company aims to change all that, however, with large-scale posters that transform the doors through highly realistic 3D images. Style-your-garage.com‘s photo tarpaulins are available with a
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Inc.: Although department store and restaurant sales continue to wilt, automotive and gasoline station purchases are enough to account for a slight uptick in overall monthly retail sales, census numbers show. In June, auto parts and vehicle sales climbed 2.3 and 2.6 percent, respectively, from the month before. Gas station sales rose 5 percent in
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News-Record.com: The production area of this textile manufacturing company is a swath of concrete and brick walls and red, blue, hot pink, black and yellow fabric. Until last year, the palette at Fuller Specialty was entirely monochromatic. Their product: mostly mesh sports jerseys and gym bags. Then Sue Catherine discovered the company on the Internet
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Inc.: Amid tumbling banks and bankrupt companies, small businesses may have cause for celebration. The Senate reauthorized the Small Business Administration’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. In the House, Congressman David Wu (D-OR) shepherded the bill through, with a resounding 386-41 vote. The bill will now head to
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