September 24, 2009

An Exciting Opportunity To Become An FDS London Franchise Owner

Franchise Site

The Franchise Magazine: An opportunity to own and operate the Franchise Development Services London franchise is now being made available. Franchise Development Services (FDS), which provides national and international franchise consultancy services and publishes magazines and websites dedicated to franchising, is looking for a suitable professional person or organisation to own and operate FDS London. […]

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New Software Integrates With Pageflex Storefront

Franchise Site

What They Think: NAPC today announced the release of DASH , a groundbreaking software tool that seamlessly integrates with the best of breed, Pageflex Storefront, allowing franchisees, retailers, and distributors of chain operations to generate coupons quickly and simply. DASH dramatically reduces the cost of generating coupons and other variable data. Now, for the first

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Researching Franchise “Opportunity” Can Ward Off Scams

Franchise Site

SmartBrief: There is a big difference between at-home franchises and work-at-home business opportunities, both of which can be legitimate, says Small Business Trends franchise expert Joel Libava. The distinction is important and people need to do their homework, Libava says, because some people who want to work at home have been scammed by so-called franchise

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Customised Cookies, Baked To Order

Ideas

Springwise: Toronto’s Sweet Flour Bake Shop, lets patrons design their own baked treats and eat them fresh from the oven just two minutes later. More than 15,000 possible combinations face Sweet Flour customers, who begin by choosing the cookie dough base they’d like: original, peanut butter or oatmeal. From there they can choose from among

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Not Every Customer Is A Good One

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photo credit: Mirko Macari I’m sure you have heard the timeless saying of “the customer is always right”, this usually implies that the customer is not necessarily right, however, you don’t want to loose them or create bad word of mouth advertising through them so you comply with their wishes. Entrepreneur.com: Of course, there’s a

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Entrepreneur Thinks Pink

Inventions

PioneerLocal.com: Jeff Niemiec just wants everyone to think pink. Toward that end Niemiec, owner of Pink Inc., turns out thousands of pink flamingos a year at his Morton Grove plant. They are the kind of plastic birds you can see decorating lawns across the country – pink plastic bodies, painted beaks and metal legs. Niemiec

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What is a Small Business?

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photo credit: orinrobertjohn The SBA needs a table that runs 37 pages plus footnotes just to define small business. via Jeff Cornwall who added: “This is just one small example why we don’t need government steering our economy and making decisions about economic winners and losers.”

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