Franchising.com: Hotel Indigo today announced the addition of two new properties in San Antonio to double the brand’s presence in Texas. The Hotel Indigo San Antonio Riverwalk, which opened last week, and the Hotel Indigo San Antonio at the Alamo, which will open this winter, join properties in Dallas and Houston for a total of […]
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Las Vegas Review: A controversial request to build a fast-food restaurant next to a pet cemetery has been withdrawn, but cemetery supporters remained wary because the property at issue could still be rezoned for commercial use. Property owners CT-1 LLC asked for a one-acre parcel at Craig Road and Tenaya Way to be reclassified from
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Examiner.com: American doughnut chain Krispy Kreme is set to open its first location in Shanghai on Dec. 11. The store is on WuJiang Road. The company said that the store will offer 16 varieties of Krispy Kreme doughnuts that will be made fresh daily, including the hot Original Glazed doughnut. Krispy Kreme previously opened locations
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Thirty-five people showed up at TeleBrands’ headquarters in Fairfield, N.J. and were allotted just five minutes to present consumer product inventions to the ultimate judge, AJ Khubani. He is the CEO and founder of TeleBrands, a leader in the direct response television industry and the “As Seen on TV” category, reports New Jersey Newsroom. Set
Franchise Wire: Joe Sweeny, Card Connection’s franchisee for the West of Ireland has been named the winner of the leading greeting card and publisher’s highly prized Franchisee of the Year award for the fifth time, for achieving the highest level of sales of greeting cards across the company’s team of approximately 85 franchisees. Joe who
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An entrepreneurial boom is on its way, but don’t expect it to be led by 20-somethings. Instead, America’s best economic recovery plan is in the hands of those aged 50 and up, according to a recent study by the Kauffman Foundation. The study found that over the past 10 years, most company founders were between
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Most of the country has prohibited customers from smoking in restaurants. Yet a reminder of a time when it was okay to light up before dessert refuses to flame out: the matchbook. Statewide smoking bans tend to slow matchbook sales initially, but restaurant owners always return to the matchbooks. The New York Times says “in
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There’s an interesting article at Fast Company about solving problems by copycatting. Pete Foley, associate director of the cognitive science group at Procter & Gamble, was looking for an inspired solution to challenges faced by P&G’s feminine-care business unit. Its R&D staff had pursued several approaches, but none of them offered the breakthrough that Foley
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photo credit: Torley Many business owners are getting on the Facebook train realizing it is a great way to achieve low cost social media marketing. However, some of them still don’t quite know the true full potential of Facebook and how they can use it to their companies advantage. Companies can create a “business account
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The Wall Street Journal reports that retailers are finally coming around to a concept I have long advocated: free shipping. You don’t get charged a brick-and-mortar-store fee when you buy something in person – it’s built into the price. Why shouldn’t online shoppers have the same experience? Plus, the Journal says consumers are four to
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