Franchising.com: Through their own in-house marketing department, Wireless Zone, the nation’s largest retailer of Verizon Wireless products and services, is able to bypass the middle man and provide their franchisees with a truly individual marketing experience. Wireless Zone’s advertising comes from within its corporate walls through AdOne, the marketing team assembled to address the needs […]
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Great Falls Tribune: Doreen Lightner’s full-time job is working on the farm she and her husband own. Her other job is a group leader with PartyLite Candles, a direct sales company. Those two jobs work perfectly together. The PartyLite business allows for flexible hours that can work around farming. “The nice thing about my PartyLite
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Nation’s Restaurant News: The Counter, a 20-unit build-your-own-burger franchise concept, has hired former Panera Bread executive Peter Wright in the newly created position of senior vice president of franchise sales, officials announced Tuesday. Wright worked previously as director of franchise sales and administration at Panera LLC, where he negotiated 48 domestic development agreements and assisted
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NBC San Diego: At a La Mesa coffee shop called Java Mama, Nichole MacDonald shows off the latest in eco-friendly purses. One’s made of recycled polyester, treated to look and feel like leather. Another has a zippered compartment to hide your green shopping bag. Her year old business Bagonia is thriving, she says, in big
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Reuters: Red Mango, the fastest-growing retailer of all-natural nonfat frozen yogurt, has announced that it will begin awarding franchise agreements in Atlanta as part of an aggressive national expansion campaign. Recently honored with Nation’s Restaurant News’ 2009 “Hot Concepts!” award, the company plans to open some 20 stores in the area over the next five
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Fast Casual: American Fork, Utah-based Abundant Brands has acquired the fast casual concept Bajio Mexican Grill from Franchise Brands, a subsidiary of Doctor’s Associates Inc., DBA Subway. The acquisition of the Bajio brand from a subsidiary of Doctor’s Associates marks an important and strategic accomplishment for Utah-based Abundant Brands. “As a Bajio franchisee for the
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Chain Leader: Miami Subs Pizza & Grill’s slogan has always been “real food made fresh.” But the originator of the fast casual restaurant concept is now taking that commitment a step further with the introduction of SafeHands(r) proprietary, alcohol-free instant hand sanitizers in all of its restaurants. According to Ervin Hernandez, local store marketing manager,
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WCSH-TV: Kaile Warren was depressed and homeless when, through “divine intervention,” he got the concept – and brand name – that would make him something of a national celebrity. Warren says God presented him with the idea for a home-repair franchise and this slogan: “Rent-A-Husband: For those jobs that never get done.” At the time,
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Food Business Review: Tubby’s Grilled Submarines has introduced Pulled Pork Sub at all of its locations. The sub is added to its menu, following Chicken Wings, Boneless Wings, the Southwest Chicken Sub, and the Chipotle Cheeseburger Sub, reported QSR Magazine. Gary Hoobler, vice president of Tubby’s Grilled Submarines, said: “The Pulled Pork Sub is getting
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BusinessWeek: After seven years of legal wrangling with conglomerate Cendant Corporation, a jury has awarded Robert C. Halcro, a franchisee of Avis Rent A Car System, $16 million in damages. A judge had previously ruled that the Avis franchisor had “unequivocally†breached its agency settlement agreement with Halcro’s company Alaska Rent A Car, when it
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