Franchising.net.au: Stan Gordon, managing director of Franchised Food Company (FFCo), has warned that plans to launch American food brands in Australia could be doomed to fail. Multinational retailers wanting to roll out concepts that work in the US or Europe could find that the same format is unsuccessful in Australia, Gordon says. “Having been in […]
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dBusinessNews Cincinnati: Home Helpers, the nation’s leading senior care franchise specializing in non-medical and personal care and companionship with a presence in more than 500 strategic communities in North America, has just announced it has been added to the AARP National Employer Team, a program that helps businesses better recruit, manage and retain mature workers.
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Express Buzz: Carnation Auto, a multi-brand auto sales, services and related solutions services provider, said it will stay away from franchisee-based model to expand its retail presence. The company said setting up exclusive retail outlets will act as a key differentiator to offer services to customers. “We have consciously decided to stay away from the
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Daily Sun: Mr Bigg’s, a Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) and a member of the UACN group, first opened its doors to Nigerians in August 1986. Seventeen (17) years later, it switched to franchising its outlets to solvent Nigerians and individuals resident in Nigeria who wish to engage in its kind of business. The move raised
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Surrounded by shelves stocked with 180 different wooden train cars, Sandy Oliver boxes orders at Whittle Shortline Railroad in New London, Mo. (pop. 1,001). Then she stops and picks up a bright blue replica of The Little Engine That Could, reports American Profile. This is my favorite. I think it has personality,” says Oliver about
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PR Newswire: Interstate All Battery Center (IABC) announces a quantum leap in its growth with the addition of 128 new points of service throughout the U.S. and Canada to become the nation’s largest portable power solutions and battery power company in terms of market reach with more than 329 points of presence and coverage in
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According to a story at Fast Company, everything will soon be connected to the social net–we’ve said it before, but if you’re a social network denier then here’s proof positive: Now your tiny baby can status update too. The magic comes from Belgium’s Hasselt University and a course on mobile and pervasive computing–it was the
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The Chicago Tribune has an interesting article about the difference between a fad and a trend. Zhu Zhu Pets are THE toy for Christmas. Every kid wants them. Cepia, the maker of Zhu Zhu Pets, is billing the toys as “the best alternatives to real live hamsters” because they “don’t poop, die or stink.” Stores
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A year ago, Glenn Beck’s semi-autobiographical novel, The Christmas Sweater, was atop USA TODAY‘s Best-Selling Books list and in the top 10 for three weeks. Now, it’s back on the list — and not just in its grown-up form. The Fox News host’s 284-page novel was No. 47 last week, and a new 40-page picture-book
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The New York Times has a story about a man with an interesting ‘job’. For the past 10 years, Jesus Leonardo has been cleaning up at an OTB parlor in Midtown Manhattan, cashing in, by his own count, nearly half a million dollars’ worth of discarded winning tickets from wagers on thoroughbred races across the
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