January 5, 2010

Howie’s Game ShackÂ® Franchises Now Available

Earthtimes: Rick Mansel, president of HGS Franchise, LLC, announced the availability of Howieâ€™s Game ShackÂ® franchises. â€œWe are pleased to offer entrepreneurs an exciting new form of interactive entertainment business,â€ said Mansel. Gary Daichendt, HGS Franchiseâ€™s chairman of the board, added, â€œWe believe the owner/operator model is vital to building a successful gaming business and […]

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Leading Kids Party Franchise Hires New Vps To Head Operations, Development

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Franchising.com: PIU Management, LLC, franchisor of the Pump It Up and BounceU brands, announced two new appointments to its senior management team, including Vice President of Operations Scott Keppel, and Vice President of Development and Real Estate Sean Bock. Keppel will oversee operations for both franchise brands, while Bock will spearhead domestic and international expansion

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Subway Success Despite Recession

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Bdaily: A national sandwich chain has set its sights on the North East as it plans its expansion for the next five years. Despite difficult market conditions on the high street, the Subway chain, which currently employs more than 800-1000 people in Tyne Tees and North Yorkshire, plans to open another 50 stores by the

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Naked Pizza To Expand Into Florida With New Licensing Agreement

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NOLA.com: Healthful pizza maker Naked Pizza will add 20 to 40 new locations this year after signing a licensing agreement that will expand the company into Florida, a spokesman for the New Orleans firm said Tuesday. The deal sets the stage for the 498-square-foot Claiborne Avenue shop, which already has attracted investment from billionaire Mark

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Movers & Shapers Seeks High Street Franchises

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The Franchise Magazine: High street fitness operator Movers & Shapers is seeking to continue its UK expansion via franchising. The company has seven stores, its most recent being its first concession operation which opened at a Bupa Wellness Centre in Solihull in November last year. Individuals are now being sought to open more boutique-style stores

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That Hobby Looks Like A Lot Of Work

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QUIT your day job? To some craft enthusiasts that is just the name of a popular blog on Etsy, the fast-growing Web site that serves as a marketplace for crafts and vintage goods, according to a story at The New York Times. But to Yokoo Gibran, it was an epiphany. Gibran, who is in her

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Services Tailor Apps For Small Bizs

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Barbara Heinrich says she isn’t computer-savvy, but last month the owner of Local Motion, a clothing boutique in Minneapolis, went online and built her own mobile-phone application, reports The Wall Street Journal. It was worth a try, she figured, considering how cheap and easy it was to do and how addicted to iPhone apps young

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Entrepreneurs Seek Ways To Draw Out Workers’ Ideas

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When Andrew Schuman bought Hammond’s Candies in 2007, the nearly 90-year-old candy company was operating in the red. Schuman, who says he knew nothing about the candy business, soon learned that an assembly-line worker, rather than an executive, had dreamed up the design of the company’s popular ribbon snowflake candy, reports The Wall Street Journal.

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Free Or Cost Effective Biz Tools

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Greg Fry over at Bloggertone shares his favorite business tools he has used this year. I am amazed at how many amazing products for business are very inexpensive or often completely free. The only challenge is to find them in the first place. 1. Animoto — Allows you to make really impressive videos. You can

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Sentinel Capital Buys Massage Envy

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Private Equity Hub: Sentinel Capital Partners, a private equity firm that invests in promising smaller middle-market companies, today announced it has acquired Massage Envy, LLC. Based in Scottsdale, Arizona, Massage Envy is the nationâ€™s largest provider and franchisor of therapeutic massage services. Financial terms of the transaction are not being disclosed. Massage Envy offers professional

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