April 5, 2010

How Subway Went Global

QSR magazine: Subway’s director of development explains how the brand transformed into an international icon and which markets he’s watching for the future. The day QSR interviewed Subway’s director of development, Don Fertman, the sandwich chain was celebrating. It had just hit the 32,000-store mark the day before, and the company showed no signs of […]

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The Franchise Agreement: An Effective Tool For Growing Nigeria’s Service Industry

BusinessDay: Franchising The Nigerian business scene has in recent years witnessed significant growth by way of branch expansion of several leading hotel, fast food and supermarket chains. Some are local outfits while others are multinational service providers. What might however surprise a few is the fact that, in several cases, the facilities, i.e. premises, furniture,

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It’s In The (Hand)Bag

Kristina Giedra always thought she’d become a music teacher, says the Glendale Heights Press. But things just didn’t work out that way. After receiving a green card to come to America a decade ago, Giedra landed a nanny job with a Naperville family and began taking college management and marketing courses. With her degree, she

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Shopping For A New Coach?

According to a story at USA TODAY, coaches aren’t the only ones making money off the rising tide of their salaries. Winthrop Intelligence is a year-old company that uses open-records requests to create a database of what every Division I head coach and assistant in every men’s and women’s sport at every public college is

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