April 16, 2010

Harvey Norman Automates Purchase Order Process With Sterling Business Integration Suite

MarketWatch: Sterling Commerce, an AT&T Inc company, today announced that Harvey Norman Holdings Limited, Australia’s leading retailer of computer and electrical products, has deployed Sterling Collaboration Network to automate all purchase orders exchanged between franchises and suppliers. Sterling Collaboration Network, part of Sterling Business Integration Suite, is an integration-as-a-service (IaaS) offering that enables Harvey Norman […]

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De Pot Man Plans To Grow Garden Retail

Franchise Site

Franchising.net.au: Franchised pots and garden ornament retailer de POT Man plans to open 15 new stores across Australia in the next two years. The companyâ€™s expansion plan includes all capital cities and a number of regional areas with populations above 60,000. Founder Drew Camm said the company is looking to strengthen its position in the

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Burger King Workers Busted After Spitting On Cop’s Whopper

Franchise Site

â€ŽWMBF: Two Burger King employees have been fired for spitting in an Oregon sheriff deputy’s burger. Clark County Sheriff’s Deputy Edward Blysma filed a lawsuit in federal court Tuesday. He claims that he found the spit on his Whopper after receiving the sandwich at a Vancouver, Washington Burger King operated by franchisee Kaizen Restaurants. Blysma

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iPad Printing: Solved

Humor

Brilliantcrank over at Engadget has come up with a simple workaround for the iPad printing problem. Have a great weekend! Photo by Engadget.

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Raymond To Take Franchisee Route To Open 100 Stores

Franchise Site

â€ŽFinancial Express: The Rs 1,200-crore Raymond Ltd is planning to open 100 retail stores through its franchisee network in tier-IV and V cities like Bijapur, Mandya and Bellary in Karnataka, and Ahmednagar and Bhandara in Maharashtra, among others, in calendar year 2010. This is more than the 76 franchise stores the company opened in 2009-10

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New in the Directory This Week

Administrivia, Biz Ops

One of the often overlooked sections of this website is our directory. Over 2300 different bizops, franchises, dealerships and online opportunities are listed there. Here are the new companies from this week: Business Opportunities Brown Bag Party Chews-4-Health EZ Spices RedHotVend Time Plus Payroll Wish You Were Here Franchises Above Grade Level Frames N Panes

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Yes, McDonald’s Could Add More Sizzle

Franchise Site

â€ŽDailyFinance: As one of the world’s best- known brands, McDonald’s is smoking. Its stock has rocketed to a 52-week high of $69.53 a share on Apr. 14, 2010. That’s quite a leap from its 52-week low of $51 on May 1, 2009. Continued strong fundamentals in the company that operates or franchises 32,500 restaurants in

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Cool Biz Idea: Home Smart Card

Ideas

ABC7 reports that the Home Smart Card is a reloadable gift card used to pay for cab rides. The card is sold for $25 and allows you to add additional amounts. It is accepted by most cab companies that accept major credit cards. Inventor Rosette Marturana designed the card because she worried about her 21

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Entrepreneur’s State of Mind: 2010

Ideas

The blog Grasshopper conducted a survey, “The Entrepreneur State of Mind,” and the results have now been summarized in an infographic by Jason Lankow of Column Five Media. How do you measure up? Photo by Column Five Media.

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Library Of Congress: Every Tweet Ever Made

History

Get ready for fame, tweeters of the world: the Library of Congress is archiving for posterity every public tweet made since the service went live back in 2006. Every. Single. Tweet, reports Ars Technica. The LOC announced the news, appropriately enough, on Twitter. Twitter isn’t just about being pretentious and notifying the world about the

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