June 9, 2010

Love U Parties Offer A Personal Touch

EarthTimes: Love U Parties has committed to offering only the highest quality and healthiest sexual lifestyle products to men, women and couples across the nation while helping people build flourishing businesses – introducing a novel business model unlike any other the home pleasure party business. Love U Parties’ commitment to hygienically superior, healthy and high-quality […]

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Vivid Digital Concepts Expands Into The Orlando Market

SBWire: Vivid Digital Concepts, the premier franchisor in the digital sign industry, is pleased to announce the opening of another Private Advertising Network in the Orlando, FL metropolitan area. The advertising network is deployed via flat screens up to 42’’ that are located in highly-visible, high-traffic local businesses. The franchise owner, Brad Potter, is very

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Franchising Company Sopra Brands Attracts World-Class Talent, Names Franchising Expert Keith Gerson COO

FranchiseWorks.com: Salt Lake City, UT – Sopra Brands, a privately held, multi-concept franchise system with worldwide headquarters in Salt Lake City, experienced in growing small and large companies in the franchise industry, announces the appointment of franchising expert Keith Gerson as Chief Operating Officer. Gerson, who most recently served as President and COO of PuroClean,

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Finding The Right Franchise

Nassau Guardian: Building a business from the ground up might be an entrepreneur’s ambition, but an advocate of franchising believes using an established company’s business model will increase chances of success than starting from scratch. President and Founder of the National Association of Black Hotel Owners, Operators and Developers Andy Ingraham said there are many

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Amor Vincit Omnia

I’m including this story because it’s NOT about Twitter or Facebook or the iPhone. It’s about Buttercup. Buttercup the chihuahua is a new mommy, but not to a scrappy litter of yapping puppies. No, the tiny 2-year-old pooch has become a mom to nine orphaned kittens at the Angel Animal Hospital in Surrey, England. Buttercup

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Franchising Code Changes Lead To Increase In Disclosure, But Critic Slams “Window Dressing”

SmartCompany.com.au: Small Business Minister Craig Emerson’s long-awaited changes to the Franchising Code have been introduced into Parliament, with a focus on increasing the level of disclosure franchisors need to make to franchisees and prospective franchisees. But while Emerson says the changes will help provide “certainty” for the sector, outspoken franchisee advocate Frank Zumbo has described

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Exclusive Collectables Signs Up First Franchisee

Franchising.net.au: Australia’s first hobby store franchise is set to open early August as the fourth outlet in the Exclusive Collectables retail system. Franchisee Alfred Battiato who will run the flagship Sydney Top Ryde City store as an owner/operator, said “Exclusive Collectables success lies in its huge product range, availability and most importantly overall customer service.

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Cruising With The WENG

In a matter of weeks, Stanford University graduate students have built an electric car they hope will make daily travel more environmentally friendly, efficient, and fun. The WENG–”Where Everyone Needs to Go”–is built for short-range, low-speed drives and may soon be the cool new way to cruise the neighborhood–and possibly the antidote to the fully

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What Makes #2 Pencils So Special?

Most of us pick up pencils and lose them without giving it a second thought. Pencils are a bit more interesting than you might, think, though. Mental Floss answers a few not-so-frequently asked questions about everyone’s second-favorite writing implements, including when pencil sharpeners were illegal. What makes #2 pencils so special? They’re the absolute middle

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