The book Big Box Swindle:The True Cost of Mega-Retailers and the Fight for America’s Independent Businesses raises important questions and suggests some interesting ideas that should be of interest to work at home entrepreneurs who struggle to overcome the “Big Boys’” economies of scale. The main argument against the “Big Box” and it’s “low low […]
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BusinessWeek: A Jiffy Lube franchisee with more than 400 locations nationwide has agreed to buy 12 stores in Louisiana. Heartland Automotive Services Inc. says it agreed to buy the Jiffy Lube stores from Cajun Lube and CCR Lubes, hoping to gain a foothold in the Louisiana market. Heartland CEO Brett Ponton says the new stores
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Back-to-school spending is expected to be robust this year as parents replenish their kids’ wardrobes and backpacks after two years of weak demand for school gear. Having outgrown shoes, shirts and even backpacks they’ve used the last two years, children heading back to school this year will arrive in style. The National Retail Federation’s 2010
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The founders of Diapers.com today launched Soap.com, a new retail website for household products, vitamins, toliet paper and well, soap, at competitive prices over the internet. I know that my wife has been excitedly awaiting the launch. She’s a big Diapers.com fan is hopeful that low prices from Soap.com will mean that she never has
BBC News: The fashion company Burberry says it has agreed to buy out its franchisees in mainland China. The company will pay £70m ($108m) to take full control of 50 stores in 30 cities, including nine in Beijing and four in Shanghai, from its franchisee Kwok Hang Holdings of Hong Kong. Burberry, which has 236
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The Patriot Ledger: Wireless Zone is dialing up an expansion in the region, opening two new Verizon Wireless stores in Canton and Fairhaven. Wireless Zone franchisees Eric Leung of Cumberland, R.I., and Ray Leung of Quincy opened those shops – their eighth and ninth Verizon stores – in the past two weeks. The business partners,
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Sydney Morning Herald: The future of Australia’s largest fridge seal replacement franchise is in jeopardy after a court ruling that it acted unconscionably in charging its franchisees an extra $25 a week nine years ago. The ruling, in the Federal Court at Brisbane, has left the franchise’s owner reeling with an expected legal bill for
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QSR magazine: Steve Caldeira was a little short on time. Just a few days into his new job as president and chief executive of the International Franchise Association (IFA), he told QSR the interview would be tightly controlled on time as he had a meeting at the White House, with other industry heads and Administration
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BallStars is a sports-affiliated business that uses a proprietary technology to reproduce full color images on sports paraphernalia, such as baseballs, soccer balls, baseballs, hockey pucks, volleyballs, and footballs. In addition to the sports balls, the photographs can also be applied to other curved surfaces and materials. Licensing a BallStars business offers plenty of opportunities
