Fall River Herald News: Donald Pratt of Dartmouth was named Subway multi-store 2010 franchisee of the year, North America, at the restaurant chain’s annual convention held in Chicago in July. Pratt was honored for his accomplishments in building sales and increasing profitability while also achieving excellent store evaluations. He was selected from among the chain’s […]
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Columbus Business First: Before Max & Erma’s gets bigger, it’s going to get smaller. As many as 10 restaurant closings and a corporate office consolidation are among the first tasks facing Denver-based American Blue Ribbon Holdings LLC, which is expected to close its $28 million purchase of the Columbus-based chain Aug. 31. American Blue Ribbon
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The dog days of August are almost over and so is National Inventors Month. We covered a lot of inventors and inventions this month. One of my favorites is the look back at inventors from the past who came up with ideas that we use without a second thought. Inventor Legends: Edwin Binney and Harold
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Franchise India: Media Info is all set to take the franchise route to expand the brand pan-India. The Delhi based company is known for providing a platform to make career in media. The company is also planning to make facilities like ad shoot and brand promotion a part of its curriculum. Media info has its
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Franchising.net.au: There are more ways for franchisees to ensure the right fit with a franchise system than choosing a brand and industry they are passionate about. Will the training provided suit the franchisee’s business experience? When franchisors understand the level of small business experience prospective franchisees bring to the table it dictates how franchise opportunities
Jim Piazzo was looking forward to becoming a green entrepreneur with the help of San Jose. While he still might become a green entrepreneur it probably won’t be with much help from the city reports The Mercury News. Here’s Piazzo’s story: Young tree surgeon tires of paying big dumping fees for tree limbs. He sees
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Although many people wouldn’t normally give it a second thought while pouring out some kibble for their dog, Carol Brown thinks twice about what they’re about to eat. After losing more than one dog to cancer, Carol decided there must be something she can do to help improve the quality of her pets’ life. She
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In celebrating National Inventors Month, we have concentrated on bringing you stories about inventors and inventions. In this post, we’re going to look at trademarks. Why trademarks? Federal trademark registration adds value to the products you have invented. According to the USPTO, a trademark is the name, symbol or logo that you have created to
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According to the Chicago ABC7 News website, 89-year-old Al Roth was inspired to invent the Clumsee after finding it increasingly difficult to hold onto his digital camera. The Clumsee is a handle extension for small digital cameras. The device screws into bottom of any point-and-shoot digital camera, allowing the camera user an easier grip than
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n {democracy:58} According to a story at Bloomberg BusinessWeek, delivering online video is becoming much more of a commodity business. The average price websites pay to stream video fell 40 percent to 45 percent in 2009 and is on track to decline another 25 percent this year, estimates Frost & Sullivan. The causes of the
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