Franchiseindia.com: Crossword, a lifestyle bookstore chain, plans to expand its presence in tier I and II cities in India. Besides this, the company is looking at opening four more stores in the country in the next two months. This expansion will be a mix of both company owned and franchised stores. Giving details Chandrashekhar Navalkar, […]
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Eater.com: On November 2nd, McDonald’s will be selling the legendary McRib sandwich at outlets across the U.S. for the first time in 16 years. It’ll be available for only “six weeks or so” according to the Chicago Tribune. The McRib — a boneless pork product conglomeration pressed into a rib-cage shaped patty and slathered in
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Visa Bureau: Research house 10 Thousand Feet, which works in businesses with distribution channels, recently released a report on Australia’s franchise networks that showed 35 per cent of all enquiries from overseas residents came from China, followed by India and then South Africa. 10 Thousand Feet head of intelligence Ian Krawitz said there has been
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The Chattanoogan: The Cleveland State Small Business Development Center (SBDC) and FranNet arepresenting a free educational seminar on starting your own business and franchising at the Cleveland Bradley County Library on Oct. 27 from 2–3:30 p.m. Brenda Sheehy, director of the SBDC, and Jerry Bird, East Tennessee franchise specialist with FranNet will be discussing the
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The Desert Sun: Franchising has been characterized as a way to be in business for yourself without being by yourself. Rather than having to “reinvent the wheel,†a franchise owner can take advantage of tested concepts and proven operational and marketing strategies, as well as the franchisor’s institutional knowledge and guidance. But franchise ownership isn’t
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MSNBC reports that an Australian publisher unveiled what he says is the biggest book in the world, seemingly in a bid to steal the spotlight from his digital rivals. The 6-by-9 foot atlas titled “EARTH, Platinum edition” will sell for $100,000, Gordon Cheers, managing director of the publishing company of Millennium House, told the AFP,
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Thousands of years ago man came up with the wheel and luggage. Why it too so long for us to combine the two, we’ll never know reports StarTribune.com. “It was one of my best ideas,” Bernard Sadow said the other day. Sadow, who owned a Massachusetts company that made luggage and coats, is credited with
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Discovery News reports that since the original idea for a “revolving staircase” back in the late 1850s, the whole concept of what an escalator is, and how it works, have come a long way. Escalators, when they’re working of course, are a marvel for getting from Point A to Point B. That’s particularly true when
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When Manjit Minhas was a child she dreamt of being a doctor. By high school her dreams started to shift towards petroleum engineering. One thing she never imagined was: CEO. Now she’s 30 years old, married, and has one child. She’s also the head of a multi-million dollar company, the Minhas Creek Craft Brewing Co.,
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After styling hair for 30 years, Kelly Markos felt that it was time to finally give her feet a rest reports the MontgomeryAdvertiser.com. “I needed to go to a different level in my career,” she said recently from her office in the d’Markos Salon. “My goal is to get off my feet and use my
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