Just ask Amy Reynolds, there is nothing wrong with giving old clothes a new purpose. That is the basic idea behind her business, Teamwear Totes, reports MyCentralJersey.com. She takes old sports jerseys and turns them into unique tote bags, pillows, or cinch sacks. Since the business was launched in August, Reynolds, a mother of two, […]
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Rumors have been swirling for some time, but the search giant has formally unveiled Google eBooks. According to a company blog post, users who access the eBookstore will be able to “browse and search through the largest ebooks collection in the world with more than three million titles including hundreds of thousands for sale.” The
Citybizlist Real Estate: Denver-based Smashburger will break into the Brooklyn market in 2011 as part of a three-shop franchise agreement with 25/20 Management. The new franchisee is led by Jim Denburg, managing member and an 18-year veteran of franchised restaurant locations. Smashburger also has a franchisee planning 20 stores in Long Island and is seeking
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You can’t swing a dead cat without hitting a headline these days about the booming online sales this holiday season. Too bad it doesn’t necessarily include the small to mid-size e-tailers. Inc.com reports that overall, cyber shopping since the beginning of November has been breaking records left and right. Commscore reports it’s up to a
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Business Wire: GE Capital, Franchise Finance provided $10.5 million in financing to Wendy’s® fast food franchisee, Legacy Restaurant Group, LLC. The facility will be used to refinance existing debt. Financing was provided through the GE Capital, Franchise Finance bank affiliate, GE Capital Financial Inc. “Our strong working relationship with Legacy Restaurant Group made a big
Dallas Morning News: For decades, Briggs Freeman Real Estate Brokerage has been a well-known player in Dallas-area residential sales. But CEO Robbie Briggs worries that the boutique sales firm – which has more than 350 listings, mostly in close-in neighborhoods – isn’t getting enough recognition in the fast-growing suburbs. “I can go out to Southlake,
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Business Wire: Sophie’s Cuban Cuisine Franchising, Inc. announced today that their first franchisee, Tom Chamberlain of Haworth, NJ, with his new partner, Alvin Lopez of Spring Lake Heights, NJ, has opened his second franchised Sophie’s Cuban Cuisine restaurant. This restaurant is at 21 W. 45th Street (5th & 6th) in Midtown Manhattan, NY. Mr. Chamberlain,
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Daytona Beach News-Journal: Triebel Family Foods Inc., an area Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwiches franchisee, has bought the property to open an outlet at the corner of Magnolia and South Ridgewood avenues in Daytona Beach, according to Buddy Budiansky and Ron Frederick, commercial Realtors with Prudential Commercial Real Estate FL. Budiansky and Frederick represented Triebel Family
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Mmegi Online: Customers resorted to street vendors here this week for tomatoes after supermarkets ran out of the fruit. “We do not have tomatoes,” Pick n Pay franchisee, Ruth Krupavaram, confirmed to Business Monitor on Wednesday last week. A shop assistant at Choppies Supermarket said they were having problems with the supply of tomatoes because
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Franchising.com: A difficult economy has changed the way many of us shop. Where we might once have replaced an electronic item without thinking twice, now we’re more likely to hang on to it as long as it continues to “work.” Batteries Plus suggests that the same attitude can help shoppers take a more creative approach
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