Zacks.com: Leading global specialty retailer, The Gap Inc., in a drive to boost its international operations, seeks to consolidate its foreign business under one division from London. The rationalized division will be headed by Stephen Sunnucks, who will be responsible for all company-operated and franchised stores across Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, Asia Pacific […]
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Daily Journal: A franchisee plans to open a T.G.I. Friday’s restaurant at the Pittsburgh Penguins’ new arena, Consol Energy Center. The restaurant won’t open until June, but the restaurant plans to take applications and conduct interviews starting Monday. The Bistro Group is the company opening the restaurant. The company’s marketing director tells the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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Daily Gleaner: A lawsuit seeking to stop McDonald’s Corp. from offering toys with Happy Meals must be dismissed because parents can always choose not to buy the meals for their children, the hamburger giant said in a court filing late Monday. The lawsuit accuses McDonald’s of unfairly using toys to lure children into its restaurants.
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MarketWatch: If ever there was a sure thing,†Tim Hortons Inc. co-founder Ronald Joyce wrote in his autobiography, “owning a Tim Hortons franchise was it.†That could well be true. You drive into a Canadian town (or city) of just about any size, and you’re as likely to see a Tim Hortons as you are
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Syracuse is home to one of the largest restaurant companies in the United States. That would be Carrols Corp., which is also the largest franchisee of Burger King restaurants. It’s likely Carrol’s was in on this fight, which may have turned out well for the franchisees. Read on… Syracuse.com (blog): BK settles with franchisees over
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BusinessWire: Stream Energy, the world’s largest network marketer of energy, has announced pre-registration for a specialty Texas license plate emblazoned with the logo of Ignite, Stream Energy’s network marketing arm. The six-character plates will be available for delivery starting in late May through My Plates in partnership with the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles. A
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Aspiring mompreneurs once again have the opportunity to receive some funding through the Huggies MomInspired program. The program awards money to deserving moms with inventions or ideas that are inspired by motherhood. At a time when American entrepreneurs are credited with starting the most businesses – more than half a million per month – than
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Early retirement ended Chuck Salley’s career as a sales and marketing executive. That is not stopping him from reaching the ranks of entrepreneur, though, reports Westport News. Salley, 69, is one of many baby boomers pushing into new fields through TechTown, a business incubator at Detroit’s Wayne State University. Nearly a third of people attending
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What if you could improve many areas within your home? Would you want increased water efficiency in appliances, like your washer? How about better air quality? These are all questions that WAVE Home Solutions would like you to ask yourself. After all, it is their solutions that will make all of those improvements a reality.
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Select Your Franchise (blog): A recent case1 has highlighted the courts reluctance to intervene in “rewriting†RC’s to make them enforceable. This means it is even more important to ensure that your RC’s are reasonable. RC’s – the Law The general rule is – a franchisor has a legitimate right to protect its interests in
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