August 11, 2011

Family-Owned Franchises On Upswing At Showhomes Home Staging

Marketwire: Franchising has long been a multi-generational affair but in these uncertain economic times even more families are using it to create a secure future for their children, spouses, siblings and extended family members. Donna and Rick Muelver were ahead of the trend. The Muelvers and their three oldest children co-own the family’s Showhomes Home […]

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Google Axes App Inventor

Google created App Inventor so people could create their own apps. Now they are preparing to shut down the service. The service launched in private beta last summer and opened to the public in December. But it hasn’t progressed very much since last year. It’s still fairly difficult to create complex Android apps using the

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Franchising, Social Media And The Changing Online Marketing Landscape

Newswire Today: These online media phenomena are increasingly used by brand owners, their customers and their employees alike as what is now the topmost marketing tool. This article details some of the challenging issues and implications that have gone along with the use of such sites and the particular impact of such issues on global

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Menchie’s Reaches 100th Store Milestone In Third Year Of Franchising

PR Newswire: Politics, pocketbooks and America’s Olympic success dominated headlines in 2008, but what may truly go down in history as one of the world’s great stories from that year is the start of something very special (not to mention tasty) in Southern California. Menchie’s began its franchising initiative just three short years ago, following

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