August 22, 2011

Swim To Success

Times Online: A pool and spa specialist has beaten 62 Australian franchisees to win national franchisee of the year for the third time in a row at this year’s Swimart Awards. Swimart Pakuranga scooped seven awards at the ceremony in Cairns. Chris Fitzmaurice, national manager of Swimart, says: “The Pakuranga team has performed exceptionally over

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In Search Of More Muscle

Wall Street Journal: Franchising is often seen as a safer business model than starting up from scratch. Yet failure is a real possibility, even among the most popular franchises. Case in point: Curves International Inc. Once among the fastest-growing franchises in the world, the women’s fitness-club chain now finds itself rapidly shrinking. Last year 833

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