Albany Times Union: Just Between Friends Franchise Systems, Inc, the nation’s leading children’s and maternity consignment event, is expanding. The company has added seven new franchises this year and currently has 124 franchises in 24 states and projects that gross sales will top $22 million dollars in 2012. The company’s expansion is part of a […]
MarketWatch: Driven Brands, Inc. announced today that it has appointed Jonathan Fitzpatrick (42) as the company’s new President and CEO. He succeeds Kenneth D. Walker (64), who is retiring July 6th. Driven Brands is the parent of Maaco Collision Repair & Auto Painting, Meineke Car Care Centers, Econo Lube N’ Tune, AutoQual, Aero Colours, Drive
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At first you may not know what a scantron is. However, if you’ve ever taken a big test you’re bound to remember quickly. According to WebProNews, Michael Sokolski is the man you can thank for that testing style. Sokolski was born in Poland on September 25th, 1926. He lost his mother during a German attack
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This Is Essex: Ray Higgs, of Dunmow, dreamt up the A-OK care monitor in 2006, after his late father, Ron, 84, suffered a minor stroke. The device allows family members to keep a “discreet eye” on lonely individuals in their homes without any cameras. “My dad pleaded with us not to take him to a
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PRUrgent.com: Edible Arrangements franchisees will soon be able to closely manage their stores from a smart phone thanks to two new custom apps developed by sister company Netsolace, Inc. Fransupport Mobile, more than a year-and-a-half in development, will be available in July and is designed to provide franchisees with the means to monitor their locations
PCR-online.biz: After being turned down by Lord Sugar, Nick Holzherr has secured funding for his food website and app idea. In the Apprentice final, Lord Sugar told the technology entrepreneur that the website would not be useful, saying: “Who could be bothered with it?†Holzherr has now proved Lord Sugar wrong by successfully securing £170,000
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Manufacturing Digital: Rita’s Italian Ice, the nation’s largest Italian Ice concept with over 625 stores in 19 states, announced today their newest flavor, SOUR PATCH KIDS Red Italian Ice, will debut in stores June 29th, 2012. Guests are encouraged to ask for a free sample! This new, yummy, sour then sweet SOUR PATCH KIDS Red
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Nashville Scene: Edley’s Bar-B-Que, which has been a hit in the 12South neighborhood since it opened in November 2011, is going to launch a second location in East Nashville. A brief but enthusiastic post on the Edley’s Facebook page states: “We’re excited to announce we will be opening a second location. East Nashville here we
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Business 2 Community: Recently, Marketo hosted more 1200 people at their annual user conference, giving customers, employees, industry luminaries, and prospects from all over the world opportunities to interact. To me, the greatest part of the event was hearing about how others were utilizing Marketo’ platform, particularly everyone’s unique use cases for marketing automation. I
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National Post: Outside the franchise context, equity commonly has a place in legal disputes. Even where the defendant has committed a legal wrong, courts consider whether there is anything about the plaintiff’s conduct that should excuse what the defendant may have done or that would make it “inequitable†(essentially, unfair) for the plaintiff to obtain
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