Strategy

Manhattan Bagel Urges Customers To Look And Not Bite

Franchising.com: Manhattan Bagel®, the popular neighborhood bagel bakery featuring genuine New York style bagels, just unveiled its new website at manhattanbagel.com and customers are getting a new taste of Manhattan Bagel’s menu innovation. “Manhattan Bagel is already a big hit in the communities it serves. The new website reinforces why we are a destination of

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After Selling Your Startup To Microsoft? Sell Toilet Paper And Trash Bags

Mashable: In 2007, Microsoft acquired Jellyfish, a social search engine that ultimately became the Live Search Cashback program. The company’s founders — Brian Wiegand and Mark McGuire — have since moved on, and are now working on a stealth startup called Alice.com that is announcing a $4.3 million financing round. While the founders aren’t giving

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Bark Busters Launches Its First-Ever Internet Radio Network

Franchising.com: Bark Busters–the world’s largest, most trusted dog training company–has unleashed its new Internet Radio Network on www.BarkBusters.com. Dog lovers nationwide can now listen to extensive interviews with nationally known pet industry experts as well as learn training and safety tips for their furry friends. These pre-recorded 60-minute barkcasts are available by logging onto www.BarkBusters.com.

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MatchPoint Responds To Turbulent Times-Distributes $2.5 Million Of Franchise Education Material

PR Leap: MatchPoint®, the industry’s leading Franchise Consulting Network is responding to the global financial turmoil by offering free franchise education material worth $2.5 million to the marketplace. In a strategic alliance with Franchise Television Productions, MatchPoint is distributing 50,000 DVDs through its nation-wide network of franchise consultants. Valued at $49.95 each, this DVD aptly

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VISTA® Hospitality Grows Through Strategic Acquisition

Hotel Interactive: VISTA® Hospitality Solutions (http://corporate.vistarez.com) head quartered in Murfreesboro, Tennessee has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Select Inn brand from privately owned Select Franchising, Inc. of Fargo, North Dakota. Subject to completion of due diligence, the deal is expected to close by the end of the year. “Select Inns are squarely

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Toni & Guy Makes Big Bucks With Franchising Model

Real Business: “McDonalds was the first franchise on the high street. We were the second,” says founder Toni Mascolo. Mascolo’s international hairdressing brand boasts 405 salons across the globe. Only 12 of these are proprietary, the others are all franchises. “We’ve got shares in every Toni & Guy franchise,” says Mascolo. “And we take a

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Dutch Bros. Coffee Injects Some “Dutch Luv” Into The Traditional French Press

Franchising.com: Dutch Bros. Coffee, a fun-loving and spirited private coffee company founded by two Southern Oregon dairy farming brothers, introduces the first portable Dutch Press for drive-through coffee consumers. Based on the French Press concept of brewing the most robust beverage by allowing coffee grounds to steep in hot water before plunging a mesh filter

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