Courier & Press: Four years after starting her own business, garden marker manufacturer Chris Ingler has found her niche. What started as a way to track her 3,000 day lilies has blossomed into a business that has 500 garden markers waiting to be engraved weekly. “When I started getting so many day lilies, I needed […]
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Washington Post: Bank loans have been harder to come by, but that doesn’t mean companies’ need for funding has dried up. To get cash, small and medium-size businesses have increasingly turned to firms that get them money they are owed more quickly. The firms, known as factoring companies (from the Latin word for “to do”
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Palm Beach Post: Treasure Coast home prices have fallen a stunning 50 percent in the past three years. Given his market’s doldrums, Palm City broker Vince Laviano decided he needed to shake up his real estate firm. Laviano on Wednesday told his 75 agents that he had ended his 15-year relationship with Realty Executives and
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Small Business Trends: I’m not a big fan of Christmas and Year-end Holiday cards. They are not only expensive, but boring and predictable. Every year I look for creative marketing ideas that won’t break the bank, but will break through the clutter that my poor clients are dealing with. This year, I thought it would
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International Business Times: Spicy Pickle Franchising, Inc. fast casual restaurants announced its expansion program is beginning to getback on track. Marc Geman, CEO of Spicy Pickle, stated, “The recent financial crisis hasput the brakes on retail development. Now, for the first time in months,expansion activity is regaining some traction, and we are starting to seethe
Merinews: Over 250 Indian and global brands will be participating in Franchise India 2008 – a two days international event including exhibitions, conferences and awards, which will be held from November 29 to November 30, 2008 at Hotel Ashok, New Delhi. Organised by Franchise India Holdings Ltd and supported by Indian Franchise Association together with
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The Dallas Morning News: CiCi’s Pizza is waiving its normal franchise fee for existing franchisees or managers willing to take on sagging stores that would otherwise shut down. Over the next year, up to 25 restaurants of the company’s 640 locations may fall into that closed or about-to-close category, Craig Moore, president and chief executive
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Professional One has created a concept which allows its franchisees to operate with extremely low overhead without compromising the quality of service provided. This move to a lean brokerage is the next step in the evolution of the real estate model. PRLog.Org: Because of the decline of the real estate market which began in 2006
Philippine Star: Despite the global financial crisis, Filipino franchisers are confident they will survive and even thrive during these difficult times because of the proven built-in mechanisms that shield the franchising business from economic downturns. Armando “Butz†O. Bartolome, regarded as the Philippine franchising guru and president of GMB Franchise Developers, said established brand, business
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Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal: With a recession underway, cheap haircuts look better. Great Clips Inc. announced Tuesday it plans to open 300 new locations in North America through 2009. The Edina-based salon franchiser said in a release that it would award 30 percent more franchises by the end of 2008 than in 2007. Great
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