The Fergus Falls Daily Journal: Jen Enstad-Petersen’s 9-year-old loved his mother’s newest car the first time he saw it. Dubbed “the sweetest ride ever,†Enstad-Petersen’s 2009 Saturn Aura isn’t the first car she’s earned in the 14 years she’s spent with Mary Kay, Inc. It’s her sixth. What started as a job to pay her […]
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Rhonda Abrams, USA TODAY: So here are some last-minute easy steps to take now to lower your taxes next April. Most of the following apply to those who run their businesses on a cash, rather than accrual, basis: 1. Size up your likely bottom line for 2008. Run a quick P&L – or profit and
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Entrepreneur: Q: Where would I begin to start bottling/marketing/selling an amazing salsa? A: You can start yourself and test the market. If you can prove you can get sales, the big companies will be interested in your product. You can always go to the “big boys,” but you also have the option of maintaining control
Bizjournals.com: Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas — a theater/restaurant concept based in Central Texas — is ready to launch outlets for avid movie-goers in Dallas. When traditional movie theaters faced flat movie ticket sales in 2007, Austin-based Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas experienced a 14 percent jump in same-store sales, the movie theater chain said this week. With this
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Blue MauMau: Fifteen Dream Dinners franchise owners are suing the attorneys of the meal-assembly franchisor. The suit claims that the attorneys failed to comply with franchise laws in preparing the Uniform Franchise Offering Circular (called Franchise Disclosure Documents after June 2008). It also stipulates that franchisor’s lawyers helped oversee Dream Dinners’ misleading sales process with
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Market Wire: Royal Host Real Estate Investment Trust today announced that Executive Vice President, Patrick Lambie, will be leaving the Trust, effective February 6, 2009. Mr. Lambie’s responsibilities will be assumed by Royal Host’s executive team who will work with him over the next month to ensure a smooth transition. The executive team, together with
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London Free Press: Susan Regier never knew what a savvy businessperson she could be until she started asking others for help. Now, after some coaching, a good idea and some timely encouragement, Regier is poised to transform her growing 10-year-old business into a franchise special to Canada. Regier, 49, is a jack-of-all-trades. She’s a writer
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Richmond Times Dispatch: Matt Ferguson builds homes, but his next job is a retrofit. The Hanover County builder saw a good year turn sour in August and September, so he and his wife, Beverly, went looking for other options to survive the economic meltdown of the real estate industry. They found one in their backyard
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Franchise Key: Organizing ‘Oktoberfests’ as a franchise concept – this is the goal of Bavarian Beerhouse Franchise Ltd. which was founded in London in November 2008. According to the company’s franchise manager, Rod Hindmarsh, the current situation is ideal for setting up a franchise business. “The global financial crisis has meant that many pubs and
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Business Wire: NexCen Brands, Inc. today announced the signing of a master franchise agreement for the expansion of Marble Slab Creamery® franchised stores into St. Lucia, an Eastern Caribbean island. This agreement, together with the development agreements previously announced this quarter for 35 Marble Slab Creamery franchised stores to be opened in Mexico, 40 stores
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