Northern Echo: BHP Law has become the first law firm in the North-East to gain accreditation from the British Franchise Association (BFA). The law firm, which has offices in Newcastle, Durham, Darlington, Teesside and Halifax, has been made an affiliated professional advisor by the association, endorsing its expertise in what has become an increasingly specialist […]
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RTO Online: Imagine operating a rental store that, within seven weeks of opening, had a customer count equivalent to 1% of the city’s population. That’s exactly what Aaron’s franchisee team of Dale, Dalene and Kimberly Jacobs made happen in the small town of Paintsville, Kentucky this month. Paintsville, population 4400, is located East of Lexington.
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Chain Leader: CiCi’s Pizza will forge ahead with planned expansions in 2009, adding 100 new locations and expanding into California for the first time. Of the new locations, 20 will be CiCi’s smaller To-Go concept, bringing the total To-Go count to 30 by year’s end. Despite the current state of the economy, CiCi’s, which started
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SmartBrief: Thousands of dealer-franchisees are at risk of what The Wall Street Journal characterizes as the “biggest shakeout in U.S. franchising history” because car sales have skidded and the three major automakers are in crisis. Experts project that many dealerships will drop brands, consolidate or simply close in the months ahead. Just to maintain last
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Franchising.com: Rob Goggins, vice president of franchise development for Great Clips, Inc., announced the Grand Opening of the company’s newest franchised salon located in Roswell, Georgia. “The salon sits in the high-trafficked King’s Plaza center, anchored by a Publix and across the street from Home Depot,” said Goggins. “The demographics of the area are well-suited
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International Business Times: McDonalds Corp, in contrast with struggling competitors and the overall retail market, plans to expand greatly in 2009 in Europe, a senior executive said on Friday. Many restaurant and retail chains struggled in 2008, closing stores amidst the global economic downturn. The fast food chain aims to remodel restaurants and open 240
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