The New York Times: CafePress, a Web site that lets users create and sell custom goods, announced a partnership with Sellit to help online retailers peddle their wares in multiple places around the Web. The tool, called the Sellit ShopBot, allows CafePress’s 6.5 million Web merchants to build a bite-size version of their CafePress shop […]
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Franchising: Ecowash mobile has grabbed a top three placing in the BRW Fast Franchises list for 2009. The list ranks 100 different franchise models in Australia. The car washing company, which began in 2004, met this year’s criteria of a recorded turnover of more than $500,000 in 2004-05. “If we are not the lowest investment
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photo credit: kevindooley One very effective mode of advertising is in the business sign. These can be big, small or in between, and they pack a lot of power! But having the wrong business sign will also pack a lot of the wrong power. You don’t want the wrong message 10 feet tall on the
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Voxy: An Auckland man charged with fraudulently obtaining $3.5 million from people he granted Green Acres sub-franchises to, has re-appeared in court. Keith Lapham faced three fraud charges alleging he obtained money by deception from 172 people while he was a master franchisee for Green Acres from March to December 2007. Lapham was remanded on
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Smart Business Network: Although he’s been selling Domino’s pizza for 35 years, Mike Orcutt still defers to his 1,200 employees before making decisions about his company. “If the folks who are right there talking to the customers haven’t bought in to it and don’t think it’s a great idea, it’s not going to work,†he
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Courier Mail: Owning your own franchise will have more appeal in 2009 as jobs are hit by the financial crisis, but there is a lot to consider before acting, experts say. Jason Daniels, franchising partner at accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers, says all parts of the economy has been touched by the financial crisis and franchises are
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Franchising.com: The William Rosenberg Family Foundation, which honors the founder of Dunkin’ Donuts, has given a $40,000 grant to the University of New Hampshire Rosenberg International Center of Franchising. The gift was made by Ann Rosenberg, the widow of William Rosenberg. The Rosenberg family has been a strong supporter of the UNH Rosenberg International Center
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Times Online: Lisa Tobias started working for Domino’s Pizza while still at school. Now she runs four franchises in the west of Scotland with a turnover of £2m and employs 120 people. After dropping out of university at 19, she joined the company full-time to manage one of its shops before deciding to go for
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PR.com: Five Star Painting welcomes a new franchisee, Colin Villicana, who has just recently purchased the St. George market. Having run his own yard service company in the Utah county area for the past two years, Colin has the operational and business experience to contribute to the further expansion of both the Five Star Painting
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Franchise Key: The Coffee Republic (CR) is one of the UK’s leading coffee chains selling a range of both coffee products and freshly prepared food. The company currently has almost two hundred CR bars in the UK. It also has a number of UK concessions as well as outlets overseas. In order to enable those
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