March 12, 2009

Great Clips Opens Franchised Salon In Angola, Indiana

Franchise Wire: Rob Goggins, vice president of franchise development for Great Clips, Inc., announced the Grand Opening of the companyâ€™s newest franchised salon in the Tri-State Commons Shopping Center in Steuben County, Indiana. â€œThis manager-run salon sits in a high-trafficked shopping center on Route 127 thatâ€™s anchored by a Kohlâ€™s Department Store,â€ said Goggins. â€œThe […]

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Guy Degrenne At Franchise Show 2009

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Franchise Key: Guy Degrenne participates at Franchise Show-Franchise Expo Paris , the inescapable meeting of futures French and foreign franchisers, which will be take place from 13 to 16 March in Paris, France. Given the intense development both in France as well as outside national territory borders (Sofia, Dubai, Jakarta, Singapore), Guy Degrenne will demonstrate

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The Franchise Formula

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Irish Independent: With many people considering their next move after redundancy, starting a business could be a viable option. If this is too daunting a prospect, however, then taking on a franchise may be the perfect solution. Generally, people who enter into a franchise agreement tend to be more successful in the first few years

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7 Popeye’s Closed — For How Long?

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The Stew: In what looks like another sign of the restaurant industryâ€™s deep slump, seven Popeyes fried chicken outlets on the South Side suddenly closed within the past week. Popeyes is working with the franchisee who owns the seven outlets, trying to get them re-opened, said Alicia Thompson, a spokeswoman for the Atlanta-based firm that

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United States-McDonalds Growing Rapidly

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Farming UK: McDonaldâ€™s Corp. has been one of the worldâ€™s most successful big companies during this recession. On Monday, the fast-food giant posted February sales results that most chains would envy. But the worsening global economy has McDonaldâ€™s preparing for a more difficult year. The strengthening U.S. dollar is knocking the wind out of McDonaldâ€™s

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Bishops Barbershop Makes First Appearance At International Franchise Expo

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PR Newswire: Bishops Barbershop, cuts and colors for men and women, will make its first appearance at the International Franchise Expo, March 20-22 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington D.C., in booth #624. Since opening his first Bishops in 2001, Leo Rivera, founder, president and CEO, today operates six successful shops throughout

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Envos: 6 New Franchisees Signed This Year

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Franchise Key: The introduction of new government legislation has opened up a new market: since 1 January 2009, commercial properties being sold or leased require an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC). Envos has put together a franchise package and is inviting people to join its system as a franchisee to undertake such surveys or manage a

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Downtown Cassano’s Pizza Eyes March Opening

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Wilmington News Journal: Life is being breathed back into the former Adair Furniture buildings in the downtown, with a Cassanoâ€™s Pizza franchise preparing to open there this month, along with a Hersheyâ€™s ice cream parlor that looks out over an interior open-air courtyard. â€œI think itâ€™s going to be a really comfortable atmosphere. You come

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