PR Newswire: Les and Louise Newby, a husband and wife team who own Woodcraft franchises in Colorado, Utah and California, believe maintaining a successful franchise business hinges on good communication and solid operational support from the franchisor. “I spend almost as much time talking to my contact at Woodcraft as I do my own employees,” […]
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ABC News: Mommy blogger Colleen Padilla never imagined that her opinions would become so coveted by other parents that corporations would come knocking on her door, requesting that she review their products and tout them in the blogosphere. She launched her blog, Classymommy.com, as a way to chronicle her life as a new mom but
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USA TODAY: In the midst of this job-eating, business-depleting recession, some entrepreneurs – particularly owners of small businesses – are taking a step few could have seen even one year ago: working for free for their best clients. Instead of moping, Watts Wacker got a novel idea from listening closely to President Obama’s inaugural address
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Forbes.com: Shares of several direct sellers of retail products slipped on Monday, as an analyst warned the stocks may head lower amid a swine flu outbreak in Mexico, an important market for Avon Products Inc., Tupperware Brands Corp. and Herbalife Ltd. The number of suspected swine flu cases in Mexico has climbed to 1,614, including
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dBusinessNews: Vector Marketing Corporation, the direct sales division for Cutco Cutlery, the largest kitchen cutlery manufacturing company in North America, presented several awards at the Pi Sigma Epsilon (PSE) Pro-Am Sell-a-Thon sales competition at PSE’s National Convention held March 24 – 29 in Norfolk, Virginia. Vector Marketing sponsored the Pi Sigma Epsilon Pro-Am Sell-a-Thon, which
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The New York Times: Entrepreneurial impulses can be stirred to life by the most unexpected influences. In Donna Young’s case, it was culture shock. Young grew up on the sparsely populated Andros Island in the Bahamas with 10 siblings and had long pursued a professional career. Young’s entrepreneurial side surfaced not long after she arrived
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The Post and Courier: Two neighboring businesses are working hard to think outside the narrow scope of their industries, coming up with ideas that they hope will carry them through tough economic times. Barry Taylor, president of a shutter distribution company in North Charleston, started making flower boxes earlier this year after he discovered that
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Texarkana Gazette: For El Chico’s Mexican Cafe lovers, there is bad news: The remaining restaurant in Texarkana has closed. Bill Watson, vice president of marketing for the Tex-Mex chain, said the franchisee elected to close the store. “It’s just as sad for us as it is for our customers in Texarkana,†Watson said. The restaurant,
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AsiaOne: Overseas markets such as the United States and Europe offer ‘great potential’ for Singapore food business, according to Lewis Cheng, general manager of Prima Food. ‘As Asian food is growing rapidly in terms of popularity and acceptance level, there are pockets of opportunities for Singapore cuisine to be introduced in a big way in
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