The Miami Herald: Patrick Brown’s fledgling, home-based company Finovation Inc. makes a handful of simple, useful products for the niche market of offshore fishermen. His three innovations – the kite thong, the bait bridle and the “gimbalok” – are in about a dozen tackle shops between Melbourne and the Keys, with their popularity quickly growing […]
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Kiplinger: Wading through the morass of information on green business grant programs can be challenging, particularly for small businesses that don’t have the expertise or staff to manage grant writing. 1. Call your utility company and ask about the grants and rebates they offer. 2. Scour the web for grants, rebates and other incentive programs
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The New York Times: Look closely at recent supermarket coupons, and you may see some new markings on them near the traditional bar code: sets of neat black bars stacked in two rows. The new symbols, called GS1 DataBars, can store more data than traditional bar codes, promising new ways for stores to monitor inventory
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SmartBrief: The International Franchise Association‘s annual Public Affairs Conference (formerly “Franchise Appreciation Day”) Sept. 14 to 15, is the opportunity to speak to members of Congress about how your business is helping to move the economy forward. With a new president and dozens of new members of Congress, it is critical that lawmakers know the
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News Today Online: Coffee lovers in the city have much to celebrate about because of the opening of the latest coffee shop in Iloilo–Kopi Roti, at Smallville. Kopi Roti revolutionized the new concept in the art of enjoying coffee blended to perfection bringing in the flavor of Malaysia, a taste of Singapore and the charm
Retail Week: United Carpets’ pre-tax profit fell from £1.73m to £1.36m in the year to March 31, although the figure came in ahead of expectations. Like-for-like sales grew 1.2 per cent, while revenues jumped 26.5 per cent to £26.8m. Network sales, which include retail sales in United Carpets’ franchises, increased 10.1 per cent to £65.1m.
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Franchising.net.au: The coffee beans are smelling even sweeter these days for Xpresso Delight co-founders Stephen Spitz and Paul Crabtree, just listed at number 50 in the top 100 2009 Fast Starters by BRW. Xpresso Delight has just seen a year of strong performance which, despite the economic downturn, posted 70 percent growth for the 2008/09
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Franchise Wire: Leading greeting card publisher and franchisor, Card Connection, has today announced that Andy Thompson and his wife Vicki, franchisees for the Sunderland, Berwick and Durham region, have increased their sales by 20% in the past year. “Since joining Card Connection in 2004, Andy and Vicki developed their area and within three years had
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Franchising.com: Gene Kopetsky learned things in the military that benefit him in his work today. Kopetsky belonged to the U.S. Army Reserves for nine years. A member of the Aberdeen-based 452nd Ordnance Company, he was part of Operation Desert Storm and Desert Shield in 1990 and 1991. One thing he learned was that you “shouldn’t
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Franchise Key: The Franchise Supplier Showcase is a dedicated business working with specialist suppliers to help franchisors and their franchisees to improve efficiency and increase productivity. Following the success of previous events, The Franchise Supplier Showcase has announced that the next event will be held on 18th November 2009 at the National Motorcycle Museum. The
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