Malta Independent Online: Michele Peresso Fashion Ltd, a member of Michele Peresso Group of Companies, has opened a second UPIM department store in Melita Street, Valletta. UPIM Valletta has a total retail area of 967 sq. m. and is spread over seven floors. In order to offer total comfort to their customers, Michele Peresso Group […]
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Experts say there are real lessons for an entrepreneur to learn from the ABC reality show Shark Tank, in which entrepreneurs vie for venture capital, reports Entrepreneur.com. “If you’re an entrepreneur who’s planning on going in front of investors, this is a show you should start watching,” says Melissa Krinzman, managing director of the business
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Fast Company has an interesting article about Douwe Egberts, the market leader in tea and coffee, that has unveiled its conceptual BeMoved vending machine, which promises to elevate human-coffee interaction “to a higher level.” Literally. As in, you have to jump for your java. Okay, to be fair, that feature, part of an interactive game
Mark Stevens at Entrepreneur magazine says instead of saying ‘thank you,’ show customers some real appreciation by giving them your time. You may be confusing the idea of celebrating your customers with fawning over them. But I have something else in mind. Something like actually paying attention to them: caring, thinking, dreaming and wondering enough
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CBS News reports that small business could feel the most pain from the H1N1 flu virus. In Boston, the Port Authority is training extra workers to operate snowplows – following concern regular drivers will get sick. And in Malibu, Calif., one restaurant is giving its employees vitamins and wiping down every door knob every two
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Operating a small business from home can free entrepreneurs from the costs of leasing space and commuting. But too many of them may shortchange themselves when it comes to buying insurance, writes The Desert Sun. A recent survey commissioned by the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) found that nearly 60 percent of
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MyCentralJersey.com: The blip in the economy didn’t stop two friends – Pinky Kaur and Charan Singh – from plunging into the restaurant business and opening a Panchero’s Mexican Grill on Sept. 15. Singh, a former human resource specialist and stay-at-home-mom, and Kaur, an advertising representative for IndiaPost newspaper, have been friends for more than four
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Myrtle Beach Sun News: Fortunes at chain restaurants are tumbling, the fallout from a strategy of slashing menu prices in the hopes that a cheap meal will be enough to entice diners back to their booths. Instead, diners are ringing up smaller checks, or simply staying home. And the deep discounts, like the two meals
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News-Journal.com: A new name in the world of barbecuing is expected to arrive in Longview sometime in December, according to Rick Howell. Dickey’s Barbecue Pit is slated to open at 2330 Judson Road in the former home of Pizza Hut, which Howell recently purchased. He is in the process of getting permits for renovation work
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Canada.com: Monique Hardy wasn’t concerned when her husband’s marketing contract expired in June 2007 because he instantly searched for a new job or contract. Then he ruptured the tendons in both of his kneecaps playing a softball game and was put out of action, with no immediate recovery in sight. Her husband had to call
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