According to WalletPop, if you’ve noticed that returning items to stores isn’t as easy as it used to be, rest assured: It isn’t just you. Thanks to a growing number of people who are returning items they’ve used or never bought in the first place, retailers have been employing a variety of new techniques to […]
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The New York Times: Lots of entrepreneurs would like to pick Chip Conley’s brain. But when several dozen gathered in November to meet the founder of Joie de Vivre, a boutique hotel chain that he said had $220 million in revenue last year, their questions were not just about the nuts and bolts of running
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Imagine a single trailer-mounted device that turns scum into over 20,000 gallons of pure water a day, stores electricity better than a battery, makes medical-grade oxygen, and runs on the sun. A trio of inventors today unveiled the first working model of The HYDRA, a fuel cell-based device they say does all that, at a
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The Wall Street Journal asks why is it so hard to design an umbrella that won’t collapse or flip inside out? After a rainstorm, the scene in almost any city is the same–dozens of umbrella carcasses lying broken along sidewalks and streets. It seems that most models can barely keep you dry during the sprint
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Lots of teenagers will be getting out of school for the summer and looking for a summer job. YoungEntrepreneur.com has put together a list of business ideas teens might want to consider. – Senior Errand Service Wherever you live, there are bound to be senior citizens who need help with errands. – Garage Cleaning/Organizing Service
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The man who invented the first ATM machine has died: John Shepherd-Barron came up with the concept of a self-service cash dispenser in 1965 while lying in a bath after getting to his bank too late to withdraw money. The businessman, who worked for the printing firm De La Rue Instruments at the time, said
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PR Web: Mitzi Testaverde, wife of retired NFL quarterback Vinny Testaverde, mother of 3, and a Tampa native, recently purchased Educational Outfitters of Tampa. The store is located at 3904 W. Hillsborough Avenue. The Testaverdes were long time customers of Educational Outfitters in Tampa, as well as in Dallas, Texas. Mitzi is very interested in
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Metro Canada: Starting a business can cost some serious cash. Operating a franchise? Well… it does too. If you’ve got the spirit of an entrepreneur, but the bank account of student, what are you supposed to do? Some companies, including beauty product retailers Trade Secrets and Glamour Secrets, offer exclusive opportunities that make franchise ownership
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Franchising.com: Much attention was paid to the now expired tax credit and the unique opportunity it presented for homebuyers, and rightfully so. However, those who didn’t have a chance to capitalize on this financial incentive from the government but plan to buy a home in the near future shouldn’t dwell on it for too long.
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photo credit: ( Torsten ) Many business owners that are thinking about “going green” are wondering what this will do for them and their business in the profit area. Will they end up spending more on green products? Will they loose business by offering only green products and do these green products work just as
