October 2010

10,000 Websites Integrate With Facebook Every Day

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Mashable reports that Facebook Chief Operations Officer Sheryl Sandberg made a “surprise” appearance at Pal’s Innovate Developer Conference to announce its new integration with PayPal. During her short speech, she dropped a few interesting tidbits of information related to Facebook’s growth. The first interesting stat surrounded social games. According to Sandberg, more people play games […]

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Fancy Destination Spas Hurting From Rival Day Spas In Hotels And Shopping Centers

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Real Estate Channel: Times are a-changing, even for those fancy and expensive destination spas. They are hurting badly from rival day spas now surfacing rapidly in many major hotels and shopping centers, The Wall Street Journal reports. Take the 45-year-old Greenhouse Spa in Dallas, TX suburb of Grand Prairie, for example. It goes on the

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Local To Open Five Guys Burgers

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The Daily Advertiser: Lafayette native Billy Jacob, a former corporate chef whose culinary roots sprouted here at the landmark eatery that bore his family’s name, is planning to return. His mother, Olite, founded the Four Corners Café during the Great Depression. Under his parent’s stewardship it grew from a small operation to become Jacob’s Restaurant,

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Quiznos Brings Restaurant Powerhouse On Board To Lead Canada

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Marketwire: NEWS FACTS • Quiznos — pioneer of the toasted sandwich and a premier restaurant chain for subs, salads and soups — today announced Robb Chase has joined the company as President of Quiznos Canada. Chase held leadership roles at PepsiCo and was more recently the President of Papa John’s International, overseeing roughly 500 restaurants

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Menchie’s Opens Second Canadian Store

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BeTheBoss.ca: Menchie’s is already a favorite spot among Hollywood’s hottest celebrities such asTaylor Swift, Jennifer Lopez, and Justin Timberlake. With more than 50 stores in the United States, Menchie’s growing popularity is now expanding into Canada with the announcement of its second location, this one in Toronto. The customizable frozen yogurt experience will soon become

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Franchise Update Media Group Announces STAR Award Winners For 2010

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FranchiseUpdate: Franchise Update Media Group (FUMG), the leading industry resource for franchise development, announces the winners of its annual STAR (Speaking To And Responding) Awards, which recognize excellence in lead generation, recruitment, and industry-wide best practices in franchising. The winners received their awards at the Franchise Leadership & Development Conference, which was held in Atlanta

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