According to a story in Bloomberg Businessweek, the last time Ray Lopez bought a suit, Lehman Brothers was still standing. Now the managing partner at private equity firm Shamrock Capital Partners is ready to go wardrobe shopping again. Lopez, 43, plans to drop as much as $1,500 at Jos. A. Bank on two pinstriped suits, […]
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Fast Company reports that a new survey by Forrester tracking U.S. consumer activity has revealed that the Net has caught up with TV as a pastime–and while TV’s not going away just yet, this pretty much cements the future of web-based TV. Forrester has been carrying out this kind of research for years, but this
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Sydney Morning Herald: Sprawled across Planet Chocolate’s menu are Belgian chocolates, Dutch pancakes, waffles, crepes, fondues, cakes, tarts, slices and biscuits – and there’s a one-metre chocolate fountain in every store. What’s not to like about this kind of franchise? But going on recent reports of troubled times at the more sugary end of franchising
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MiamiHerald.com: Burger King restaurants no longer have to stay open until 2 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. The decision, one of the first major policy moves by the company’s new management team, marked a victory for franchisees. Three longtime Florida franchisees have been suing the company for nearly 2 ½ years over the mandatory late-night
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1to1 Media: With all the talk about social media, mobile marketing, and other high-tech interaction channels, it’s easy to let more traditional marketing tactics fall to the wayside. Companies need to balance the interaction channels they use with the needs and unique attributes of their customer base. I recently spoke with Suzi Carragher of Budget
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Ottawa Citizen: Priszm Income Fund announced Monday it was selling roughly half of its fast-food outlets, divesting 232 restaurants in Ontario and British Columbia for about $46.4 million. Toronto-based Priszm, which indirectly operates KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut restaurants in Canada, is being sold to the numbered company 7716443 Canada Inc., an entity controlled
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FranchiseWorks.com: Automotive franchise Express Oil Change and Service Center has received World-Class Franchise® certification from the Franchise Research Institute® and FranSurvey®. The recognition comes after an independent survey conducted by the Franchise Research Institute of which 75.8 percent of Express Oil Change and Service Center automotive franchise owners participated. The survey was designed to determine
Marketwire: A new franchise based business is breathing fresh air into the often stagnant world of North American franchising. Men In Kilts, a window cleaning, pressure washing and gutter cleaning company, is shaking up the franchise landscape with their bold brand and viral approach to marketing. Rather than going through the usual motions of traditional
Franchise.net.au: If you want to invest in a franchise but don’t see your future in the popular yet demanding food retail environment, then perhaps a closer look at the opportunities in the domestic sector could prove fruitful. Domestic in many people’s minds equates to cleaning, and that’s certainly a significant contributor to the franchised line-up.
Franchising.com: Rob Goggins, vice president of franchise development for Great Clips, Inc., announced the Grand Opening of the company’s newest hair salon franchise business in the Cary Park Town Center in Cary, NC. “Our manager-run hair salon business is conveniently located off high-trafficked I-540 at the intersection of Carpenter Fire Station Rd. and Green Level
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