SA Commercial Prop News: South African retailer Pick n Pay, which is expanding aggressively into Africa, on Friday announced the opening of a second store in Mauritius. The store opened in Cascavelle, south of Port Louis. Its first store in that country started doing business in Bagatelle Mall of Mauritius at the end of last […]
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AddPR.com: Ken Kindt, President and Founder of Signworld, and Jack Werner, Vice President of Signworld, would like to congratulate Jim Raubolt, a frachise consultant with C Joe Paulsen just completed the initial training program and will soon open the doors to Beacon Sign Solutions. According to Ken Kindt, “Joe realized how important small businesses will
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Every state sets up its own ‘rules’ for business. So, when it comes to a state like Michigan that needs to recover from the car industry to nurturing small business, some people believe the state needs to take more steps. Becoming an entrepreneur is all the rage right now in Michigan. Various business accelerators, also
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Interesting in selling or buying an eCommerce company? Shirley Tan describes to Practical eCommerce the process she went through when selling AmericanBridal.com. PEC: How did you find the buyer? Tan: “First, I made a list of who I thought were the most likely prospects in acquiring the business. I looked at which companies online currently
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Okay, so it’s not a coupon purchased over the Internet. However, Daniel Parrella talks with people in his community and helps bring them together, so they can purchase solar energy for less. “The logic is very simple,” Parrella said. “By going in as a group you can switch the power to the homeowners and negotiate
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DailyFinance: On a 60-degree October morning at a McDonald’s in Manhattan, I wolfed down my Sausage McMuffin to the strains of Brenda Lee’s Rockin’ Round the Christmas Tree. My ears didn’t deceive me. This McDonald’s (MCD) has been been pumping out holiday music since Oct. 15, the day it received the CD from corporate, store
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Select Your Franchise (blog): A diverse range of sectors lend themselves to successful international franchising. A common example is retail, particularly the fast-food sub-sector. In recent years there’s been a growth in service industry franchises such as in the cleaning and maintenance sectors, as well as management consultancy, and there’s been a big increase in
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ABS CBN News: Emerging franchise concepts and business trends suitable for aspiring entrepreneurs with minimal capital resources are the focus of this year’s Philippine SME and Franchise Expo (Philsme & Franchise Expo 2011). The expo will feature free seminars on entrepreneurship, from starting a business to branding and marketing. Visitors will also learn from the
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The European Franchise Magazine: Burger King has launched its first outlet in the Republic of Macedonia through a Master Franchise agreement with TAB GIDA. The first Republic of Macedonia Burger King will be located in the TAV Alexander the Great Skopje airport. Jose Cil, President of Burger King Corp. in Europe, Middle East and Africa,
David Berube has up a quick method he uses to evaluate business ideas: So how do I test this idea in the market to see how much traction it could get and to see if people really need this? Using Pay-Per-Click (PPC) campaigns (AdWords, AdCenter, etc). It’s easy, cheap and will only take you about
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