The Wall Street Journal: When gasoline prices shot over $4 a gallon this summer, Americans didn’t wait for Washington to respond with an energy policy. They took action on their own by driving less and switching to more fuel-efficient cars. The results are dramatic, but also problematic. The good news is that gasoline consumption has […]
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Inside Retailing: Andrew Goldsworthy and his wife Sharon have been named 2008 Pack & Send Franchisee of the Year. Owning the only Pack & Send store in Tasmania, the couple competed against the 92 other Pack & Send franchisees nationally to win the award. Since opening Pack & Send Hobart five years ago, the couple
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Forbes: Mom and pop shops didn’t need the nasty headlines of the last two months to tell them things were bad out there. The National Small Business Association’s annual survey of small-business owners published in August found that 67% of small-business owners are directly affected by the credit crunch–more than double the number expressing those
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When you’re a parent, flexibility is important. Children have needs, emergencies come up and kids seem to always have an appointment for one reason or another. If your work schedule is not flexible enough, it can cause a problem which might result in the lost of your job. Even if your family comes first, the
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Franchise Key: The franchise world has its particularities and its jargon… If you have discovered the main elements (see the previous articles on this theme), you can go further. Your franchisor can give you several helps. The “provisional†is not imposed by the law, but some franchisors are used to give to the future franchisees
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Market Watch: Lakeland Industries, Inc., a market leader in protective apparel, today announced that, through its recently acquired Brazilian subsidiary Qualytextil, the Company has received a contract worth approximately US$700,000 from Neo Energy Group, a major holding company in Brazil owning several electric utilities, for customized protective clothing. This award builds upon existing business with
Barry Moltz writing in Angel Investor News has some good sugestions about what to include and what not to say in your business plan when you’re trying to get funding. One of his first suggestions is to not use jargon and cliches. For instance, don’t say: “This business makes mechanical gasoline fueled devices used for
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