Financial Post: Whether you are a franchisor or a franchisee, the realities of social media likely already affect you. Franchisors need to determine whether, from a marketing perspective, it makes sense for them to have profiles on forum such as Facebook, Twitter and MySpace. Many already do, but depending on the nature of your business, […]
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MarketWatch: UFood Restaurant Group, Inc. is pleased to report that it has submitted an application for listing on the Franchise Registry with the U.S. Small Business Administration. The Franchise Registry lists names of franchise systems whose franchisees enjoy the benefits of a streamlined review process for U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) financings. Loan applications for
Franchising.net.au: Balancing commonsense with passion when purchasing and running a franchise is crucial for success. Passion and a positive attitude are important in franchising: passion is a large source of energy that will help drive you to achieve your goal, it will keep you engaged and driven. Franchisees that are passionate about their business find
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Telegraph.co.uk: The agreement will see McDonald’s replacing 10 existing Wimpy outlets in a 20-year deal and could lead to agreements with other roadside service companies. The next two years will see £12m spent on overhauling the facilities at the 10 sites, with the remaining outlets receiving a makeover from 2012. The news came as McDonald’s
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Franchising.com: Healthy Fast Food, Inc., parent to U-SWIRL International, Inc., the owner and franchisor of U-SWIRL Frozen Yogurt® cafés, today announced that it closed its secondary offering of 1.5 million units at $0.40 per unit, raising gross proceeds of $600,000. In addition, Paulson Investment Company, Inc., which served as the underwriter of the offering, exercised
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Equity Bulls: Shoppers Stop Ltd has announced that the Company and Crossword Bookstores Limited, its wholly owned subsidiary has mutually agreed to terminate the franchise agreement with effect from end of business hours of September 30, 2010. The stock was trading at Rs.670.25, down by Rs.2.70 or 0.40%. The stock hit an intraday high of
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PR Newswire: A class-action lawsuit filed by Century 21 franchisees against Century 21 Real Estate Corp. and parent company Cendant is moving forward following a decision of the New Jersey Appellate Division. In August, New Jersey Superior Court Judge Robert J. Brennan certified a class of current and former Century 21 franchisees in a lawsuit
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SmartCompany.com.au: The world wide reach of the web has always been a problem for territory based franchises. As a consequence, many franchise networks have a token web presence which they use mainly as a recruitment tool for new franchisees. An aversion to the web presents a difficulty for these franchisees as most customers are now
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Metro Canada: What do Comfort Keepers, Survivor Bootcamp, PostNet, Reliable Independent Living Services, Canadian Tire and Cora Breakfast and Lunch all have in common? They’re franchises, which account for 40 per cent of all retail sales in Canada and 10 per cent of the GDP, and employ more than one million Canadians, according to the
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Franchising.net.au: Quick Service Restaurant Holdings (QSRH) has acquired the Chooks Fresh & Tasty chicken franchise from its founder, Steve Hansen, and will rebrand them into Chicken Treat operations. The acquisition involves the integration of the business’ 40 outlets into QSRH, bringing the group’s total global store count to approximately 600, with 75 per cent operating
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