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RadioShack Announces Kuala Lumpur Grand Openings With Berjaya

Sacramento Bee: RadioShack Corp., a leading national retailer of innovative mobile and technology products, services and accessories, today announced grand openings in Kuala Lumpur for its first two locations in Southeast Asia operated with master franchisee Berjaya RS Sd. Bhd., a subsidiary of Berjaya Retail Berhad, the Malaysian retailing conglomerate. Today Berjaya debuts its first […]

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Executive Care Announces Nationwide Expansion Through New Franchising Initiative

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ParamusPost.com: Fate can strike entrepreneurs in the strangest of ways. Just ask Lenny Verkhoglaz and Mila Feldman, a married couple whose unexpected Valentineâ€™s Day experience nearly a decade ago has given way to a successful business venture now expanding nationwide. Today, the couple announced that it is launching a strategic franchise expansion plan for Executive

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Red Mango Celebrates 200th Location

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Business Review Canada: Only five years after opening its first location, Red Mango, America’s #1 Zagat-rated frozen yogurt and smoothies chain, has announced its 200th store will open in The Woodlands, Texas this month. Located at 10868 Kuykendahl Road in The Woodlands Crossing Shopping Center, the store welcomes customers in a few days, and will

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Captain D’s Marks 13th Straight Month Of Same-Store Sales Increases

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QSRweb.com: Captain D’s turnaround efforts continue to make headway with the brand’s 13th consecutive month of positive same-store sales increases. The 527-unit seafood chain produced a record third quarter 10.8 percent total same-store sales increase, with a 12.5 percent increase in company restaurants and a 9 percent increase in franchised restaurants. “Our positive turnaround and

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Pita New Restaurant Opens In Starlite Plaza

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Trinidad News: With strong roots in Canada since 1995 and the US since 2000, the Pita Pit brand was launched worldwide by Pita Pit International in 2005. Today, there are close to 240 restaurants throughout North America and Pita Pit master franchises are being sold to investors around the world, with the objective to expand

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Penshoppe Gets Into Indonesia’s Huge Market

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Inquirer.net: Retailer Penshoppe has gained a foothold in Southeast Asiaâ€™s most populous market, Indonesia, as part of its road map for global expansion via the franchising mode. Bernie Liu, president of retailer Golden ABC Inc., which owns the Penshoppe trademark, announced in a press briefing on Tuesday that his company has entered into a franchising

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Restaurant Franchises Are Growing

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Money Talks News (blog): Weâ€™ve written about how to start a restaurant franchise before. A new report from food industry research group Technomic suggests now may be a good timeâ€¦ The Top 400 restaurant franchise companies generated an estimated $34 billion in sales in 2011 and accounted for almost 10 percent of the total commercial

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7-Eleven To Set Up Shop Across From SU

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Delmarva Daily Times: Seven-Eleven Inc. opens a location later this month on South Salisbury Boulevard as part of an aggressive growth plan to saturate Marylandâ€™s Eastern Shore and southern Delaware with convenience stores. A 7-Eleven store under construction south of Bateman Street is set to open Sept. 26, bringing the far southern end of bustling

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‘Fantasyland’ Of Luxurious Sweet Treats

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Destin Log: The candyman can, but Sloanâ€™s can do better. Sloanâ€™s Ice Cream is introducing its creative and fanciful ice cream and candy shop concept to Destin as a franchising proposal. Owner of Sloanâ€™s Ice Cream, Sloan Kamenstein, opened his first store in West Palm Beach in 1999. There are currently four Sloanâ€™s locations, all

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Fatburger Bringing Burgers To Asia

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Fast Casual: Fatburger‘s presence is about to get fatter in Asia. Fog Cutter Capital Group Inc.’s Fatburger restaurant has partnered with PUJI Capital Limited, a Shanghai-based boutique investment bank and asset management firm, to expand Fatburger across China, Taiwan and Singapore. The goal is to open hundreds of units in the next several years, according

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