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I'm so excited. The Franchise is driving my vintage white zin car this weekend. For years, I have whined and whimpered that my favorite vintage white zinfandel label — Beringer — should sponsor a NASCAR car. And — OMG — it does! The Franchise (aka David Reutimann) is driving it in this week's Nation...
April 29th, 2009

April 5, 2009 CHICAGO - An Arab-American owner of a Chicago-area Dunkin' Donuts store has to give up his franchise after he lost his long-running legal battle with the restaurant chain over his religious objections to selling pork products. A lawyer for Walid Elkhatib said Tuesday that his clie...
April 15th, 2009

Since the middle of 1950’when the first commercial self storage companies began to appear in earnest, the profitability and steady customer growth of these businesses have made them ideal investment opportunities for those individuals who wish to increase their personal wealth; however, while locall...
April 7th, 2009

The following is an edited excerpt of the speech delivered at the BMO Financial Group 2009 annual meeting in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, March 3, 2009. BMO's long history in Newfoundland and Labrador We established offices down on Duckworth Street in 1895, at a time when the economy...
March 29th, 2009

The franchising industry in the UAE will continue to grow in the coming year as regional investors shift away from property and financial markets, and out-of-work executives seek new forms of employment, industry insiders say. “The potential for growth is there,” said Matthew Shay, president and ch...
March 22nd, 2009

Russian Retail Market '09 9-10 April 2009 | Radisson SAS Slavyanskaya Hotel, Moscow, Russia www.russianretailbusiness.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- There are certainly tough times ahead for the Russian Retail market as the recession start...
March 15th, 2009

The second International Conference & Expo 2009 for Franchise (ICEF 2009) will highlight new franchise concepts and address new and evolving topics in the sector. ICEF 2009, hosted by the Riyadh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCC) and organised by Marcom, will be held from May 25 to 27 at th...
March 7th, 2009

A recent in-depth of study has shown that pizza franchises are a stable and profitable restaurant investment during this recession. Franchise Direct examined Franchise Disclosure Documents from a large sample size across the pizza industry and came away with a portrait of an industry that is growing...
March 1st, 2009

Starbucks has never franchised, and it's not about to start. It wants stores controlled from Seattle's corporate office, either directly or through partnerships with big companies such as Safeway and Kroger. Its lesser-known sibling, Seattle's Best Coffee, has other ideas. Known as SBC, the chain ...
February 21st, 2009

Let's face the reality of the times. The US government has officially admitted to over 2 million jobs lost in our current economy. If this is true, what does it mean besides the obvious for the potential of buying a new business or franchise opportunity? The fact is that times like this never last ...
February 15th, 2009

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