Franchise-Hit Newsletter / February 10, 2006

Newsletter / February 10, 2006

STORIES OF THE WEEK

Camper [International] Camper continues its travels around the world with the inauguration of a new store in the Mall of the Emirates of...	Cendant [International] The Cendant Real Estate Franchise Group reported that coverage of its customer-friendly SearchRouter(TM) tool has...	Hyper Minceur [France] HyperMinceur is launching a new marketing campaign in Paris, which should start in the next few weeks.

Laforêt Immobilier [Int.] Laforêt Immobilier (real estate) will soon open its 650th agency in France and is planning to open 900 agencies overall...	Winlight [France] The new Winlight franchisees just finished their training session, and new Winlight Centers shall open in February.	Hot Stuff Foods [U.S.] Hot Stuff Foods, previously Orion Foods Systems, LLC, operates over 2,000 locations world wide and is the fifth...

Ben & Jerry's [U.S.] Ben and Jerry's could soon come in a glass. Pepsi plans to launch a new line of dairy drinks with the ice cream maker later...	McDonald's [Int.] This year, McDonald's plans to refurbish – or re-image – 2,000 outlets globally. About 1,400 of them are in the US, where...	RE/MAX [U.S.] Once you’ve been through the home buying process a time or two, arranging for a new home mortgage may not seem like...

PRESS RELEASES

eBay [International]
eBay evolving strategy

Domino's Pizza [International]
McGlothlin tapped for CIO post at Domino's Pizza

Yum [International]
Yum latest financial results

Intercontinental Hotel Group [South America]
Intercontinental Hotels Group Continues Expansion in Latin America

Burger King [International]
Burger King Plans Public Stock Offering

ARTICLES

Micropayment: the fight is on [International]
Is eBay's PayPal ready to take on Google in the world of online micropayments? Yesterday's Wall Street Journal quoted PayPal president...

Yum in India [India]
Yum! Restaurants, which owns fast food chains such as Pizza Hut and KFC, is on an expansion spree in India. The company plans...

Postage Is Due for Companies Sending E-Mail [International]
Companies will soon have to buy the electronic equivalent of a postage stamp if they want to be certain that their e-mail will be delivered...

Local franchise environment is inviting in Thailand [Thailand]
Franchising is becoming a popular business format in Thailand, among both consumers and entrepreneurs. One reason is that the legal environment...

Plan for franchise growth [Asia]
Perbadanan Nasional Bhd (PNS), which is looking to acquire homegrown franchisers, is developing a blueprint that is expected to help...

INTERVIEWS

Gelatone [International]
Interview of Isabelle Gillion
La Boucherie group has widened their activity and entered the Italian style fast food segment of their industry with their new entity Gelatone. The concept is focused on preparing and selling Italian style ice creams and sorbets and has been completed...

Sign a Rama [International]
Interview of Mohammed Zaimi
We’re publishing Mohammed Zaimi’s interview, who is a Sign A Rama franchisee, specialized in signings and business label creation...

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