As I was watched the final four teams advance in the NCAA Basketball Tournament this past weekend, I couldn’t help but wonder what would a franchising final four tournament look like? It may not be March Madness, but it would be a very competitive battle and it wasn’t easy to come up with the brackets. [...]
Tags: american billing services, basketball, business services, childrens franchises, dvd now, final four, food franchises, monkey joes, ncaa tournament, restaurant franchises, retail franchises, subway
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Tue, March 31 2009 » business services, childrens services, current events, food and restaurant, franchise industries, franchising, retail stores, sports franchises, top franchises » 2 Comments
Eve Tahmincioglu from MSNBC.com had an interesting article concerning the growing number of laid off workers who are buying franchises to continue their career. In When Career Turns Down, Franchising is Option she reports, “more and more laid off workers are considering franchising as an alternative to working for someone else, according to experts in [...]
Tags: bad economy, franchise broker, laid off, msnbc
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Thu, March 26 2009 » consulting, franchising, franchising information, starting a business » 4 Comments
The 18th Annual International Franchise Expo opens this week at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC. This premiere franchising event will run for 3 days from Friday, March 20th to Sunday, March 22nd. If you are in the franchising industry, this is a must attend event that attracts franchisors and investors from [...]
Tags: dc, franchise event, franchise expo, franchising event, international franchise expo, washington, washington dc
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Tue, March 17 2009 » current events, franchise convention, franchise expo, Franchise Resources » 2 Comments
You’ve seen the commercial a million times. The singing fish on the wall; “Give me back that fillet o’ fish, give me that fish. Give me back that fillet o’ fish, give me that fish. What if it were you hanging up on this wall, if it were you in that sandwich, you wouldn’t be [...]
Tags: fast food, fast food franchise, mcdonalds, mcdonalds franchise, singing fish
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Fri, March 13 2009 » current events, fast food, franchising, poll, video » 1 Comment
A Bizjournals.com survey ranked the 122 professional sports franchises for 2008 from best to worst, taking into account the performances of NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL teams. The sports franchises were ranked by their won-lost record, margins of victory (or defeat), playoff record, and how much money they earned based on home attendance, seat availability, [...]
Tags: 2008 franchises, boston celtics, boston red sox, los angeles lakers, montreal canadiens, new england patriots, new york giants, sports franchises, successful franchises
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Thu, March 12 2009 » sports franchises, super bowl, top franchises » 6 Comments
Here’s our monthly list of the top ten franchise businesses for February, 2009. The Top 10 List is produced from the most downloaded franchises on the Franchise Solutions directory. The Top 10 List is not in any way stating that these are the best franchises or most lucrative franchises. These are simply 10 of the [...]
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Fri, March 6 2009 » business opportunities, franchise for sale, franchise opportunities, franchising information, top franchises, top ten franchise list » 2 Comments