Archíve 05.2007

The third run of FRANCHISE Meeting Point will be held at the Brno Exhibition Centre on 23 – 27 October 2007, concurrently with INVEX.

Franchising makes owning a small business easy. One buys into a proven business model, follows the instruction manual and, voila, presumably experiences financial success.

DELHI TWP. — The franchise of Two Men and a Truck recently became ISO 9001:2000 certified.

How the internet has led to a franchise boom, and how your franchise can benefit from it.

International network of franchising internet sites - franchise-net - successfully collaborates with the series of themed exhibitions “easyFairs Franchise” held this year in a number of major French cities: Bordeaux, Lille, Paris, Strasbourg, Toulouse, Nantes and Lyon.

USfood manufacturer General Mills has joined forces with health and fitness group Curves International to launch a weight management brand and four new products under the Curves name.

Growing from one location to a multi-unit operator was one of the toughest things I have ever done. Not only was I building new stores, but had relocated to a different city.

Global cleaning company, Jan-Pro, has launched its franchise business across Ireland. The company has already signed up numerous cleaning contracts in Dublin. Glaxo Smith Kline is among these newly appointed contracts.

Joe Rando has had no problem selling baked goods to residents of Nashville, Tenn., since he opened the first Dunkin' Donuts in the area in August. On opening day, he even sold out of doughnuts.

Franchising has had an unquestionable impact on many countries economies and is widely acclaimed for its contribution to GDP, retail sales, job creation and training.