24-7PressRelease.com: Many people dream of investing in and running their own franchise business - but don't know where to start. The Franchise Show is the perfect place to discover the opportunities that are available in Canadian...
Mondaq News Alerts: The continued growth in the franchise sector has led to substantial interest by private equity firms looking to make strategic investments in businesses with high growth potential. A number of high profile franchise...
Food Business Review: Dunkin' Donuts, a coffee and baked goods chain, has announced that Champaign, Illinois is now open for franchise sales. The company plans to open more than 10 new restaurants in this area over...
Franchising.com: Aire Serv owners and corporate executives lobbied on Capitol Hill for small business owners during the International Franchise Association's 9th Annual Franchise Appreciation Day on Sept. 16. "Franchise Appreciation Day was an excellent way to bring...
Franchise Key: Descendants of a trade-oriented civilization, the Lebanese are outstanding entrepreneurs. Indeed, despite the political inherent risk, Lebanon is a country capable of reconstructing, innovating, and creating. Al Rifai, Patchi, Pain d’Or, La Maison du Café, Rectangle...
Irish Franchise Magazine: The Fitness Together Franchise Corporation (FTFC) has announced an agreement to open additional franchise locations in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The company opened its first location in Dublin in 2006, and the...
AdAge.com: The banking crisis is threatening to take a rather surprising hostage: McDonald's big-budget coffee rollout. Tightening credit conditions, which are crimping plans for marketers as diverse as giant General Motors Corp. and relatively small household-products...
The Franchise Magazine: Before I became a CeX franchisee I worked in my family's supermarket business. I made the transition to CeX when my family sold the business due to dwindling profits as a result of...
MarketWatch: Burger King Corp announced today that all BURGER KING(R) restaurants nationwide are now cooking with trans fat free cooking oils. Furthermore, by Nov. 1, 2008, all BURGER KING(R) menu ingredients will contain zero grams artificial...
Chain Leader: During winter in Florida, residents want to revel in the sunshine that eludes much of the country. So managers of the Fort Walton Beach, Fla., Tijuana Flats last year started a promotion to help...
The Franchise Magazine: A buzz of excitement is following the launch of a new UK franchise opportunity by Stenders. Combining the company’s own natural beauty product range with an original Latvia-themed store design, the retailer is...
Franchising.com: Millennium Bread, Inc. announced today the opening of Canada's first Panera Bread bakery-cafe. Torontonian and Millennium franchise owner, Craig Milne, will be on hand Monday, October 6, to celebrate the new Richmond Hill location. Panera Bread,...
Franchise Key: The British fashion brand New Look continues its development in France and makes grow its other brand Mim. New Look, as a “large fashion store” generally settles in surfaces of approximately 1200 m2 and positions...
QSR Web: Popeyes is hoping food industry veteran Jey De Leon is the franchisee who can build the concept's brand in Panama. De Leon's company, Landmark International Holdings, is the third owner of the six-unit franchise...
Focus on Travel News: IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group), the world’s largest hotel group by number of rooms, announced the introduction of the first Hotel Indigo property in Central America. The property is expected to open in the...

Civic Video Picks Its Best

Inside Retailing: A WA video retailer has been named Civic Video's Outstanding Franchisee of 2007-2008. David Gianotti, Michael Gianotti and Paula Gianotti, owners of the Civic Video Parks Centre and the Bunbury stores in WA, received a...
Knoxville News Sentinel: The Knoxville PODS franchisee, Volunteers Portable Moving & Storage LLC, has completed a $2.2 million expansion of its storage facility in WestBridge Business Park. The PODS operation will move into a 41,000-square-foot building at...
Irish Franchise Magazine: Print on demand franchises Kall Kwik and Prontaprint have announced that over £3.5m of new investment will be put into the franchise networks this year, following a surge of interest in the franchise...
Franchise Key: The Subway franchise chain is currently testing out a new concept: according to a report on the online portal, coffee-scout.net, five new outlets located in Washington DC shall not only be offering its customers...
Franchising.com: Geeks On Call Holdings, Inc., a premier national provider of professional IT solutions to small business and residential customers under the trade names Geeks On Call(R), 1-800-905-GEEK(TM), CallTheGeeks.com(TM) and Call The Geeks(TM), announced today that...