Howard Schultz, CEO of Starbucks, will launch a “Create Jobs for USA” program that asks the American public to donate $5 at any of its stores for small businesses. A Pepperdine poll showed that less than 50% of small businesses obtained loans from lending institutions . This lack of credit results in less jobs being created […]
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Posted by timb on 12/05/11 at 02:12 PM in Business Finance, Employment, Franchise News | Permalink | Comments (0) | Trackback URL
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Krispy Kreme Chief Marketing Officer Dwayne Chambers, in a Q & A article that appeared in SmartBlogs.com, says that through social media, Krispy Kreme fans do a lot of the marketing for its products. He says, “From an ROI standpoint, we’re able to use these vehicles that exist now to determine if it fits within […]
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Posted by timb on 12/05/11 at 01:12 PM in Franchise News, Search Engine Marketing | Permalink | Comments (0) | Trackback URL
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The President of Arby’s Restaurant Group, Inc., Hala Moddelmog, introduced the new Board of Directors of the ARG Holding Corporation in its Atlanta conference as reported in QSR Magazine. The new Board is led by Jon Luther, formerly of Dunkin Brands, and Sidney Feltenstein, former CEO of Yorkshire Global Restaurants. Moddelmog said that because of […]
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Posted by timb on 12/05/11 at 01:12 PM in Business Management, Business News, Franchise News | Permalink | Comments (0) | Trackback URL
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The National Federation of Independent Business reports that the October level of small-business optimism index is the highest since June. “Owner optimism improved a smidge, mostly because the outlook for business conditions and real sales growth became less negative,” said the NFIB report. However, the new-jobs subindex weakened in the same month as there was […]
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Posted by timb on 12/05/11 at 01:12 PM in Business News, News & Current Events, Small Business | Permalink | Comments (0) | Trackback URL
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The Wall Street Journal reports that small businesses are complaining about the lack of qualified workers. In spite of the very high number of unemployed workers, many companies find the former lacking in skills or with obsolete talent for available jobs. Blame is placed on the U.S. educational system for its failure to provide the […]
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Posted by timb on 12/05/11 at 01:12 PM in Business News, Education, Employment | Permalink | Comments (0) | Trackback URL
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Doing something you love and at the same time earning from it is the best place to be. Peggy Kennedy is such a lucky person who left her corporate job to do what makes her happy – caring for pets. “Obviously these are people who love pets. Often they come from a job in middle […]
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Posted by timb on 12/05/11 at 01:12 PM in Business News, Entrepreneurs & Entrepreneurship, Franchise News | Permalink | Comments (0) | Trackback URL
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Business has been built on the foundation of selling stuff. Hopefully, lots of stuff – products, ideas, services – to lots of folks. The latest tool new-marketing experts are promoting to management is social media. You know, putting your products, your ideas in front of the masses to buy. Most social media efforts today – […]
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Posted by andym on 12/02/11 at 05:12 PM in Search Engine Marketing, Software & Technology | Permalink | Comments (0) | Trackback URL
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