Seven percent unit growth inside the "Silver Lining Economy" More than ever before, franchisors are optimistic and positive With rare unanimity franchisors predict a substantial year in 2004 By Jerry Wilkerson
Philadelphia - The Rita's Italian ice stores, where customers dance across hot pavement for a cool summer treat, were started by two brothers who naturally appreciated a product made to beat the heat.
For the third consecutive year, Microtel Inns & Suites has been ranked highest in guest satisfaction among economy/budget hotel chains in the J.D. Power and Associates 2004 North America Hotel Guest Satisfaction Index Study.
After searching for two and a half years, 32-year-old Elaine Divelbliss finally found a three-bedroom apartment on Manhattan's Upper West Side to call home. By waiting for the market to cool down, she says, she saved herself several hundred thousand dollars.
What started out as a look at local tanning business from the angle of a mega-franchise in the Aug. 18 Denver Business Journal became a more comparative feature story, thanks to the reporter's experience in a start-up salon.
The average golf retail shop nationwide measures 800 square feet; employs 2 full-time staffers and 5.5 part-time workers; and tallies $212,473 per year in sales from each total equivalent employee, according to a new survey published by the National Sporting Goods Association.