Chain Leader: Alamo Drafthouse is not your typical movie theater. The Austin, Texas-based cinema eatery has gained a cult following over the last 11 years for showing both first-run and obscure art-house films while offering guests a made-to-order menu that goes beyond popcorn and candy. Now seven-unit... More

Market Wire: Advantage Rent A Car today announced that it will open its second car rental franchise location Tuesday, July 1, in Pittsburgh International Airport. The Pittsburgh in-terminal franchise is owned by General American Rentals, Inc. Robert P. Gardill II, the company’s president and... More

Springfield Business Journal: The longtime owners of Home Instead Senior Care have sold the Springfield franchise to a rural Dade County couple whose custom cabinetry business has taken a hit from the slowdown in residential construction. Neil and Yvonne Marshall bought the franchise for an undisclosed... More

RisMedia.com: Executive Franchise Consulting, a consulting company that says it focuses 100% of its attention and efforts on the real estate sales community, recently launched its new website. Headed up by real estate and franchising specialist George Barlow, the company says that instead of trying... More

PRWeb: Make-it-Fly LLC’s Advisory Board 101 program has proven so successful in the Denver area that Make-it-Fly owners Victoria Munro and Dave Block have decided to offer it as a franchise opportunity for entrepreneurs. The Program has made its reputation by helping create community in the real world... More

Virtual Entrepreneur: After leaving the construction business to become a stay-at-home mom – now, of four – Bonnie McCarthy found life could be hectic. She didn’t need all-day care for her kids, but she did sometimes want brief relief. “I would go to the grocery store with a list of... More

Business Edge: As an impassioned animal lover, Laura Leah English spent much of the early 1990s scouring Western Canadian retail stores in search of the kind of quality pet health foods, products and information she wanted to help her family dog get the most out of life. More often than not, the search... More

Real Business: Dawn Gibbins MBE will shortly unveil a revolutionary concept in consumer seamless flooring – Barefoot – to be sold through a national network of franchisees across the UK. We asked her to share her perspective on franchising – and the essential ingredients for success… Franchising:... More

Franchise Key: This is a form of franchising whereby the franchisor grants another natural or legal person, known as the master franchisee, the right to operate a franchise in a major territory (a country for example). The franchisee is then expected to agree franchise agreements with other individual... More

PR.com: Happi House Restaurants Marketing Director, Kevyn Johnston, announced the company’s commencement of a new Text Messaging advertising campaign, which furthers the chains effort to broaden its marketing towards the “Generation Y” group. The campaign, which is part of the company’s overall... More

Gulf Weekly: The honeymoon showed Lord Beaverbrook, First Baron, (1879-1964) Canadian-born British publisher, financier, and politician; founder of the Daily Express and the Evening Standard, at his characteristic best and worst. He overwhelmed his bride with lavish gifts such as she had never known... More

Macau Daily Times: A Macau delegation from the is due to visit Brazil between 25 June and 2 July to promote bilateral cooperation, officials said yesterday. The delegation from the Forum for Economic and Trade Cooperation between China and the Portuguese-speaking Countries, headed by the coordinator... More