Franchising.com: Fun, excitement, giveaways and cool prizes are in store this summer as Build-A-Bear Workshop(R) helps kids gear up for back to school. One lucky student will receive the “show and tell” experience of a lifetime when he or she wins an opportunity to take “High School... More

Working Knowledge: From neighborhood to neighborhood – even from block to block – customers have different tastes in the products they buy and the retail experience they find most enjoyable. As a business owner operating stores across multiple markets, is it possible to please everyone?... More

Franchise Key: After a life of being an employee, or because you feel it, you now wish to have an independent pleasant activity. Opening a fitness center, a personal services association or a fast-food… For you, the solution may be the franchise. The franchise keeps on attracting company creators... More

PR-USA.net: DetailXPerts emerged in 2006 from Detroit, a city well known for cars. It’s also a city known for road and weather conditions that aren’t exactly friendly to vehicles. Grime, dust, salt, rain and snow all contribute to that new car finish fading and aging well before its time.... More

Franchise Key: The way you calculate it can vary according to the networks and is not strict, some franchises don’t ask for it, however we cannot call them free… The entry fee is an initial lump payment that should more or less represent the money spent by the franchisor to welcome his new partner,... More

Minneapolis Star Tribune: Minnesota has long been a hub of fitness innovation and businesses. It’s the birthplace of Rollerblades and waterskiing, the headquarters of Life Time Fitness and consistently ranks at the top of polls for its physically active populace. It’s also the home to two... More

GlobalSurfNews: The Extreme Group is very pleased to announce it has just appointed Terry Hauss, a leading International licensing and biz development executive, who has worked for Warner Bros. Consumer Products, across Superman, Batman, The Matrix, Harry Potter, Sony Consumer Products and Iconix brands,... More

American Small Business News: 1. Name Recognition – When you open an established franchise, you will be launching a business with a name that is already widely known and respected. While you’ll need to spend time and energy letting people know where your business is, you won’t have to worry about... More

Franchising.com: A car wash that uses no water? A concept that at first sounds borderline impossible is fast becoming a reality around the world, and America is its next big stop. Without using a single drop of water, ecowash mobile has washed hundreds of thousands of cars throughout Australia, France,... More

Mirror.co.uk: Dad Shaun Kinsell was fed up with the unsociable hours as a lorry driver. So earlier this year, he parked up and became his own boss. “I’d had enough of missing out on family life and decided it was time to get my life back,” says Shaun, 41. “I liked the concept... More

Sydney Morning Herald: Investing in a franchise business should be treated like investing in any other business and come under the scrutiny of the corporate watchdog, the Australian Securities and Investment Commission, a franchisee lobby group says. The Franchisee Association of Australia (FAA) plans... More

Bizjournals.com: AxisPointe Inc., a company that specializes in outsourced post-construction customer service, said Monday that the company has sold 11 HomeWorx franchises throughout the country, including one in San Antonio. AxisPointe is the parent company of HomeWorx Franchising LLC. These franchises... More