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Call it resilient franchising: While some large franchise chains have been busy closing stores, cutting staff and otherwise suffering the effects of a drop in sales, there are others who are quietly doubling sales and expanding franchise locations by 15% or more.

So what makes a franchise resilient in this economic environment? According to Tariq Farid, it’s a unique combination of things that sets his U.S.-based business apart as it embarks on an aggressive expansion in Canada and around the world.

Defying the odds is familiar territory for Mr. Farid, founder and chief executive of Edible Arrangements International Inc.

At the age of 17, he borrowed $5,000 from his parents to buy a flower shop in East Haven, Conn. Within two years, he had branched out into software development and retail management systems to help him manage his floral company. Continue reading.

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