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7-Eleven Enters Jacksonville

7-Eleven has 45,500 stores in 16 countries, with 7,300 in the United States. Lately, it’s been opening one somewhere in the world every two hours. This is one franchise that has proven itself to be resilent in all sorts of economic times. One Florida market is now the focus of this huge franchise chain; Jacksonville... 7-Eleven already has 13 properties... Read more →

Franchise Report: The Automotive Sector

It just so happens that I was in automotive franchising, so I have intimate knowledge regarding this area of the franchise industry. The folks over at Franchise Direct do too; all you have to do is read their very detailed Automotive Franchise Industry Report, and you'll see for yourself. As you'll see, there's a lot more to automobile franchising than... Read more →

Retail Store Owner-Operator Survey

A friend of mine, and one of the nicest guys I know, just asked me to reach out to retail store owners and retail store operators. Let's show Tim Berry, The CEO and Founder of Palo Alto Software, (Maker of the #1 business plan software in the world) how good we are! Spend 4 minutes, and take this 10-Question Retail... Read more →