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Read More »Launched in 2007, the Coalition of Franchisee Associations ( CFA) works, “to leverage the collective strengths of franchisee associations for the benefit of the franchisee community.” At the CFA, we have been promoting our Second Annual CFA Day Forum. The Forum is a three-day event in Washington, DC that brings franchisees across many different brands and their vendor business partners together to network; discuss business tactics and best practices; and to actively participate in government relations through meetings with members of Congress.
Read More »From BusinessWire in regard to the Denny’s Corporation proxy contest, the Denny’s Franchisee Association (“DFA”) released the following letter to the Committee to Enhance Denny’s (the “Committee”) notifying the Committee of its intent to pursue legal action in response to the Committee’s apparent wrongful appropriation and fraudulent use of certain confidential DFA documents.
Read More »Jody Shenn of BusinessWeek reports that Ambac Financial Group Inc.’s regulator won support from Dunkin Brands Inc., Sonic Corp. and Hertz Corp. as he seeks to overcome objections from some of the insurer’s clients to his plan to rehabilitate the second-largest bond guarantor
Read More »Janet Sparks writes at Blue MauMau that after Patrick LaFontaine, professional hockey player and inductee in the Hockey Hall of Fame, filed a lawsuit against Dunkin’ Brands and the principals of its bankrupted franchisee Kainos Partners Holding Company, a Nassau judge ruled last week that fraud claims can now move forward against the defendants.
Read More »Jennifer Youssef writes in The Detroit News that there may be fewer Starbucks in Michigan these days, but locally owned coffee chains are slinging more espressos and cappuccinos than ever.
Read More »The Boston Business Journal reports that TD Bank Financial Group, the parent of TD Bank, said Monday it has struck a deal to acquire a money-losing South Carolina-based bank with an elevated amount of problem loans on its balance sheet. Editor’s note: TD Bank is a DDIFO Sponsor.
Read More »Monica Mehta writes at Bloomberg BusinssWeek that business sellers are using creative financing to command better prices or close deals.
Read More »Blue MauMau reports that Seattle’s Best Coffee unveiled a new logo and brand strategy on May 11 in an effort to reinvent itself. Part of Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX), the company wants to explode its brand onto the retail scene through high-profile franchise chains and retailers, expanding from 3,000 points of distribution to more than 30,000 by September.
Read More »Kent Bernhard, Jr. writes at Portfolio.com that a new study by Harvard finds that treating the people at the lowest rung of the corporate ladder right isn’t just a nice thing to do. It improves the bottom line.
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