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DARIEN, Conn., Nov. 5, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- On Friday, November 6th, Playa Bowls, the Jersey Shore's original acai bowl shop, will celebrate the opening of their milestone 100th location in the United States & Puerto Rico. The 100th store, located in Darien, Connecticut, will be Playa Bowls' third store in the state, and will open in partnership with local entrepreneurs Steve Dimovski and Jarrod Jackette.   Playa Bowls™ is the vision of founders Robert Giuliani and Abby Taylor -- Jersey Shore natives & long-time surfers. While chasing summer on surf trips to Panama, Costa Rica, Nicar...

For most small-business owners and entrepreneurs, managing the books is not their number-one priority. Beyond the many details of running their business day-to-day, their focus is on customer acquisition and retention, hiring and keeping the best employees, and maintaining a positive relationship with their lenders and suppliers. Ideally, entrepreneurs are working on the business, not in it – on growing it – certainly not on getting bogged down in the weeds.   Some of those “weeds,” if left unattended, can bring a business down: the nitty-gritty of taxes, compliance, accounting, bookkeeping,...

Loyalty Brands, ATAX, and Latino Tax Professionals (LTP) are joining forces in a mega-franchise move poised to revolutionize the nation's taxpayer experience and franchising– just in time for the 2020 tax season.   The unprecedented merger of Loyalty Brands and ATAX creates a leveraged opportunity to share resources, collaborate, and ultimately streamline the companies under one franchise roof. The Loyalty Brands franchise umbrella includes ATAX, Loyalty Networking, Loyalty Trade Exchange, First Choice Business Broker, and a soon-to-be-announced small business accounting brand, as well as an...

It’s been a hectic day at work. You have hardly eaten. You complete your work just before the set deadline and phew…you heave a sigh of relief. The feeling of hunger is long gone and the only thing that comes to your mind is reaching home at its earliest. Upon opening the door, right in front of you is sitting an entire fur army waiting to pounce on you and give you the warmest welcome one can receive. Before you can even react, they are all over you and all you can do is drop your weapons, put your hands behind your back, and surrender. The frustration, the exhaustion you have been carrying f...

Charleys Philly Steaks    Total U.S. units: 549  U.S. franchise units: 492  System-wide sales: S445,000,000  Franchise AUV: $827.285  Franchise fee: $24,500  Total start-up costs: S458,996-S637,568  Royalty: 6%  Renewal fee: Sl0,000  Marketing fee: 4%    The skinny: Charleys' favorable financials are attractive on paper, but the proof is also in the pudding: Seventy percent of growth comes from existing franchisees. The brand has prioritized nontraditional locations like malls and airports in the past, but it's now turning its attention to traditional sites, as well, and hopes to o...

LUTHERVILLE, Md., June 30, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Celebree School, a leader in early childhood education with 43 open or under development school locations in Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey, today awarded Josephine and Edward Johnson two franchises. They will own and operate Celebree School locations in Loudoun County, Arlington or Fairfax, Virginia.   As first time business owners, the unwavering support they received from the Celebree team helped solidify their decision to franchise with the company.   “The Celebree School franchise model seemed like the ide...