Articles from Franchising World (November 1, 2007)

Title	Author	Type	Words
"In their own words": Franchising World magazine introduces a regular feature designed to provide its readers public statements of leading policymakers on franchising and issues of concern to small businesses. Readers will "hear" directly from legislators as they address current topics which are selected by international Franchise Association from the Congressional Record and other public resources.			1947
Accor North America.		Brief article	29
Accor sold Red Roof Inn.			22
Aire Serv.		Brief article	114
America's Best Franchising.			14
Annual Franchise Convention zeroes in on educational advancement: pick a day, any topic and the IFA Annual Convention's educational program will likely fulfill attendees' needs. The annual convention is slated Feb. 9-12 and will take advantage of the hospitable setting of Orlando at the Marriott World Center.			590
Arbitration Fairness Act of 2007: a trial lawyer's dream, a client's nightmare.	Lockerby, Michael J.; Shur, Kimberly J.		2275
Back to the basics of effective franchise relations.	Shay, Matthew		524
Bill Chemero joined Figaro's as vice president.			12
Brooke Corporation.		Brief article	38
CFE program hits the 1,000 mark: survey measures growth and satisfaction.	Haneborg, Linda C.		794
Congressional Black Caucus Foundation and IFA Educational Foundation join to create Congressional Fellowship: City University of New York graduate the first to benefit from joint fellowship program aimed at offering public policy training and chance to work on Capitol Hill.			482
Country Place Living.		Brief article	39
Denver FranPAC event raises more than $11.000.	Adams, Victoria	Brief article	260
Diversity Institute names three to board of directors: The International Franchise Association's Diversity Institute named three business leaders to join its board of directors. The appointments were made during Franchise Appreciation Day events in the nation's capital.			276
DLA Piper.		Brief article	31
Effective communication = winning franchise relations: to achieve positive relations with franchisees, there has to be a genuine interest in what they have to say.	Prendamano, J.J.		1521
Franchise appreciation day participants.		List	3269
Franchise compliance sets the tone.	Buckberg, Joel R.		1901
Franchise executives elected to association leadership group: IFA's Fall Leadership Meeting preceded Franchise Appreciation Day activities. One of the annual highlights of that session is the election of new members of the association's board of directors.			460
Franchise Payments Network became a qualified vendor.			11
Franchise South Expo: heating up Miami: even if Miami's January temperatures don't reach above 90 degrees, there will be plenty of heat and excitement going on in the Miami Beach Convention Center.	Goldstein, Joel		1282
Franchisees of the Year.		List	366
Franchising community shares concerns with Congress: immigration reform, labor union organization, affordable health care among key issues delegates discussed with members of Congress.			1284
Franchising continues to grow across the United States: Profile of Franchising study continues, reveals additional expansion.	Johnson, Darrell		1151
Franchising possibilities in Turkey: the U.S. Commercial Service in Turkey has a number of programs and services available to assist the U.S. business community in establishing a presence in this market.	Olcay, Ebru		1279
Franchising's present and future--positive franchise relations.	Isakson, Michael M.	Editorial	397
FRANdata.			7
FranPAC report card.	Adams, Victoria	Statistical table	468
Gaining an edge with vendor-supplier relations: positive franchise relations don't just happen, people need to work at it and have a plan to develop it.	Baldine, Peter V.		978
International Franchise Association programs and calendar of industry events.		Calendar	281
Issue profile: the business activity tax simplification act: the Schumer-Crapo proposal would prevent unlawful impediments to the free flow of commerce among the states by clarifying that no state may impose a business-activity tax on any entity that lacks a physical presence in the taxing jurisdiction.	Flanagan, Troy		711
Little Caesar Enterprises, Inc.		Brief article	150
Little Caesars founder receives Veterans Affairs' Honor.			297
Local online advertising: a primer.	Kolton, Jeffrey		1926
Money Mailer.			24
Moran Industries merged.			7
Moran Industries.			24
Moving beyond compliance: success in ensuring and building your brand can be achieved through the compliance/quality audit process.	Larson, Kathy		1897
Navis Pack & Ship sold its retail-based franchises.			10
Petland franchisees Brad and Karin Logan, who operate three stores in Las Vegas, were named Pet Product News magazine's 2007-2008 International Retailer of the Year.		Brief article	31
Postal Annex+.			19
Rainbow International.		Brief article	134
RE/MAX International.		Brief article	31
RE/MAX International.			16
re:group.			17
Reaching the summit through well-managed partnerships: what the franchising industry can learn from great expeditions.	Burris, Jack		932
Rita's Water Ice raised $530,000 for Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation during its signature paper-lemon fundraiser.		Brief article	44
SeaMaster Cruises.		Brief article	32
St. Jacques Franchise Brand Marketing.			15
Sylvan Learning.		Brief article	33
The franchisor-franchisee relationship: build trust and keep it.	Sanderson, Rhonda		1122
The Little Caesars.		Brief article	30
The Orange County, Calif. Black Chamber of Commerce selected Cedric Ferrell.			24
The WateReuse Association presented its 2007 Customer of the Year Award to Accor's Sofitel San Francisco Bay hotel to recognize it for becoming the first to collaborate with the Redwood City, Calif., on its Recycled Water Project.		Brief article	73
U.S. Sen. Michael B. Enzi named Franchise Legislator of the Year.		Brief article	277
U.S. Supreme Court changes course on minimum resale price maintenance: franchise companies must exercise care in adopting minimum retail price maintenance policies under Leegin.	Cahn, David L.; Fabian, Jeffrey S.		1962
Veterans' program eases career switch to franchising: franchise trade association provides assistance to military veterans.			883
Virginia Barbeque.			8
Volume of "voice of franchising" turned up on Capitol Hill.			645