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For Affordable Homes of South Texas (AHSTI) director Bobby Calvillo, whose job it is to help his organization build enough homes to meet the needs of low-income South Texan families, creating the means for having a constant positive cash flow was a top priority. So in 2012, Calvillo convinced the AHSTI […]

We enjoy reading Jason Daley’s Franchisors posts on the website Entrepreneur.com, and wish to share, in particular, “How I Grew My Wheelchair Ramp Company Into a Franchise,” about the experience of franchisor Julian Gordon. In his Q&A with Entrepreneur.com, Gordon shares how after twenty years running a metal fabrication shop, […]

As consumers are poised at the advent of the holiday season, the recent security lapses at the retail point of sale continue to reverberate, and according to Wayne Rash writing for tech observer eWeek.com, it isn’t looking great for brick-and-mortar retailers. Buyers continued to be worried about credit card security […]

Retailers share the view that retail point of sale is under siege from online criminals. And now, ahead of the holiday shopping season, they’re being asked to deploy a variety of new solutions designed to improve the retail experience for their customers. “And that puts an undue burden on retailers […]

Changing budgets and tastes, the growth of online shopping and security at the point of sale all represent challenges, and opportunities, for retailers. In the last year, mobile point of sale (mPOS) has also continued to grow and evolve. Industry researchers point to the advent of tablets and powerful apps […]

Security lapses at the retail point of sale continue to make news. The latest involves CurrentC, one of Apple’s competitors in the hotly contested mobile payment space. In a business news website CNBC.com post on the recent breach, technology reporter Cadie Thompson writes that CurrentC, a mobile payment system backed […]

More people are dreaming of franchising, ready for a life change as the market is once again heating up. But before you take the plunge, make sure your due diligence includes working with a franchise attorney, someone who knows franchising inside and out. We strongly agree with a SmallBizTrends.com post […]

The world’s largest convenience store franchiser, 7-Eleven, is nearing completion of prepping stores from its 2011 Wilson Farms store chain at a store franchising sale in Western New York. Part of the company’s national strategy, 7-Eleven purchased the 188-store Wilson Farms chain and shed some 30 stores through auction, closed […]

Although being named one of the worst performers in the S&P 500 last year, Whole Foods is introducing a new chain aimed at a younger market. Various other companies have begun a tight race with the leading organic grocery chain. With a total of 417 locations currently open, the chain […]

Although still rare, mobile payments — the use of phones to make in-store payments — are gaining plenty of attention, and many industry observers are seeing technical developments almost certain to reshape the payments landscape. Writing for TheFinancialBrand.com, Jim Marous provides a terrific summary of the initiatives by Apple Pay, […]