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Determining whether a stakeholder campaign is working is invariably a mix of analysis and judgment. It is possible to track awareness, attitudes and sentiment through quantitative and qualitative perception research.
For McDonald’s UK, it may prove impossible to entirely eradicate the sense of a dead-end job from the term McJob. But in the words of their enduring ad campaign, key stakeholders – skills organisations, Government, and influencers like entrepreneur and former Dragon’s Den participant James Caan - are already Lovin’ it.
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Butler Intermediate is a public school, grades 7-9, in Butler, PA. We educate 1500 students every day.
Come help us to celebrate our Maker School! Try a maker activity we did in class or join us for an activity we have been excited to try! ALICE programming, creating character books, building monuments in our Lego World Village, and designing a human size string art display — these and many more activities are open to you!Though franchise companies represent a small portion of all US business, the franchise industry is big. In the United States, there are over 2,500 franchise systems, with more than 534,000 franchise units, which represent slightly more than three percent of US businesses. Yet that small percentage generates 35 percent of the retail and service revenue in the U.S. economy.
With franchise-related products and services estimated at $800 US billion annually, international demand for franchise brand name products and services is creating huge opportunities for American companies to expand overseas.
India, which has a growing middle-class of over one billion people, is now positioned as a major force in the global economy and fertile ground for investment in retail and business development. The franchising industry in India is expected to grow at an annual rate of 30 percent, and to drive the country’s current $330 retail sector even higher. In 2007, more than 750 national and international franchisors were operating in India, employing millions of people, and generating revenues in excess of $3 US million.
Many of the world’s largest and well-known franchise companies, such as UPS India, McDonald’s, Yum Brands, Baskin Robbins and Subway already have a visible presence in India. Other US companies, from diverse industry sectors, are now gaining a foothold too.
With India’s retail sector growing at more than eight percent a year, The Dollar Store is actively seeking franchisees. This retail chain, based in Florida, USA, sells low-priced general merchandise products and services. India is just one of the geographical areas targeted for the company’s multi-million dollar overseas business expansion.
And there are some surprising entries to franchising in India too, which at first glance, might not seem like a logical fit with traditional Indian culture and consumers.
Contours Express launched its first Indian center in Bangalore, with a second location in Mumbai. The company has 700 fitness centres for women in the U.S and additional locations across 24 countries, and plans to have at least 1000 Contours clubs operating around the world.
Pizza Corner aims to open 36 stores in India, and is extending efforts to expand in Sri Lanka, Nepal and Singapore.
Golf USA has grown to almost 100 stores in 32 states and 6 foreign countries; and is actively seeking entrepreneurs to operate stores in India.
According to statistics from the Franchising Association of India, franchises currently account for only two percent of retail revenues in India compared to almost 50 percent in the US. However, that two percent is growing at a fast pace, and the implications point to astounding market potential. The success rate for individual franchise business owners in the US is 92 percent, and since franchise businesses are based on proven systems, the success rate for Indian franchises should be comparable.
* The average Indian income is steadily rising and individuals have more purchasing power.
* Telecommunications and transportation infrastructure improvements facilitate the exchange of information and goods.
* Increasing levels of consumer spending, with greater recognition of brand value.
* Internet access is opening the world to India, making its population more aware of global trends and brands. And conversely, the Internet is making it easier for international companies to gain an understanding of India’ culture, geography and politics.
To find out more about the franchise industry worldwide, visit http://www.franchisedirect.com. Headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, Franchise Direct operates several international franchise information sites, and offers a wide range of research resources on buying a franchise and the industry in general.
Kathleen Fitzpatrick is an editor a Franchise Direct. Franchise Direct was launched in 1998 by McGarry Consulting who specializes in business development, especially franchising.
Democrats and Republicans have found a rare patch of common ground on the environment: banning the sale of shark fins in the United States. But the Trump administration disagrees.
Even as a bill has advanced on the Hill, President Trump’s top fisheries manager is causing a stir with a recent blog post arguing that a ban on fin sales is unnecessary since sharks are “sustainably” fished in U.S. waters.
But Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), says that argument contradicts the Trump administration's own data.
“If we were awarding a grade for sustainable shark fisheries, the United States might lead the global class with 32 percent, but that is still a failing grade,” said Booker, who has authored a bill with Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) banning the trade of shark fins commonly used in an Asian soup, to help build up the ocean's shark populations.
Booker is citing a January report that National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries gave Congress, which states the agency can only verify that 11 out of 34 U.S. shark fisheries are sustainably managed. Six of the others are overfished, and the status of most of the rest is unknown. A copy of the report was provided to The Washington Post.
In arguments against a shark fin ban, assistant administrator of NOAA Fisheries Chris Oliver said in a Feb. 18 post that one would do little to help conserve sharks since the United States is such a small player in the global shark fin trade, exporting approximately 1 percent of all fins.
The country, he said, already “has some of the best managed shark fisheries in the world.” He added that a ban would be bad for fishermen who revenue from the fins.
The agency, Ewald added, “has long supported policies and practices that allow commercial fishermen to sell the fins from sharks that are caught at levels that allow them to maintain their population,” noting that the blog post is consistent with testimony officials gave Congress in 2018.
Environmentalists were thrilled that Booker and Capito’s measure was approved by the Commerce Committee in the GOP-controlled Senate in April. The bill made it even further on the other side of the Capitol, passing the House in a 310-to-107 vote in November. Nearly half of all Republicans approved the measure.
“For us, this bill is a bright spot of bipartisanship,” said Ariana Spawn, who works at the marine advocacy group Oceana.
So far, though, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) hasn’t said whether he will bring the bill to a vote. And the White House has not signaled its thoughts, either.
Shark fin soup had once been so popular in fast-growing China that it was driving several species towards extinction, and up to a third of shark species are threatened, according to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. But demand for the delicacy has dropped in recent years because of a celebrity-fueled public awareness campaign, as well as government crackdowns.
One of those celebrities leading the cause is the actress Diane Lane, who successfully lobbied House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to support the ban.
As a result of that campaign, 13 U.S. states have banned fin sales locally. And at least 11 other countries, including Canada and India, have imposed nationwide bans.
Congress too has taken a step toward curbing the shark fin trade. In 2000, it banned cutting off fins at sea and throwing the rest of the carcass overboard. If American fishing operators want to harvest shark fins, they need to bring the rest of the shark ashore to sell the rest of the meat.
But according to one recent study from researchers at Virginia Tech, Stanford and the advocacy groups Oceana and Union of Concerned Scientists, the fins are 10 times more valuable per pound than the other shark meat — making it the main reason anyone would fish for sharks.
Moderators ask about a ban on sugary drinks but not about the environment or climate change when we are sitting at sea level. Come on.
— Trump administration freezes study that weighed a NYC sea wall Trump called ‘foolish’: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has halted a major study meant to prepare the waterfront in New York and New Jersey for