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		<title>Commercial Cleaning Franchise Complaints</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Commercial Cleaning Franchise Complaints
The commercial cleaning gold rush is on, but are franchisees getting the gold mine… or the shaft?
Commercial cleaning is being hyped as the hot, recession-defiant franchise opportunity
The February, 2010 Entrepreneur Magazine states “of the 10 fastest-growing franchises measured by Entrepreneur’s Franchise 500, six were commercial cleaning companies.  That’s downright recession-defiant.”  In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ANAGO CLEANING SYSTEMS Franchise Complaints</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Anago Cleaning Systems franchise website boasts that it has been named by Entrepreneur magazine as 5th fastest growing franchise in 2010, and that it is “ahead of the competition due to the availability of profitable markets throughout the nation.”
Like most commercial cleaning franchises (janitorial franchises), Anago Cleaning Systems offers both “Master” franchise opportunities and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.franchisepublicity.com/anago-cleaning-systems-franchise-complaints/</link>
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		<title>COVERALL Franchise Complaints</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Coverall franchise website states:&#160; “Since 1985, Coverall® has assisted nearly 9,000 entrepreneurs in becoming successful business owners and commercial cleaning professionals… 



“Coverall provides its Franchise Owners with comprehensive training, an initial customer base, billing and collection services, financing, a global network of 90 Support Centers, plus the unique benefits of the Health-Based Cleaning System [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Commercial Cleaning Franchises: 10 Reasons to NOT Buy One</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Guest post:&#160; Ten Reasons Not to Buy a Commercial Cleaning Franchise Or a Janitorial Franchise by Ron Van Orden, CEO, Building Care Services&#160;



I am a business broker and I have facilitated the sale of several commercial cleaning franchises and spoken to the owners of many more. I also have a commercial cleaning business. Every franchisee [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.franchisepublicity.com/commercial-cleaning-franchises-10-reasons-to-not-buy-one/</link>
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		<title>BrightStar CEO Shelly Sun Named IFA Entrepreneur of the Year</title>
		<description><![CDATA[BrightStar Founder CEO Shelly Sun is definitely one of franchising&#8217;s rising stars.
Since she and her husband JD began franchising in 2005, the healthcare staffing company has grown from one company-owned store to over 160 locations  in 31 states and plans to have 400 franchise locations sold by the end of  2011.
Through Sun’s leadership, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Baker Bros Grants 5 Unit Franchise Agreement for Iowa</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to Baker Bros, Baker Bros Director of Franchising Ralph Kinder and the newest Baker Bros franchise owners who will be developing the first Baker Bros franchise locations in Iowa.
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The newest  franchisees of Baker Bros have secured the exclusive rights to develop a  minimum of 5 Baker Bros restaurants in the Quad [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CURVES: 5 West Virginia Curves Close Abruptly</title>
		<description><![CDATA[5 West Virginia Curves fitness clubs closed abruptly with no more than a voice mail to notify members.
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The closed Curves for Women fitness clubs are:
Curves, Wheeling,
Curves, Martins Ferry,
Cuves, St. Clairsville,
Curves, Cadiz
Curves, Wintersville
According to a news story on the Curves closures,  all 5 locations are owned by the same Curves franchisee:
Curves in Wheeling, Martins Ferry, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.franchisepublicity.com/curves-5-west-virginia-curves-close-abruptly/</link>
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		<title>OXI FRESH Supports Franchisees With New, Localized Website</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Oxi Fresh Carpet Cleaning®,  has launched a new website (see www.oxifresh.com) that&#8217;s designed to drive traffic &#8211; and business &#8211; to its locally owned and operated franchise locations.






The new site features an improved design and added navigation features to allow customers to quickly and easily find their way to different pages within the site. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oxi Fresh Launches SEO Optimized Franchise Website</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Oxi Fresh Carpet Cleaning®, the environmentally friendly, all-natural carpet cleaning company, is proud to announce they have debuted a brand new and improved website: www.oxifresh.com.
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The new site features an improved design and added navigation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WIRELESS TOYZ: Joe Barbat Claims Lazy Franchisees Have Selves to Blame</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Joe Barbat claims that Wireless Toyz franchise investors have themselves to blame for their failures.
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According to a  Local 4 Defenders video report posted on Click On Detroit, the Wireless Toyz founder accused of fraud said that if the franchisees suing him had worked as hard as he had, they’d be rich, too.  Barbat’s allegedly [...]]]></description>
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