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Franchise expo offers opportunities to MSMEs

June 14, 2010 - 12:00am

The organizers of the forthcoming Franchise Expo 2010 are preparing a wide array of business opportunities for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and their relatives, including the country’s growing number of...

Business

30% growth projection for franchising sector 'conservative'

May 31, 2010 - 12:00am

News on the 7.3 percent economic growth in the first quarter of the year has further lifted the spirit of the already upbeat franchise sector, making its projection of a 20 to 30 percent increase in sales for full-year...

Business

Consumption-based lifestyle boosts growth of franchising

May 24, 2010 - 12:00am

People may attribute the growth of the franchise sector to the rise in the remittances of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and the booming business process outsourcing (BPO) sector, but it’s the country’s...

Lifestyle Business

Franchise Expo 2010 to showcase rising economy

April 26, 2010 - 12:00am

The forthcoming Franchise Expo 2010 of the Philippine Franchise Association (PFA) will virtually confirm the sustained growth of the franchise industry and the continued vigor of the domestic consumer market as it...

Business

PFA expo looms as 'largest' franchise event in Southeast Asia

June 15, 2009 - 12:00am

MANILA, Philippines - The forthcoming expo of the Philippine Franchise Association (PFA) looms as this year’s largest franchise event in the Southeast Asian region.

Business

Franchise industry eyes expansion despite crisis

May 18, 2009 - 12:00am

MANILA, Philippines - The local franchise industry is gearing up to expand and extend its local and foreign market reach even in the face of the global crisis.

Business As Usual

Oil spill affects Masinloc waters

May 21, 2007 - 12:00am

Business As Usual

PFA, DTI setting up incubation hub for SMEs

September 23, 2002 - 12:00am

An incubation center is being set up for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) that can be franchised locally and even internationally for as low as P100,000 only. Designed to develop SMEs into future franchises,...

Business