Time for a Website Makeover

By Jeff Schreiber
Vice President of Business Development
IGD Solutions
Let’s face it, whether your website was professionally designed or put together by a teenage relative, you should periodically evaluate how well it’s actually working for you.   If you don’t, you’re losing money and wasting a valuable resource.
Look at your current website from the perspective of potential clients [...]

E-Commerce – Exploring Your Options

By Jeff Schreiber
Vice President of Business Development
IGD Solutions
Layoffs…
Buyouts…
Rising Unemployment…
Falling Wages…

How can you find a way to start a business to generate – or supplement – your income?  And how can you afford to do it? 
Why not start an online business?  That buyout check, savings or small business loan will go much further on the web [...]

Interactive Webcast on Small Business

by Elizabeth Cusulas
Details In Retail, Inc.
Details In Retail affiliate Mark Cory of FranNet will join a panel of experts on Murray Feldman’s “Lunch Money” webcast on Wednesday, June 25, 2008 from noon until 1 p.m. This is a live webcast where visitors can ask questions and get answers in real time.  Just log-on to www.myfoxdetroit.com and click the Business tab.

Free Franchise Seminars – Metro Detroit

Who’s Controlling Your Future?
by Mark Cory of FranNet
More and more corporate professionals, tired of politics and insecurity, are taking control of their destinies by owning their own businesses. If this sounds like someone you know, please encourage them to attend one of our educational seminars to learn how to lower risk and maximize reward through [...]

Small Business is Key to Michigan’s Future

by Elizabeth Cusulas
Details In Retail, Inc.
Yes, it’s a SMALL world after all.  A small business world. 
According to the U.S. Small Business Administration, small firms have generated 60 to 80 percent of net new jobs annually over the last decade and employ about half of all private sector employees.  Weigh that against huge corporate layoffs and [...]

Menu Prices on the Rise

By Keith Schofield
Restaurant Consultant for Details In Retail
The climb in oil prices has been placing enormous upward pressure on commodities across the board. Higher transportation and fertilizer costs translate to unprecedented pricing levels for rice, flour, oil, produce and every other item in a restaurants cooler and storeroom. Profit margins and the necessity of meeting [...]

Investing in the Future – Hot Franchise Picks

by Elizabeth Cusulas
Details In Retail, Inc.
The International Franchise Association reports that a new franchise outlet opens somewhere in the United States every eight minutes.
Franchises are hotter than ever.  From recent graduates to displaced workers to retirees, more and more people are considering franchise opportunities as a means to financial security.  It’s an attractive option for [...]