The Educated Franchisee: The How-To Book for Choosing a Winning Franchise

There is nothing more expensive than ignorance -- let The Educated Franchisee serve as your guide for selecting a franchise that meets your needs!
The Educated Franchisee will show you:
-How to find a franchise that is right for you
-How owning a franchise can create wealth
-Where to find quality franchisors
-What qualities franchisors look for
-How to gather information from franchisees
-How to make sure the franchise makes money
-How to confidently select the best franchise
-The five keys to success in owning a franchise
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Start Your Own Business, Fifth Edition - The Only Start-Up Book You'll Ever Need

Tap into more than 30 years of small business expertise as you embark on the most game-changing journey of your life ? your new business. This unmatched guide - the best-selling business startup book of all time - offers critical startup essentials and a current, comprehensive view of what it takes to survive the crucial first three years, giving your exactly what you need to survive and succeed.

Plus, you’ll get advice and insight from experts and practicing entrepreneurs, all offering common-sense approaches and solutions to a wide range of challenges. ? Pin point your target market ? Uncover creative financing for startup and growth ? Use online resources to streamline your business plan ? Learn the secrets of successful marketing ? Discover digital and social media tools and how to use them ? Take advantage of hundreds of resources ? Receive vital forms, worksheets and checklists From startup to retirement, millions of entrepreneurs and small business owners have trusted Entrepreneur to point them in the right direction. We’ll teach you the secrets of the winners, and give you exactly what you need to lay the groundwork for success.

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So You Want to Own a Subway Franchise? a Decade in the Restaurant Business

For anyone considering buying a franchise or becoming an entrepreneur, this is the book you need to read. So You Want to Own a Subway Franchise? - or any other sort of franchise - is a book that describes acquiring, developing, and selling three different Subway franchises over a decade. Dylan and Shayne Randall have been there. Read their story describing the pros and cons of franchise life, while alerting readers to the dangers and the pitfalls. The authors describe the daily operations of a Subway restaurant between the years 1999 to 2009.

They also offer humorous anecdotes involving both customers and employees, which capture the environment of a Subway franchise. The book details the relationship between franchisees and the corporate structure, and it's also useful as a handbook for the financial genesis of any franchise. Watch out! So You Want to Own a Subway Franchise? is a cautionary tale for prospective franchisees. About the Author: Dylan and Shayne Randall live in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. They wrote this book because they were "not exiting the business on our own terms." Publisher's website: http://www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/SoYouWantToOwnASubwayFranchise.html

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So You Want to Franchise Your Business

Harold Kestenbaum has worked with more than 100 businesses in their franchising efforts including such household names as Sbarro and Nathan’s. A 30-year veteran of franchise law and a board member of four major franchise companies, he and Adina Genn, an award-winning journalist, have joined forces to teach you the secrets to turning your business into a successful franchise.

If you’re interested in using this profitable strategy to expand your business, you’ll get an in-depth look at how to evaluate your business concept, determine if your business is a candidate for franchising, implement the franchise process, and build a thriving franchise.

Well-known entrepreneurs who successfully franchised their business, including Subway co-founder Fred DeLuca and CEO of the Dwyer Group Dina Dwyer-Owens, offer detailed, in-the-trenches guidance and information. These experts speak frankly about the tactics you can use to market, sell, and build your franchise while offering insider advice to help you avoid the pitfalls of business growth.

? Step-By-Step Guide To The Franchising Process
? Low-Cost Ways To Grow A Franchise In The Startup Phase
? Franchise A Concept For Less Than $100,000
? Best Practices From Top Franchisors And Franchisees

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Secrets of Choosing The Right Franchise: Your Guide To Researching, Selecting And Buying The Franchise Of Your Dreams

Secrets of Choosing a Franchise is an in depth guide to researching, selecting and buying the right franchise based on the individuals core strengths. Hansen takes his 42 years of franchising industry experience and gives key insights into choosing the best franchise opportunity for the reader. This guide will save you from making the mistake of going with the wrong franchise.

He teaches how to compare apples to apples when looking through the very complex Federal Disclosure Document. The book also gives the reader the direction to follow their individual giftedness and match it up to the right business. The sole purpose is to help individuals make their next vocation a vacation and helping them to discern which franchise will make a dream come true.
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Rubie's Costume Co The Smurfs Adult Papa Costume

Come to smurf village and join these little blue buddies while they sing and dance their way into your heart A world-leader in the creation of costumes, make up and accessories, rubie's costume company is a family-owned and run business based in new york state. With more than 60 years experience and the largest selection, rubie's has the costumes and accessories children and adults want for halloween and year-around dress up fun.
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Mexican Restaurant Complete Start Up Business Plan NEW

Complete Start Up Business Plan For 2008! -Sample Business Plan In Microsoft Word For EASY Editing! -Meets & Exceeds SBA, Lender, & Government Grant Agency Requirements -This Sample Plan Has Already Received FUNDING In 2008! Complete 7 Section Layout Including?.

-Executive Summary (A brief general summary of the other 6 sections) -Products & Services (Technically Accurate Product/Service Description including the NAICS Codes!) -Market Analysis (Covers the Total, Primary, & Target Market as well as Competition) -Facility & Operations (Physical Layout, Sources Of Supply, Available Labor Etc) -Sales Strategy (Includes Pricing Structure, Promotion & Distribution Strategy) -Management Structure (Business Owners Qualifications, Legal Structures Etc) -Financial Projections (Includes 3 year projected profit & Loss, Balance Sheets, Pro Forma Cash Flow Summaries, Etc All In Easy To Read & Edit Tables & Charts)
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Restaurant Empire

Restaurant Empire is the first game that faithfully recreates all the challenges of building and operating a restaurant franchise through a unique blend of business-simulation and RPG gameplay.  From the makers of Hotel Giant.

Starting with nothing except some cash and a passion for food, build a restaurant from the bottom up - hire waiters, decorate, even cook the meals! Buy, build, outsell and under-price your competition.  Featuring three culinary capitals to operate in, five restaurant cuisines to choose from, over 30 unique chefs to interact with and nearly 200 recipes to source, your business sense and culinary taste will be tested to the limit.

Not only do you control every aspect of running a restaurant from buying your restaurant to choosing its cuisine and decoration; you will also travel and meet with people that will help you establish your name as the greatest restaurateur the world has ever seen!

Will you use your culinary wizardry to out-cook chefs? What tactics and strategies will you employ to buy out the competition? You decide. With a combination of business strategy and role-playing game styles plus a free-form sandbox game mode, three huge cities, and over 30 playable chefs and a host of locations to travel to, Restaurant Empire is an epicurean delight of gastronomic proportions!


Product Features

• Choose the Campaign mode to discover the culinary world of Restaurant Empire, or play at your own pace and leisure with the Sandbox mode.
• Experience a thrilling adventure in the culinary world with a story-based campaign featuring 18 compelling scenarios.
• Use real-world business strategies to gain the upper hand against your comp
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How to Franchise Your Business: The Plain Speaking Guide for Business Owners

IF YOU ARE CONSIDERING FRANCHISING YOUR BUSINESS CLIVE SAWYER WILL HELP YOU. Clive Sawyer, Managing Director of Business Options, one of the UK's leading Franchise and Business Consultancies, has written this book to cut through the confusion and complexity surrounding franchising a business.

Clive, in his renowned plain speaking manner helps the reader assess whether franchising is the right expansion model for them. He then leads the reader, step by step though everything they will need to know. For anyone serious about franchising their business, this book is essential reading. "An insightful and thorough overview which will become essential reading for business owners considering franchising their business." Richard Holden, Head of Franchising, Lloyds Bank Group.
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Grow Smart, Risk Less: A Low-Capital Path to Multiplying Your Business Through Franchising

Experienced franchisor Shelly Sun shares practical advice, insights, and her own compelling experiences to help readers discover the power and avoid the pitfalls of franchising their businesses. This title features a low-risk, low-capital path to astounding growth. In today's economic environment, and long into the future, access to capital is limited. Successful business owners have few options for dramatically expanding their brand, taking it to the regional, national, or even international arena.

This book describes how readers, through franchising, can use other people's money and leverage their success for rapid growth; Covers the entire process of franchising. Most books on franchising focus on educating the franchisee, but this book is designed to fully educate the franchisor. The author walks readers through each stage of the franchising process: from determining if they have a franchisable concept, to assembling a professional team without wasting money, to adjusting the business model along the way for optimum growth, to growing as a leader to assume new challenges; Written by an experienced, nationally lauded franchiser.

Unlike many authors of books on franchising, Shelly Sun has been through the process, growing her business from $1 million to $100 million in five years. She's been named entrepreneur of the year by the International Franchise Association and is being featured on a network prime-time show about compelling companies. The book offers practical advice like that in "Franchising for Dummies", with a focus on business growth for the franchisor, as in "Franchising and Licensing" by Andrew Sherman.

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Franchise Your Business - 2nd edition

If you have a proven business system and are wishing to expand, franchising is a strong option. It provides a quick route to growth and uses other people's money and enthusiasm to open individual offices, shops, restaurants, salons, surgeries, units, van rounds, or service centres.

This book provides practical advice on how franchising works from two authors with years of experience. As well as being for potential franchisors, this book is also invaluable to owners of existing branch networks, practising franchisors and their management teams, and candidates for the Diploma in Franchise Management.

It will show you how to: - Decide whether your business should and could be franchised - Understand the franchisor/franchisee relationship - Structure the business so it works for both franchisor and franchisee - Prove the concept with pilot operations - Market your franchise and recruit franchisees - Motivate franchisees and monitor their performance - Franchise your business internationally - Prepare your network for sale - or buy an existing franchised network
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THQ Fast Food Empire Simulations for Windows for 16 and Up

THQ Fast Food Empire for Windows for Age - 16 and Up (Catalog Category: PC Games / Simulations)

An extreme makeover for fast food management!

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Reward yourself with a fresh new approach to the fast food industry.  Dominate the fast food industry city by city, using gorgeous franchise staff as your secret weapon.  Discover a whole new dimension to fast food management as you build your own fast food empire.

Product Features

• A selection of heart-throbbing beauties from all over the world for you to recruit.


• There are endless ways to win.  Thrash your competitors however you like, only just..WIN!


• Addicting min-games that you might want to put your business at risk just to play again.


• Now what would you do to give your business a boost if you had the Mafia at your finger tips..??


• Just a shoe right?  Think again!  Your franchise girl's clothing may be the key to billions or bankruptcy!

Windows Requirements

• Windows Me, 2000, XP


• 800 MHz or faster processor


• 1 GB of RAM or more


• 1 GB of free Hard Drive space or more


• DirectX 9.0 compatible Video Card


• Video Card must have 64 MB or more memory and one of these T&L capable chipsets:  ATI Radeon 8500 or greater; GeForce 2 MX440 or greater


• DirectX 9.0 compatible Sound Card


• 8X CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive

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Young Gun: 25-year-old Opens 10 Red Mango's In Under Three Years

It only took Samantha Goldsmith less than three years to open 10 Red Mango locations on her native Long Island. That makes her the system's youngest franchisee, largest multi-unit owner, and Long Island the single largest market for the brand. That's quite an accomplishment, even for a veteran franchisee. But Goldsmith is just 25 and has been in the business for only three years.

Her list of accomplishments, punched up by multiple Facebook, Twitter, and Foursquare accounts, is the reason Goldsmith is something of a rock star at her store grand openings and the recipient of Multi-Unit Franchisee magazine's 2103 MVP Influencer Award. "It's great when young people come to the manager and ask if I'm there because they want to talk to me about being successful in business," she says.

Goldsmith spent her childhood on her father Harvey's heels. "I've wanted to be like my dad since I was five years old. He had an inventory business, renting out scanners to companies to use when taking inventory. I'd sit in the back of his office, making boxes and watching him do business," she says. At 16, she started work at Bed Bath & Beyond and was promoted twice in less than four years. "I liked managing and being part of a team," she says. But she couldn't see spending four years in college when she already knew what she wanted to do.

When she and her father came across Red Mango at a franchise expo, she liked the brand's "delicious and healthy" products. She approached the franchisor, who didn't seem taken aback by her age, she says, and opened her first unit early in the chain's national development.

"Red Mango appealed to me because I'm health-conscious like most people between 24 and 50. We're all concerned about calories, fat-free, and gluten-free. I thought our products would be popular and the stores would thrive right now," she says.

Her instincts were good, and Goldsmith has kept up a rapid growth rate, opening her other nine stores within three years. Her husband, Tim Gatto, is COO, and the pair closely mentor their 10 store managers.

Red Mango founder Dan Kim has described Goldsmith as an "inspiration." But her father is her biggest fan. Says Goldsmith, "He tells me how proud he is all the time."

Name: Samantha Goldsmith
Title: Founder
Company: Goldsmith Companies
No. of units: Red Mango, 10
Age: 25
Family: Husband Tim Gatto, company operations manager, and three stepchildren
Years in franchising: 3
Years in current position: 3
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The Franchise MBA: Mastering the 4 Essential Steps to Owning a Franchise

This comprehensively researched and deftly written franchise guide brings together experience and fact to give you the tools you need to understand which franchise is right for you. With insights from respected franchise leaders and a thorough understand of franchising, this book will help you understand and master the 4 Critical Steps to finding the Ideal Franchise: 1. The Introspective Self 2. The Franchisor 3. The Franchisees 4. The Legal and Financial
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Maximize Your E-Sources: Using Social Media As A Recruiting Tool

"Google," which became a verb in June 2006, is among many new verbs that have transformed the way we speak--and interact. Today we "friend" someone on Facebook, "bookmark" a website, "blog" an article, and "text" from our phones. Social media is rewriting how we connect with each other--and it's happening in every aspect of our lives. Twitter transformed how we get our news; Groupon revolutionized how we consume; Foursquare revamped how we "check-in"; and now, social media is redefining how we hire.

More than a decade ago, HR saw the emergence of job boards that allowed employers to reach an expanded talent pool with the click of a few buttons. Since that time, virtual hiring portals have dominated candidate sourcing. As social media infiltrates everyday life, franchisees must leverage these resources to connect with both their consumers and candidates.

Today, one of every six Americans uses social media. Of those, 59 percent interact with businesses through social media sites, with one in four checking in more than once a week (Cone Communications). And consumers who "like" your business give your brand and your bottom line a "thumbs-up." In fact, 61 percent of Facebook users who have "liked" a brand note that they are more likely to purchase from that brand (AllFacebook).

The business case is clear. It is time to seize the day and capitalize on online influence by integrating social media into hiring processes. For franchise businesses with a following, it is the obvious next step, especially for the fast casual segment, where social media campaigns have already shown marketing success.

Social media is already revolutionizing the restaurant industry. The NRA's 2012 Restaurant Industry Forecast found that more than 80 percent of restaurant operators plan to increase their social media marketing efforts. Over the next two years, more than half plan to add online review sites, Facebook, Twitter, and blogs into their marketing mix.

Further, according to the 2012 HR Toolbox survey, HR professionals spend 7.62 hours each week on social media sites. What are they doing? They are using online profiles (originally reserved for connecting socially) to hunt for jobs, build credibility and a personal brand, and network professionally.

Social media is a powerful recruiting and sourcing tool for franchisees. Social media takes the old networking adage of hiring based on "who you know" to a new level. The ability of employers to tap into these social networks is quickly becoming an indispensable resource: hiring managers can reach their target demographic more easily, employ a proactive sourcing plan, and drastically reduce costs.

Most social media sites allow businesses to Post, Tweet, Pin, and Message open positions free--unlike job boards, which can cost employers hundreds of dollars for each position.
BranchOut, the largest professional network on Facebook, went mobile in the fall of 2011. The program lets members use their Facebook network to look for jobs, source leads, recruit candidates, and cultivate professional contacts.

Three months earlier, LinkedIn launched an "Apply with LinkedIn" button, allowing candidates to submit resumes directly from their profile with just a click. Sophisticated talent management systems can pool social media sourcings and quickly filter through applications to identify the best candidates.

Developments such as these continue to drive innovation in franchising. The future of franchise hiring and repeat customers is a two-way conversation. If you're not speaking the lingo, you'll be left behind.

Look at what is working for others who are being successful, and then set goals for where your franchise is headed. Take into consideration industry innovations, relevant social media outlets, culture and brand messages, and the development plan for your franchise business. Open a conversation with your management team and team leaders about where you want to go and what you need to get there. Then empower your team to lead the charge.

Nate DaPore is President and CEO of PeopleMatter. He is passionate about providing team members, including his own, with a rewarding workplace experience that values creativity and innovation. Contact him at 877-230-4088 or info@peoplematter.com.
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Transworld Business Advisors Launches New Location in Troy

Transworld Business Advisors, a unique business concept that provides services for business brokerage, franchise consulting, and franchise development, announces a new location in Troy, under the ownership of local resident Jeffrey Sak.

Transworld Business Advisors is essentially three complementary businesses rolled into one:  business brokerage, franchise consulting, and franchise development. The brokerage side successfully puts buyers and sellers of businesses together; the franchise consulting side gives entrepreneurs access to more than 200 pre-screened franchises and the franchise development service assists people in growing their businesses through franchising.

“Discovering Transworld Business Advisors came at a perfect time in my life because I was looking to start my own business and the operation of Transworld is very well suited to my background and skill set,” said Sak. “I launched the business in August and am already looking to hire sales associates to assist in growing the business.”

Prior to owning a Transworld Business Advisors agency, Sak spent nearly 15 years specializing in international tax consulting at two of the Big Four public accounting firms as a CPA and tax attorney.

Transworld Business Advisors is a joint venture between United Franchise Group, (UFG) an industry leader in the development of successful franchise systems with over 1400 franchisees in 50 countries, and Transworld Business Brokers, one of the nation’s largest business brokerage companies handling business sales and mergers and acquisitions.

For more information on the new Transworld Business Advisors in Troy, contact Sak at 248-519-2305.  For information on how you can own a Transworld Business Advisors franchise, call 800-205-7605 or go to www.transworld-info.com.

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Tomb Raider

After a brutal storm destroys the boat she was travelling on, a frightened young woman is left washed ashore on an unknown beach. On her own but not alone she has only one goal, to survive. Here begins the first adventure for a young and inexperienced Lara Croft in a story which charts the journey of an ordinary woman who finds out just how far she must go in order to stay alive.
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Top Three Ways to Stay Sharp during the Celebratory College Countdown

As the New Year approaches, high school seniors are beginning to start the countdown for their final days as high schoolers. With each passing week, day and hour, seniors’ graduation anticipation continues to heighten as they come that much closer to fleeing off to college and independence.

This excitement often times ends up translating into poor grades and lack of motivation as seniors feel their fates are sealed, especially those who have been accepted into college. Unfortunately, what many seniors don’t know is that slacking off can ultimately ruin college plans after years of hard work as colleges have the right to rescind admissions.

In order for high school seniors to avoid the heart break that can come from contagious second semester laziness commonly referred to as “senioritis”, Tutor Doctor (http://www.tutordoctor.com/), the fastest growing “at-home” tutoring franchise worldwide, encourages seniors to power through and finish off their final year proudly, and on a positive note. After all, senior year should be used as a time to help students mature and transition to college, not as a year to slack off and regress.

“It is such a shame to see students’ hard work go to waste when they’re so close to the finish line,” said Frank Milner, President of Tutor Doctor. “We always encourage our students, especially high school seniors, to do their best to keep up momentum and motivation and to strive to be proud of their work, no matter what phase they’re at with college admissions. Unfortunately, all it takes is losing focus to potentially wind up back at square one.”

The following are three essentials provided by the Tutor Doctor team for seniors to consider in the months leading up to graduation.

Avoid senioritis

·    Set attainable goals. Write down goals you want to achieve between now and graduation. Keeping a list of your normal tasks, but phrasing them as pointed objectives, is a great way to stay motivated and on schedule.

·    Develop a strategy. On a calendar, note all school assignments and exam dates for the rest of the year, in addition to athletic competitions and practices. Motivate yourself to complete tasks and assignments by remembering that you'll have time for fun and leisure activities later.

·    Take on new activities with friends. Reflect on any new activities or clubs you've always wanted to try but were too busy, and assemble your friends to join in. It can be something as simple as taking on a new sport, getting more involved in extracurricular activities, volunteering, etc.

Study to ace the ACT and/or SAT

·         Study well in advance. While you may only need a couple of days to study for an average exam, you should carve out at least two months to study for these life-altering standardized tests.

·         Get a baseline score. Through an ACT prep book or website like ACT.org, take a practice test without studying to assess how much you need to improve to get into the school you’re interested in.

·         Set a “SMAART” goal. Set a goal that is Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Action-oriented, Results-oriented, and Time-phased. Determine what kind of score you’d like and outline a plan to get there.

·         Look into study options. To prepare for the ACT or SAT, there are mobile apps, books, courses, study groups, etc. that can help. For those who’d prefer one-on-one guidance and may have trouble focusing, hiring a tutor is a great step to improving your score.

·         Take practice tests. Once you’ve spent ample time studying, it’s time to evaluate your progress through practice tests. The more practice you have, the better you’ll do on test day.

For waitlisted students, stand out by joining quality extracurricular activities

·         At school – Join a new sports team, special-interest club, the school newspaper, a music group and/or school government.

·         In the community – Boost your community spirit by joining a small theater, music or art group.

·         Get a job – Apply for an interesting internship, part-time job, babysitting, etc.

·         Volunteer – This could be as simple as tutoring elementary students or helping out at your local animal shelter on the weekends.


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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D takes the best-reviewed game of all time for a brand-new experience. Now in 3D all of the graphic textures and colors have been vastly improved, taking advantage of the considerable graphic power of the Nintendo 3DS system. This game tells the epic story of Hyrule and Link™, Zelda™, and Ganondorf in remarkable depth and gives context to the many tales of their struggles. As such, this title represents a perfect entry point for players new to the Zelda franchise.

Phenomenally Improved Graphics Beyond even the incredible 3D effect, every graphic texture and character model has been lovingly built from the ground up to create the most dynamic and vivid vision of Zelda’s kingdom yet. This is Hyrule as you’ve always imagined it. Playing the Ocarina Link needs to play the eponymous Ocarina of Time many, many times over the course of the game. This involves a specific series of button presses to play one of the twelve songs in the game. In the original title, you would need to assign the ocarina to an item slot, then likely review the button prompts to your song, then play them from memory.

The Nintendo 3DS version has the ocarina constantly available on the Touch Screen, and playing with the button prompts for each song right in front of you. Enhanced Game play While the greatest care has been taken to preserve the classic game play and story, a number of new features make this the definitive version of this extraordinary game. Plays on Nintendo 3DS systems sold for the Americas only

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Sky Zone Indoor Trampoline Park Opens In Richmond, VA

Sky Zone Indoor Trampoline Park will celebrate the official grand opening of their new Richmond location on Saturday, Feb. 8. Specializing in Active Fun, the creator of the world’s first indoor trampoline park will offer giveaways and a variety of gravity defying activities for everyone to enjoy. Franchise Partners, Will Phillips and Luke Phillips welcome residents to check out the wildly popular activity that has the whole country bouncing off the walls.
For the grand opening, the innovative trampoline park will offer a mixture of fun events including SkyRobics fitness classes at 7:45 a.m. and 9 a.m., which combines advanced calisthenics with a three-dimensional cardio and strength training. Open Jump and Foam Pit, allowing guests to leap, bound and soar will be available from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. and SkyJam for guests 16 and older from 10 p.m. to midnight. Other fun activities include a photo booth, a prize wheel provided by Sweet Frog frozen yogurt and fun packages for guests to jump with a group of four or more.

“We are beyond thrilled to kick-off our official grand opening and look forward to Richmond residents experiencing Sky Zone for the first time,” said Will Phillips, Sky Zone franchise partner. “Our new park will bring a one-of-a-kind experience for all ages and is the ideal venue for groups seeking unforgettable events such as birthday parties, corporate team building, field trips and much more.”
The new Sky Zone Richmond is located at 1345 Carmia Way, Richmond, VA. 23235. Operation hours are Tuesday to Thursday from 3 to 8 p.m., Friday from 3 to 11 p.m., Sky Mania from 9 to 11 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. to midnight and SkyJam from 10 p.m. to midnight, Sunday from 12 to 8 p.m. For more information on Sky Zone Richmond and ticket prices, please visit www.skyzone.com/Richmond or call (804)-379-2500.

About Sky Zone, LLC

Since 2004, Sky Zone, LLC has created and built the world’s first all-trampoline, walled playing court – a concept so unique it was awarded United States Patent No. 5,624,122. Sky Zone, LLC operates three affiliate-owned indoor trampoline parks, with franchises open across the United States, in Canada in 23 states and two provinces and coming to 10 locations in Australia. Sky Zone Indoor Trampoline Parks feature a wide array of fun, fit and low-impact activities ranging from Open Jump, Ultimate Dodgeball and SkyRobics fitness classes to birthday parties, corporate events and other group outings. The franchise has been awarded various accolades, including being ranked  180 on the 2013 Inc.’s 500/5000 List, “Best Gym Alternative” by Vegas Seven Magazine, “2012 Locals Choice for Kid’s Birthday Party” by Southbay Magazine and one of Entrepreneur’s 2013 “Fresh Concepts Livening Up Franchising.” For more information on the company or franchising opportunities, please visit www.skyzone.com.

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Xbox 360 E 250GB Holiday Value Bundle

The Xbox 360 250GB Holiday Value Bundle features two free games, Halo 4 and Tomb Raider, and one month of Xbox Live Gold membership. Wi-Fi is built-in for easier connection to the world of entertainment on Xbox Live, where HD movies and TV stream in an instant.¹ Xbox 360 is more games, entertainment and fun.

Key Features

• Xbox 360 E Console: The Xbox 360 console is sleek and quiet, with a stylish design that will be the centerpiece of your home entertainment system.


• Xbox 360 250GB Hard Drive: The internal 250GB hard drive allows you to save your games and store television shows, movies, music, pictures, trailers, levels, demos, and other content available from Xbox Live Marketplace.


• Built-in Wi-Fi: The Xbox 360 has 802.11n Wi-Fi built in for a faster and easier connection to Xbox Live. Download or stream HD movies, TV episodes, and games from Xbox Live Marketplace in 1080p and 5.1 surround sound from anywhere in the house.²


• Kinect Ready: Kinect makes you the controller. With a dedicated, specialized port, the Xbox 360 250GB is built to connect seamlessly with the Kinect sensor – and have you up off the couch and into the world of Kinect in no time.³


• Xbox 360 Wireless Controller: This award-winning, high-performance wireless controller features the Xbox Guide Button for quick, in-game access to friends and music. It has a range of up to 30 feet to allow you to play all over your living room.


• Xbox 360 Headset: Strategize or trade taunts while playing games, and chat with your friends on Xbox Live.


• Xbox 360 Composite A/V cable: Use your Xbox 360 on standard-definition televisions using this connection over traditional composite connectors. Play high-quality audio with the included stereo connector.


• 1 Month Xbox Live Gold Membership: Xbox Live brings a whole world of entertainment possibility right to your Xbox 360. Play with friends online, and watch streaming movies and TV from Xbox Video and Netflix, all in crystal-clear HD. You’ll find loads of your favorite music from Last.fm right on the best screen in the house. With this Bundle, you get 1 month of Xbox Live Gold included at no additional cost.⁴

Games Included

Halo 4: The Master Chief returns to battle an ancient evil bent on vengeance and annihilation. Shipwrecked on a mysterious world, faced with new enemies and deadly technology, the universe will never be the same. Enlist aboard the Infinity to experience Halo’s original multiplayer and Spartan Ops – innovative episodic fiction-based co-op missions.

• The Reclaimer Saga Begins: Experience the dawn of an epic new Halo adventure, solo or split screen with up to three friends.


• Go Beyond the Story: Halo 4’s Infinity Multiplayer features a vastly expanded suite of multiplayer modes, weapons, vehicles, armor abilities, a new loadout and Spartan IV player progression system.


• Edge-of-your-seat Entertainment: Immerse yourself in Halo 4’s graphics, sound, and epic gameplay including a mysterious and deadly new class of enemies.⁵

Tomb Raider: Tomb Raider is a fresh reimagining of the classic action-adventure franchise and will explore the intense and gritty origin story of an iconic character. In the game, Lara Croft will ascend from a frightened young woman on her first adventure and emerge as a hardened survivor. Armed with only her instincts and her innate ability to push beyond the limits of human endurance, Lara must fight, explore, and use her intelligence to unravel the dark history of a forgotten island and escape its relentless hold. With high-octane cinematic set pieces, visceral third-person combat, and large levels for Lara to navigate and explore, Tomb Raider is aiming to reinvent the action genre and recapture fans' imagination with the original female video game heroine.⁶

1. Media content sold separately. Xbox Live Gold membership and/or additional requirements apply for some Xbox Live features. See xbox.com/live.
2. 1080p HD available with select media content; requires HDMI cable, HDCP compliant 1080p display. 1080p HD streaming and 5.1 surround sound requires minimum 4 mbps internet connection.
3. Kinect Sensor sold separately. Look for Kinect enabled games.
4. Broadband Internet required (sold separately). Games, add-ons, and media content sold separately. Xbox Live Gold membership and/or other subscriptions and requirements apply for some Xbox Live features (such as Netflix). See xbox.com/Live.
5. Online multiplayer features require Xbox Live Gold membership (sold separately).
6. Download Tomb Raider with Xbox Live. 6.7 GB storage required. Download card inside.

Price: $299.99

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