The company is striving for $ 75 million to $ 80 million in sales this year, up from $ 70 million in 2005, according to Stephens, former vice president of
franchise development at the A&W and Long John Silver's fast - food chains.
«We don't want to lose customers to the competition,» explains Bill Fortier, senior vice president of
franchise development at Hilton.
Oskari Häkkinen, head of
franchise development at Remedy, considers the long - in - development Alan Wake to be the studio's «masterpiece».
«Red Mango doesn't plan on stopping anytime soon,» said Rudy Frederico, director of
franchise development at Red Mango.
Martha Albergotti, VP of
Franchise Development at Pure Barre Corporate, said «At Pure Barre, we are focused on aligning ourselves with only the strongest franchisees, and we believe Tanya is the ideal entrepreneur to open Vancouver's first Pure Barre studio.
-- By Martha Albergotti, the VP of
Franchise Development at Pure Barre.
-- By Martha Albergotti, VP of
Franchise Development at Pure Barre.
Not exact matches
At CMIT, he plays a key role in the
development and delivery of training and business coaching services to the 140 - plus
franchise owners in the CMIT system.
Sheri Vandermause, CMIT Solutions head of
franchise development states: «We attribute our strong growth to the strength of our business model, the space in the market that we are in, and the fact that many talented executives are interested in having something of their own
at this stage in their career — that allows them to see the direct benefits of their efforts.
The bottom line Despite taking seemingly constant body shots from critics, Green Mountain continues to grow the value of its Keurig
franchise with new product
development plans that the company hopes will increase its market share among
at - home coffee drinkers, currently estimated to be 13 % of U.S. households.
The prestigious competition begins every summer with Bojangles» certified biscuit makers rolling dough in local communities involving more than 600 Bojangles» restaurants across the Southeast, and concludes with the final round in the Research and
Development Kitchen
at the Bojangles» Support Center in Charlotte, N.C.. Following this year's competition, Roger Hudson, Jr. of Boiling Springs, N.C., was named Master Biscuit Maker representing Bojangles» company - owned restaurants, while Royce Vereen of Myrtle Beach, S.C. was awarded the honor for Bojangles»
franchised locations.
(Rafiq Farouk is VP of
franchise development and operations of Consolidated Restaurant Operations; Eric Ersher is CEO of Zoup, and Steve Rodgers is VP of business
development, analytics / supply chain / promotions
at HAVI.)
Director of Operations and Training Kathryn Kaufman is a veteran of Red Mango and Shake Shack and Vice President of
Franchise Development Bob Dibartolomeo previously worked with Rincione
at Red Mango.
To register, please visit www.burger21
franchise.com/events.aspx or contact Ashley Pollard, director of
franchise development for Burger 21,
at 813-425-6252 or
[email protected].
The management
at HuHot Mongolian Grills LLC has avoided this trap by creating a firm foundation to work from, Vice President of
Franchise Development Molly Vap O'Shea says.
For over three years, Mr. Golden has been a critical member of the UFood Grill Board of Directors and will now turn his focused energies to the brand's
franchising growth as well as
development into new market channels, like military bases — where UFood, for example, just opened their second location
at Aberdeen Proving Ground Military base in Aberdeen, Maryland.
The management
at HuHot Mongolian Grills LLC has avoided this trap by creating a firm foundation to work from, Vice President of
Franchise Development Molly Vap O'Shea says.
«The idea is to take chef - inspired recipes, create burger creations that the consumer couldn't easily make
at home, and give them that gourmet profile without the gourmet price tag,» says Dan Stone, vice president of
franchise development for Front Burner Brands, which owns Burger 21.
«Our new prototype reflected
at Logan Airport and in
development for traditional restaurants in Boston and Baltimore signal a new era for UFood Grill and will serve as examples for expanding the UFood Grill
franchise network to more than 100
franchise locations over the next four years,» Rincione added.
«We are extremely pleased to be introducing the people of Jeddah to the Macaroni Grill brand,» said James Deyo III, Executive Vice President of
Franchising and
Development at Romano's Macaroni Grill.
Continued positive results, an alignment with management's new brand strategies and confidence in the future
at Cicis has spurred an acceleration in newly executed
franchise development agreements that will result in more than 70 new restaurants being added to the brand's nationwide network through the end of 2017.
To learn more about ownership opportunities with The Melting Pot, contact Shak Turner, director of
franchise development for The Melting Pot,
at 800-783-0867 ext. 105 or
[email protected] or visit www.meltingpotfranchise.com.
To learn more about ownership opportunities with The Melting Pot, contact Christina Hobbs, director of
franchise development for The Melting Pot,
at [email protected], or call 800-783-0867 ext. 109.
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Dynasty Warriors can legitimately be called one of Japan's most important game
franchises at this point, but it began in the mid -»90s as a very, very low - key project, one started up by a small handful of dudes
at Koei's Omega Force
development team.
That landed him right
at the deep end, hired by Leonardo DiCaprio «s Appian Way company to adapt an Atlantic Monthly article into «The Infiltrator,» a thriller about a British spy undercover in the I.R.A. Again, that film's not yet made it out of
development hell, but it worked, as Zetumer is perhaps the only man to have written for two of the biggest espionage
franchises — he did a script polish on 007 entry «Quantum of Solace,» and was hired by Universal (albeit without the knowledge of Paul Greengrass, hence the director's exit from the
franchise) to write an unused draft for a fourth «Bourne «movie.
Now that many Star Wars fans have seen The Last Jedi, it's time for everyone to weigh in on what they think of Rey's
development at this point in the
franchise.
I mean, just look
at the ridiculous and continued success of
franchises like Pokémon, Monster Hunter and the
development of Otaku culture.
Reinhard Pollice, Business & Product
Development Director
at Nordic Games: «We took over the
franchise roughly 2 years ago and thought about the next chapter for Darksiders ever since then.
Blizzard,
at their Worldwide Invitational event in Paris, have officially announced that the third — and highly demanded — installment in their cult
franchise Diablo is under
development.
«In addition, we are excited to announce that Black Tusk Studios in Vancouver, BC will take over
development of the «Gears of War»
franchise and that Rod Fergusson, former Director of Production
at Epic Games on the «Gears of War»
franchise, will join Microsoft and play a key studio leadership role
at Black Tusk on the
development of the
franchise going forward.»
«Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. jumped
at the opportunity to team up with Columbia Pictures and publish the Battle: Los Angeles video game,» said Careen Yapp, Vice President of Acquisitions and
Franchise Development Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. «We love the movie and it was a great experience working with Saber — there were some great ideas about how to expand the story into a game.
Today,
at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), Ubisoft ® unveiled the
development of Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Blacklist, the next blockbuster title in the critically acclaimed Tom Clancy
franchise.
Here's the statement below from Product
Development Director
at Nordic Games, Reinhard Pollice: «We took over the
franchise
BioWare, a Label of Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: EA), today announced Dragon Age ™ 3: Inquisition, the next chapter in the award - winning role - playing game (RPG)
franchise, is in
development at BioWare Edmonton and BioWare Montreal.
Following news that the remaining two founders of BioWare have left the company, the general manager
at the company's Montreal and Edmonton studios has confirmed that a new installment in the Mass Effect
franchise is currently in
development at the company.
Constantin Film board chairman Martin Moszkowicz confirmed to Variety
at the Cannes Film Festival that a reboot of the Resident Evil movie
franchise is currently in
development.
The
development team
at Nihon Falcom has always been something of an underdog in the JRPG race for the last few decades — while Square and Enix thrilled the world with massive
franchises like Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest, Falcom was building its own niche titles for Japanese PCs, ranging from the long - running Ys
franchise to cute experiments like Gurumin.
«Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark is an arc between the Cybertron and Earth based worlds of this popular
franchise,» remarked Mark Blecher, SVP Digital Gaming & Corporate
Development at Hasbro, Inc. «This year marks 30 incredible years of Transformers.
Development seems to be going well on Stardock's classic
franchise reboot Star Control: Origins,
at least according to this forum post from Stardock CEO Brad Wardell.
Other names include Stephen Barry former Director of Product
Development at Visceral Games and worked on the Dead Space
franchise.
However, with a new
development studio
at the helm of what has become an iconic
franchise for the console, will The Coalition (previously known as Black Tusk Studios) be able to create something that feels fresh?
Rhys worked in business
development for Microsoft Studios for 11 years, where they negotiated deals, like the one the company made with Epic Games for the Gears of War
franchise, He has also worked
at large companies like McKinsey & Company and Goldman Sachs as well as start - ups.
Earlier this week during a YouTube Live
at E3 stream, Howard revealed that The Elder Scrolls VI is in the very early stages of
development and that the two other projects currently on the developers plate will arrive before the next entry in The Elder Scrolls
franchise.
Interestingly, the Dark Souls
franchise is reported to have used HTN, which seems
at odds with the rather predictable albeit demanding AI you face in the game It is expected that this will continue into the future, with more technologies lifted directly from the AI community being considered as the limitations of hardware are slowly relaxed for the game
development process.
TheAlmightyDaq uploaded another video yesterday, which suggests that there are in fact two Battlefield games in
development: the Bad Company 3 game developed by DICE LA, the team behind much of Battlefield's post-launch content, and a WWII game in
development at DICE Sweden, the primary studio behind the
franchise.
This experience included overseeing publishing, international and corporate
development at social developer Playfish; serving as vice president
at Three Rings, an early pioneer in the free - to - play space; and driving game
development at Electronic Arts for two of the industry's largest
franchises, FIFA and The Sims, across a variety of platforms.
«We are very excited to have Radical developing this new Hulk title, continuing another blockbuster Marvel game
franchise,» said Ames Kirshen, Director Of Video Game
Development at Marvel Enterprises.
Built tech for the Operation Flashpoint
franchise at Codemasters and performed various roles
at Unity Technologies including leading platform and editor feature
development.
Bjorn Book - Larsson, CEO of Reloaded Games, says: «Over the past year it has been great working with Deep Silver and their experienced publishing teams from the Saints Row, Homefront and Dead Island
franchises, as well as with the veteran
development team
at The Workshop, led by great members of the original Tony Hawk, Call of Duty 3, Borderlands 2: «Mr. Torgue's Campaign of Carnage» and The Evil Within teams, and getting their deep insight into how we can best transform APB Reloaded into a great console experience.»