Franchising Market Research Report Now Available from IBISWorld
Franchising Market Research Report Now Available from IBISWorld
Melbourne, Australia (PRWEB) October 30, 2011
Service-based franchises are set to fuel growth in the Australian franchising industry over the five years through 2016-17, according to IBISWorld, Australia’s largest publisher of industry research. While retail franchises will continue to dominate the industry, growth in the range of services demanded by consumers will mean that service-based franchises will attain a more prominent place within the industry. Rising by 3.3% per annum, revenue growth will also be driven by trends in real household disposable income, consumer sentiment, labour force participation and the availability of leisure time. The rising number of time-poor, cash-rich consumers willing to pay extra for services that would traditionally reduce their leisure or free time will also affect the franchise market.
Franchising first began in Australia in the 1970s with the introduction of franchised fast-food outlets from the United States. Since then, the Franchising industry has continued to evolve and gain prominence across the business world. Prospective entrants have been drawn to the industry due to the large range of businesses to choose from, the ability to become part of an established brand and the associated benefits of belonging to a franchising model. While industry revenue has increased by 3.4% over the past five years due to trends in real household disposable income and consumer sentiment, various segments of the industry have responded to other factors such as the increased demand for healthy eating options (fast-food and takeaway franchises), leisure time availability (personal and other service franchises) and the age distribution of the population (education service franchises). Despite the steady rise in sales, franchising has continued to face strong competition from other industries that offer the same range of products and services as those supplied by franchised operators.
According to IBISWorld analyst, Claudia Burgio-Ficca, during 2011-12, Franchising industry sales in Australia are set to increase by 3.1% to $ 200 billion. “Consumer confidence, a slower than expected recovery following the global financial crisis, and unstable global markets are expected to create a more conservative trading environment for franchisors during the year,” says Burgio-Ficca. “However, sales growth will be supported by a rise in disposable income levels and continued unemployment and redundancies within the labour force, which will provide growth opportunities for new players.” Akin to trends in previous years, service-based franchises will continue to take much of the limelight over 2011-12.
Franchising operators are expected to post solid growth over the next five years, with sales rising from $ 206.6 billion in 2012-013 to $ 235.3 billion by 2016-17, representing growth of 3.3% per annum. Sales will be driven by continued consumer demand for service-based franchises due to an expansion in the range of services on offer. Key examples include franchises that teach or entertain children, beauty services and party planners. Growth will also be driven by the industry’s capacity for change and innovation; the existence of a proven and replicable business model; and extensive operational and marketing support, and branding, marketing and buying power.
For more information, download the full report from IBISWorld on the Franchising Industry in Australia
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Learn More About DMZ Network Security and Reverse Proxy Gateways in Linoma Software’s Newest White Paper
Learn More About DMZ Network Security and Reverse Proxy Gateways in Linoma Software’s Newest White Paper
Omaha, Nebraska (PRWEB) October 30, 2011
To help explain the important role a reverse proxy gateway plays in an effective DMZ network security strategy, Linoma Software has released its newest whitepaper entitled DMZ Gateways: Secret Weapons for Data Security.
Both to minimize risk of data breach and to meet industry and state compliance regulations, companies continue to search for cost-effective and time-efficient ways to ensure secure file transfers between their organizations and their trading partners, vendors and customers. They’re also investigating managed file transfer options that can automate file transfers while providing thorough audit trails and robust administration.
A common approach companies use for secure file transfer is to deploy an FTPS or SFTP server in the “public” area of the company’s network called the DMZ (demilitarized zone) where authorized users can drop off or retrieve files. Those files, as well as user credentials and passwords, will often remain in the DMZ until an internal program or user copies them into the private network for processing.
Industry regulators and compliance auditors are becoming increasingly alarmed at this practice of staging files in the DMZ, however, because whether or not those files are encrypted, they remain susceptible to theft by savvy hackers.
Even when the company decides to move their file servers into the private network, exchanging files with partners may unintentionally be allowing unwanted access through open inbound ports.
Chief Architect Bob Luebbe, who authored the report, says this is where the gateway becomes an invaluable tool.
“A DMZ gateway allows you to move file servers and other public services out of the DMZ and into the private network,” Luebbe said. “The gateway is a software solution installed on a server within the DMZ. Because it acts as a reverse proxy and a forward proxy to handle all of the secure file transfer activity, a company can keep its data safe in the private network without opening inbound ports.”
Adding a gateway in front of a secure FTP server is a simple process, requiring no changes from trading partners.
“With a DMZ gateway, your company is that much closer to keeping the auditors and regulators happy,” Luebbe said. “It’s a critical piece for an effective managed file transfer solution.”
About Linoma Software
Founded in 1994, Linoma Software provides innovative technologies for protecting sensitive data and automating data movement. Linoma Software has a diverse install base of more than 3,000 customers around the world including Fortune 500 companies, non-profit organizations and government entities.
Linoma Software offers GoAnywhere Gateway that can be installed on most operation systems, including Windows, Linux, UNIX, AIX and Solaris. Visit http://www.GoanywhereMFT.com for more information and to download a free trial.
For more information, contact Brian Pick at Linoma Software at 800.949.4696 or email Sales(at)LinomaSoftware(dot)com
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IAPDA Announces Special Program Offers in Support of Important Debt Relief Industry Initiatives
IAPDA Announces Special Program Offers in Support of Important Debt Relief Industry Initiatives
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) October 21, 2011
A lot is at stake for the Debt Relief industry which is experiencing a difficult year because of a major change in regulation with the introduction of the FTC amendment to the Telemarketing Sales Rule in late 2010. The new rule protects consumers by banning the collection of any up front fee by debt relief service providers, fees can only be collected once the debt relief service has been provided. Debt relief services are badly needed by consumers and reputable, performance based (no upfront fee) providers are now re-building the battered debt industry.
The IAPDA now provides all members with free certification training offers, their lowest program pricing ever and new monthly payment plan options for their industry recognized certifications and membership. The IAPDA also recognizes and supports two important industry initiatives by giving further IAPDA program price reductions to participants and members of each.
SAFTI – State and Federal Transparency Initiative – created by industry leaders to provide critical transparency components into the debt relief space. SAFTI seeks to become the first federally recognized self-regulation system in the debt relief industry. As consumers struggle financially to overcome the overwhelming burdens of debt, it is critical that they find and use a company that is honest, compliant and trustworthy.
Learn More at: http://www.saftinetwork.com
AFCC – American Fair Credit Council – association members adhere to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) rules for consumer protection in the debt relief industry and can join only after they certify that they abide by the AFCC’s new code of conduct. The AFCC serves as a key resource on the credit advocacy industry. Legislators, regulators, borrowers and consumer advocates can turn to the AFCC for information about the impact of credit advocacy, regulatory compliance, and credit card lending practices.
Learn More at: http://americanfaircreditcouncil.org
“The Debt Relief industry has had a rough ride this past year and these two completely consumer focused undertakings are key to renewing consumer trust and re-establishing this very needed and viable industry and IAPDA will support this in any way we can. Lowering the costs and making it easier to budget for individual training and certifications for our members is one significant way we can help.” said Laurence Larose, Executive Director of the IAPDA.
About IADPA
The International Association of Professional Debt Arbitrators (IADPA) is the debt settlement industry’s leading certification training program. Established in the year 2000, they have an active membership that exceeds 3,000 members, and offer online-based training to both individuals seeking certification, and companies that want certification for their employees. You can visit them online at http://www.iapda.org.
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James Dunn, CEO, TelStar Hosted Services, A Leading Hosted Call Center Service Provider, Conducts Webinar on Appraising Call Center Performance and Leveraging the Cloud
James Dunn, CEO, TelStar Hosted Services, A Leading Hosted Call Center Service Provider, Conducts Webinar on Appraising Call Center Performance and Leveraging the Cloud
Leesburg, VA (PRWEB) October 21, 2011
James P. Dunn, CEO, TelStar Hosted Services, Inc., “Your Call Center in the Cloud!™”, will conduct a free webinar on Appraising Call Center Performance and Leveraging the Cloud, on Tuesday November 8, 2011 at 2:00 PM EST/ 11:00 AM PST. Register for the Appraising Call Center Performance and Leveraging the Cloud webinar on TMCnet.com; sponsors include Vocalcom and Customer Interaction Solutions magazine.
James Dunn is currently CEO of TelStar Hosted Services, the exclusive hosted provider of VOCALCOM call center technology in North America. Sign up for TelStar Hosted powered by Vocalcom, and receive the first month’s monthly recurring charges free with a term contract during the month of October.* TelStar Hosted trades capital expenses for manageable monthly expenditures, with reliable hosted call center solutions that scale to meet your business needs.
James Dunn has spent over 30 years in the information and telecommunications industries in executive management roles. Prior to joining TelStar Hosted, James was a founding member and managing partner for D Partners, a boutique consulting firm focused on transforming tough business situations into profitable business ventures in the High Tech, Financial, BPO and Customer Care industries. Part of his work at D Partners consisted of conducting enterprise performance appraisals on behalf of investors and business owners for call center businesses.
James will provide call center managers with a methodology for conducting objective, pragmatic analyses of the operating and financial state of call center services. This will include how to measure and improve a call center’s performance and reduce risks. James can advise call center managers on creating and prioritizing strategic and tactical action items to meet profitability, cost control, sales effectiveness and operational efficiency goals, and how to develop a near-term implementation plan with measurable performance targets and accountability.
Secondly, James will provide an overview of how cloud-based call center services can help call center managers to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of inbound, outbound or blended call center services, such as customer care or help desks, or outbound telemarketing and sales. James will also provide information on how to evaluate a call center service provider.
What will attendees learn?
How to assess a call center’s operating and financial efficiency
How to set goals to improve profitability, cost control and effectiveness
How to set performance targets and measure accountability
Advantages of cloud based call center solutions
What to look for in a call center service provider
Who should attend?
CEOs who want to get call center issues out of the board room
COO, CIO, CTO, Operations Management, Contact Center Director
Call center managers facing hardware/software issues and rising maintenance costs in their call center
Managers responsible for improving the customer experience
Managers and Directors of business units that rely on call center technology
IT leadership interested in learning more about call center management and cloud-based technology options
Small business owners that run an operation with high volumes of phone calls
“I am excited to conduct this webinar and share what I have learned over many years of managing and analyzing call center services,” said James P. Dunn, CEO, TelStar Hosted. “These are best practices that can help CEOs to get call center issues out of the board room and help other C-level executives to benefit from their call center investment and really contribute to their bottom line by managing call centers more effectively and efficiently,” James continued. “I hope to share some of my secrets with participants at both the manager and the C-level,” he concluded.
About Vocalcom
VOCALCOM S.A. is a global leader in manufacturing and implementation of Call Center Technology Solutions. Over 5,000 call centers and over 650,000 agents in 3,500 companies spread over 41 countries are using Vocalcom’s dialer features around the world. VOCALCOM North America is a wholly owned subsidiary of VOCALCOM S.A. With 17 offices worldwide, VOCALCOM is a global leader in manufacturing and implementation of Call Center Solutions.
For more information please contact sales(at)vocalcomusa(dot)com or call at 1-88VOCALCOM (1-888-622-5266).
About TelStar Hosted Services, Inc.
TelStar Hosted Services Inc., “Your Call Center in the Cloud,” is a leading hosted call center technology provider offering blended call center services, predictive dialer capabilities, and automated voice messaging. TelStar Hosted helps top companies to gain prominence by meeting their goals to acquire, service and retain customers. Our feature rich, industry proven call center services can be deployed quickly and affordably across a distributed workforce. Housed in a world-class, SAS70 Type II compliant, secure data center (updating to SSAE 16), our IT Services are delivered by our service-oriented, highly professional team. By offering Communication-as-a-Service (“CaaS”) via the cloud that is affordable, scalable, flexible, stable and reliable, TelStar Hosted saves clients’ money and allows clients to focus on their core business.
For more information, or to set up an appointment at the ATA Washington Summit October 9 – 12, 2011, please contact Meghan Harris, SVP and CMO, TelStar Hosted Services Inc., mharris(at)telstarhosted(dot)com, 571.252.3013 or visit http://www.telstarhosted.com.
*First month’s monthly recurring charges free on the Vocalcom solution with a term contract during the month of October.
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How can I earn in option trading?
Question by Zeb: How can I earn in option trading?
Lot of people say they made million in stock market and option trading but I think in reall world its not true.
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Answer by RainerReza
Options are much more difficult than the stock market. If you sock away money in domestic and foreign stock markets over a period of decades, particularly if you use low-cost index funds, the odds are good that you will have outperformed most other ways of increasing your savings because markets tend to move up over long periods of time and they also pay dividends. A relatively clueless person can make significant money by regularly putting money into a handful of index funds over time. Options don’t work that way–they’re very tricky. If you don’t understand stock trading–and understand it very very well–you should just not even think about trading options.
It is definitely true that many, many people have made tremendous amounts of money by investing in the stock market, but a key question is always time horizon. If you invested in the S&P 500 market index in 2000, your returns as of today are not so great. If you started in 2003 at about the time the Iraq War was starting, they’re very good. If you started in 1990 or 1980, your returns have been great. There are good arguments to be made that the returns won’t be as good in the future… but the past 27 years have been pretty amazing for investors.
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Trading Concepts Unveils New Website for Active Traders and Investors
Trading Concepts Unveils New Website for Active Traders and Investors
Bingham Farms, MI (PRWEB) August 31, 2011
Trading Concepts, celebrating over 17 years as a leading trading education company, today announces a new website which will serve as a key resource and educational tool for active traders and investors.
Stock, options, forex or e-mini futures traders and investors have undoubtedly been impacted with the trend changes, increased volatility and larger-than-normal price swings.
And, less experienced traders are finding that profiting in this trading environment has its challenges.
In fact, a survey conducted by the American Association of Individual Investors (AAII) on August 24, 2011 shows that traders are uncertain about the future market direction.
Only 39% of the respondents believed the markets would be bullish over the next 6 months; 31% expect the markets would be neutral; and 30% interpreted the current conditions as an indication of a bearish market.
“In this economy, it’s more important than ever for professional traders to step up and educate the financial community on how to profit during these times,” says Todd Mitchell, founder of Trading Concepts, “People need to cut through all the nonsense and see the bountiful opportunities that exist in the market every single day. We feel that this new website will allow us to better serve our readers and give them a substantial edge in the market.”
Trading Concepts’ new website provides traders and investors with the tools, tips, education and resources to profit in any market condition. The new site allows people to submit questions and get up-to-date information on the company’s blog and newsletter.
Mitchell continues, “It’s so important that people truly understand what’s going on in the market. I’d even go so far as to say that, if you know what you’re doing, these have been some of the best times to be a trader in recent years.”
To access the website, please visit http://www.TradingConceptsInc.com
ABOUT TODD MITCHELL: Todd Mitchell is a technical trader and has been investing in the markets since 1988. In addition to his own trading, he is a highly sought after trading mentor who has worked with thousands of students ranging from beginning traders to Wall Street millionaires. Mitchell is the founder of Trading Concepts and the originator of the widely-acclaimed ‘Market Flow Analysis Method.’
ABOUT TRADING CONCEPTS: Trading Concepts is one of the oldest, most respected trading education companies in the world having mentored over 6,000 traders in forex, emini, options and stock trading since 1994 with hundreds of glowing testimonials. Trading Concepts students include both new and intermediate traders as well as individual professional traders, million dollar Market Makers and Wall Street professionals. To learn more about Trading Concepts and how to become a student, please visit http://www.TradingConceptsInc.com
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Options Trading Strategies How to Trade AAPL During Market Volatility
Options Trading Strategies How to Trade AAPL During Market Volatility
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Live Options Trading Education Weekly Expiration Futures Trade Management
www.stockmarketfunding.com Live Options Trading Education Weekly Expiration Futures Trade Management. Learn to trade stock and options on the opening bell live stock options trade management. &P futures vs fair value -11.90. Nasdaq futures vs fair value: -26.50. Overseas markets continue…
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Any good Option trading Guru around that worth attend his/her seminar?
Question by Baby Ern: Any good Option trading Guru around that worth attend his/her seminar?
I am new to option trading. But have tremendous interest. Anybody know any good option trading guru around whose seminar/class/training session worth attend?
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Essentially all of them that I have seen include some worthwhile information in the seminar, plus time explaining how to really trade well you need to also buy their advanced seminar, or their software, or their subscription service, etc. So, in a class they charge you thousands of dollars to attend they tell you to spends thousands of more dollars in their products.
A far more effective, and less costly, way to learn options is to starting at the CBOE Learning Center.
http://www.cboe.com/LearnCenter/default.aspx
Take their free online tutorials and classes plus anything else that interests you there.
Then read one or two good books on options. To make sure you get a good book you can use the bibliography at
http://www.cboe.com/Institutional/Bibliography.aspx
to limit your choices.My favorites are are “Options as a Strategic Investment” by Lawrence McMillon and “Options Volatility & Pricing” by Sheldon Natenberg but that does not mean they are the best books for you. Try browsing through several of the books at a large library, a large bookstore or at amazon.com to find one you are comfortable reading.
There are no “secrets” to trading options to be taught in seminars. Everything worthwhile you would learn in a seminar you can also get out of books.
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