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 Getting
Out of Credit Card Debt
There are many reasons why people are trapped in the
credit card debt. Some are good but many are bad. Do you
buy luxurious things that you actually cannot afford? Do
you often use credit card as your way to overcome
unexpected expenses?
Microcredit and Fair Trade
for Sustainable Development
 Small business owners and co-ops in
developing countries are now receiving
micro-credits from French financial
institutions to upgrade the operational
standards of their businesses and the
quality of their products and services so
that they can compete well in the local
market or get fair trade certification to
enter European market.
DUNKIN' DONUTS
 After
World War II, William Rosenberg started Industrial Luncheon
Services to sell donuts, sandwiches, and coffee to
factory workers. He purchased 10 unused cab-and-chassis
platforms from the New England Telephone Company and had each
outfitted with stainless steel bodies and side flaps that
could be lifted. Despite the popularity of the
sandwiches, coffee and donuts were the real best-sellers. So in
1948, Rosenberg opened his first store, Open Kettle, as an
additional outlet for the sale of donuts.
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The Home Depot The
Do - It - Yourself Warehouse
 Bernard
Marcus and Arthur Blank, the co-founders of Home Depot, met
while they worked for Handy Dan, a regional hardware store
chain based in Los Angeles. After a personality clash
with their boss, Marcus and Blank were both fired. The two
executives were convinced that a store offering home
improvement products (some of which were previously available
only to contractors) could provide excellent customer service
and change the way these products were sold. In 1979, the
partners opened their first Home Depot store in Atlanta. Today,
Home Depot dominates the do-it-yourself home improvement
market with annual sales approaching $ 60 billion, 1,500
stores (including EXPO Design Centers), and more than 250,000
associates. read more ....
 Blockbuster
Video
Since Blockbuster
opened its first store in 1985, it has grown into the world's largest
provider of rentable home videocassettes, DVDs, and video games.
Today, on average, more than 3 million customers walk into a U.S. Blockbuster
store each day. Blockbuster has thousands of stores throughout the United
States, its territories, and dozens of foreign countries. Blockbuster
estimates that 64 percent of the U.S. population lives within a 10-minute
drive of one of its stores. read more ....
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