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    <description>Franchising.com provideds the latest in retail franchise industry news from over 1,000 franchise companies and business opportunities worldwide. Covering: general announcements, mergers, acquisitions, personnel changes, business expansion, media coverage, conference calls,earnings claims, product announcements, and strategic alliances.</description>
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  <title>GAP INC. Announces Dividend </title>
    <description><![CDATA[Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS) today announced that its Board of Directors voted a quarterly dividend of $0.085 per share payable on January 27, 2010 to shareholders of record at the close of business on January 6, 2010.]]></description>
    <link>http://www.franchising.com/pressreleases/13655/</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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  <title>Dysfunctional Movie Thanksgivings Make Us Grateful For Our Families, According To Blockbuster Survey</title>
    <description><![CDATA[If your family gives you more indigestion at Thanksgiving than the turkey, Blockbuster Inc. (NYSE: BBI) (NYSE: BBI.B) has a list of movies that will help you see it's all relative. In a recent poll conducted on blockbuster.com, movie fans named which...]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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  <title>TOYS"R"US Stores Nationwide To Open At Midnight On Black Friday Offering More Hours To Shop, 220 Doorbusters And A Weekend Packed With Incredible Savi</title>
    <description><![CDATA[Toys"R"Us today announced its stores nationwide will open at midnight on Thursday, November 26, providing shoppers access to its Black Friday deals five hours earlier than ever before. The company has pulled out all the stops to cater to Black Friday...]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:20:00 PST</pubDate>
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  <title>UNITS Mobile Storage Chooses 919 Marketing To Handle National PR </title>
    <description><![CDATA[919 marketing, a top ten Triangle area public relations, marketing, and consulting firm, has been selected by UNITS Mobile Storage to provide public relations support and ongoing media outreach. The six year old Charleston, South Carolina based firm...]]></description>
    <link>http://www.franchising.com/pressreleases/13645/</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:20:00 PST</pubDate>
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  <title>Blockbuster Expands Online Game Rental Pilot To Seattle </title>
    <description><![CDATA[Blockbuster Inc. (NYSE: BBI) (NYSE: BBI.B), a global leader in entertainment, today announced that consumers in the Seattle area can now rent the latest new video games such as "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2", "Assassin's Creed 2" and...]]></description>
    <link>http://www.franchising.com/pressreleases/13641/</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:55:00 PST</pubDate>
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  <title>Toys"R"Us Expands 'big Gift' Layaway To Include Video Game Hardware; Adds Video Game Hardware Trade-in For Gift Card Program</title>
    <description><![CDATA[Toys"R"Us today announced it has expanded its popular "Big Gift" layaway to include video game hardware and is also introducing a new video game hardware trade-in program. Now gift-givers have even more convenient ways to pay and save with these...]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:25:00 PST</pubDate>
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  <title>"Holly And Hal Moose: Our Uplifting Christmas Adventure" Premieres Tuesday, Nov. 24 At 7:00 P.m. EST/PST </title>
    <description><![CDATA[ABC Family and Build-A-Bear Workshop(R) are coming together to create a little holiday "hoofla" this season as the network debuts an animated special that marks the first time in the retailer's 12-year history that its plush animals are brought to life.]]></description>
    <link>http://www.franchising.com/pressreleases/13633/</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:45:00 PST</pubDate>
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  <title>Gamer Doc(R) Video Games Helps Fill Every Gamer's Wish List </title>
    <description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.franchising.com/gamerdoc/"><img src="http://www.franchising.com/gamerdoc/images/banner_sm.gif" width="120" height="60" border="0" align="right" hspace="10" /></a>Gamer Doc(R), the retail video game store franchise that delivers a new and interactive customer experience, is helping to fill every video gamer's wish list. According to a recent poll conducted by KRC research on behalf of the ESA...]]></description>
    <link>http://www.franchising.com/pressreleases/13632/</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:30:00 PST</pubDate>
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  <title>WELCOME HOLMES </title>
    <description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.franchising.com/seven11/"><img src="http://www.franchising.com/seven11/images/banner_sm.gif" width="120" height="60" border="0" align="right" hspace="10" /></a>I spy Sherlock Holmes." That's what 7-Eleven(R) customers who visit stores or the retailer's website beginning Nov. 16 might be saying as the convenience retailer leaves not-so-vague clues about its end-of-year fresh foods and beverage deals.]]></description>
    <link>http://www.franchising.com/pressreleases/13617/</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:30:00 PST</pubDate>
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  <title>Aaron's, Inc. Surprises Georgia Resident With Houseful Of Furniture, Appliances And Electronics </title>
    <description><![CDATA[Aaron's, Inc. (NYSE: AAN) surprised Ruth Usher, the grand prize winner of Aaron's National Lucky Dog Day Sweepstakes, on Wednesday morning at her home in Perry, Georgia, with a houseful of furniture, name-brand appliances and electronics valued at...]]></description>
    <link>http://www.franchising.com/pressreleases/13605/</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:20:00 PST</pubDate>
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