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Photo Credit: Eric Broder Van Dyke / Shutterstock.com Break Out the Money Clip Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is reportedly buying the LA Clippers for an unprecedented $2 billion deal. This would be the highest price paid for any NBA franchise in the history of the league. This comes after C.....
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Break Out the Money Clip Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is reportedly buying the LA Clippers for an unprecedented $2 billion deal. This would be the highest price paid for any NBA franchise in the history of the league. This comes after Clippers owners Donald Sterling was banned from the NBA. While Sterling said he would never sell, this comes after he was recently declared “mentally incapacitated” by experts leaving his wife and co-owner Shelly with the power to sell. (LA Times) Guess Who’s Back The United States is currently seeing the highest number of Measles cases in 20 years. As of May 23, there were 28 confirmed cases of Measles in the United States, which is the most the U.S. has seen since 1994. This is due to resistance to vaccinations and traveling. The number of cases of this highly contagious repertory disease is expected to rise with the summer travel season approaching. (NY Times) Home Healthcare is Getting Hot. The Forbes 2014 Best Franchise list for up to $150,000 Investment lists thee home-health brands in their top ten. BrightStar, Right at Home* and Synergy HomeCare are ranked by Forbes as the best home-health franchises. Home-health franchising is on the rise due to their lower investment, high revenue, growing demand and do-gooder mentality to name a few reasons. (Forbes) Consumer Spending Down For the first time in a year consumer spending has fallen. In April consumers cut back spending by 0.1 percent. The drop was seen in durable goods, as in automotive spending and heating bills. This is after a 1 percent surge in March. As of now, experts see no need for concern. (USA Today) Healthy and Light A recent analysis from Nation’s Restaurant News and the market research firm The NPD Group has found that consumers are choosing more healthful and lighter meals while dining out. In March nine percent of consumers said they went to a restaurant for a lighter option meal. A few motivators of this trend include eating healthier, managing weight and losing weight. (Nation’s Restaurant News)Sign up for the 1851 Franchise newsletter to get our biggest stories before everyone else
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Nick Powills, CFE, founded No Limit Agency in 2008 and serves as Chief Brand Strategist for the Chicago-based firm. No Limit is a full-service communications agency that establishes and elevates brands by bridging Public Relations, Social Media, Marketing, Advertising, Digital, and a lot of creativity, to best strategize well-rounded and successful campaigns for 50+ global franchise brands. By presenting visionary ideas and building real relationships, No Limit is able to create effective media branding strategies to help companies grow. Nick currently leads a staff of writers, media strategists, designers, social media experts and digital producers in an office think-tank where brands are humanized for strong, compelling media stories. Prior to starting No Limit at the age of 27, Nick spent four years working at a franchise PR agency where he mastered the art of building rapport with media outlets and creating newsworthy pitches for earned media placements. He holds a Bachelor of Journalism from Drake University in Iowa.
