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Archive for October, 2009

Kooshi Rolls Out Its Singapore Retail Franchise In The Region

The secret’s out. Discerning women with a penchant for chic sexy and comfortable sleepwear can now head on to its flagship store in Singapore at Parkway Parade a haven for urbane fashionistas with a keen eye for style and sensibility.

Kooshi which means happiness in Sanskrit started in 2004 as an online store selling a niche collection of sleepwear. Drawing on its design strength of using fabrics with the softest feel and turning these into comfortable sexy and flattering pieces with exquisite tailoring Kooshi is a firm believer that comfort and chic can go hand in hand.

Explaining its philosophy Pam Lin Kooshi’s Director of Business Development quipped: “We want our customers to feel pampered and that they deserve to treat themselves after a manic day at work. Whilst we have a growing online clientele our focus is to have physical boutiques internationally to allow our customers to have fun exploring our collections.”

The homegrown label now boasts a loyal online following and more importantly a growing global presence with Franchisees in China franchise opportunities Indonesia franchise opportunities and Vietnam franchise opportunities. Kooshi business investments offer a very attractive franchise opportunities package that is perfect for the budding entrepreneur looking for a feminine lucrative yet chic franchise business investment to enter.

Kooshi is an available Singapore retail franchise which Astreem Corporation is their franchise consultants. Astreem is on the lookout for franchise opportunities for Kooshi locally as well as internationally. Singapore franchise opportunities for local or overseas are available through Astreems list of franchise business opportunities clients.

About the writer:  Emily Yung is a franchise marketing consultant in Astreem Corporation. Astreem Corporation is a business and franchise consulting company that specializes in helping business owners to grow their business through franchise development and business matching locally and internationally. Astreem offers management consultancy business development and marketing services.

Kinds Of Company Thefts And How To Avoid Them

Even before the financial overturn happened in Wall Street this year there had already been several losses that American companies have been reporting about. These losses are no joke and pose greater risks because of the figures that are not just on the level of thousands but of billions and a timeframe of a year. If todays financial problem has been rooted to a more complicated issues on economic policies and other international investment disparagements the older problem is rooted on the premise of internal embezzlement of none other than the companies employees. Yes. Sad to accept but American businesses have been ailing for quite some 40 billion dollars of losses caused by company theft and other embezzlements. Though this problem might seem to be a parody of the employers or a complete exaggeration to front the government of tax evasion this has never erased the fact that the problem in employment theft is a reality and is really destructive.

In a survey posted at Inquests website 30 of failures in the businesses in the land is said to be the end product of large and small scale company theft and dishonesty. Almost all types of businesses in America experience the same fate. Most of the time companies with most losses are those which has something to do with merchandising and direct selling. Critically the country is loosing honest employees or is just being tolerated by ignorance of the employers.

Almost all establishments in the US these days are already equipped with high end surveillance systems. Almost every corner of the office store or even outside premise of a company is installed with cameras that monitors every move of employees and clients alike. These systems are said to have been installed in order to avoid any theft that can happen both internally and externally. However surveillance systems are not the only way to solve this classic problem. Same website suggested that if all companies take it by heart to conduct background checks on all their employees and applicants the number of incidents can be lowered.

However how can an employee rob a company? What are the kinds or thefts that an employee can do to a particularly company? Basically there are so many ways in which an employee can take advantage of the company illegally.

1. Falsifying Receipts Most of the time receipts are not computer generated. These are often hand printed. Dishonest clerks can forge receipts and charge a client of a higher price and have the difference kept in the employees pocket.

2. Stealing Merchandise this is the most common theft that can happen in a store. Often stolen products are those small and easy to keep ones. There are so many ways on how an employee may steal merchandise out of the store.

3. Cash Theft this happens mostly to cashiers or those employees that receives payments. Especially to those that has no specific recording system services or products can be sold without undergoing on a process.

4. Bookkeeping Fraud receipts are very important in auditing. So there are times that in order for employees to get something from the company illegally they would hide in receipts and declare a forged amount on the record.

5. Fake Purchases employees may intentionally buy things and had it reflected on the record but the purchase did not actually happened. Or they can create imaginary suppliers which are actually just them.

Background check reports basically lay off a limit to these types of employees before they can be accepted to the company. The past records of a particular employee will tell you whether he/she is worthy of trust or not. Preemployment checks are an effective way to save a companys future. This is a solution that literally said as saving billions with 30 bucks.

About the writer:  Lissane Villadsen is a property manager in Orlando where she currently manages two motels and two mobile home parks. She resides with her husband and three children. Lissane is a Fact Editor specializing background check Columnist and Boid Expert for Reptile Care Magazine. She is also the founder and managing editor of Literary Mind Journal a print magazine of fine literature and art. Lissane is an accomplished writer with many publishing credits and awards.

Justin Sullivan Owner Of Regent Jets Explains The Concept Of Private Jet Hedging

Q: Tell our readers about your white paper The Guide to Private Jet Hedging.

JS: Earlier in my career I was in management consulting with a team from McKinsey and Accenture and we were always keen on identifying contributors to the value continuum and highlighting them for management. Similarly prior to launching this company I developed a private jet card and was an executive with one of the industrys largest players. So we come at this a little differently from a consulting and valuecentric perspective with a strong private aviation pedigree. The bottom line is that our team of private aviation thought leaders understands the economics of this industry better than anyone. We have summarized this expertise in a Clevel report called The Guide to Private Jet Hedging which is available for download from our website: www.RegentJet.com

Q: How do you define “value?”

JS: Value means different things to different people. For us we help our clients win by driving down their cost or providing an upgraded aircraft relative to their program. The interesting thing is that we are often able to accomplish both. For example we recently helped a Sentient Jet Membership cardholder who flies “Preferred Mid” usually a Hawker save over 14000 while upgrading him to a beautiful 2003 Citation X for a 6day round trip from Miami to Las Vegas.

Q:Why did you decide to build a company around “Private Jet Hedging?”

JS: Lifestyle private jet travelers are in my experience becoming increasingly valueconscious. That is while they enjoy the freedom and flexibility of Private Jet Cards and aviation they want to do so in a fiscally responsible manner. I get a great deal of personal satisfaction from building a company that delivers real value to my customers. Every day we work with some of the most fascinating people in the world adding value serving as a trusted advisor and delivering outstanding experiences on pristine latemodel aircraft.

About the writer:  Martin Aranovitch owns several profitable businesses online including an online audio book store www.AudioBookOne.net and writes about online business automation small business systems and ways to dominate your niche online.