Children's Clothing Franchise Enjoying Recession

A leading children's clothing franchise has doubled in size in less than a year, defying the downturn.

Just Between Friends, a children's and maternity clothing consignment company, has burgeoned amid the most adverse trading conditions for generations, and has just sold its 95th franchise.

Shannon Wilburn, president and co-founder of Just Between Friends, says:

“Last August we had 61 franchises across the country. In less than one year we've nearly doubled in size and we attribute much of that growth to the recession, as more families across the country search for ways to save money and earn money, and are turning to Just Between Friends to help.

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Fitness Franchise Success Wasn't Child's Play

From The Arizona Republic: The Little Gym International Inc. has experienced enormous growth and soaring profits in the past decade, so it's hard to imagine that its chief executive has made many missteps along the way.

But Bob Bingham readily admits a few, namely his overconfidence that the company's plan to go public would be a slam dunk. It wasn't, and with no solid Plan B, he was left with few options to survive.

Bingham, 62, president and CEO of the Scottsdale-based company, talks about what happened and how he turned it around.

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