FRANCHISEBUYER TO HOST FRANCHISING SUMMIT IN MIAMI: 29-31 JANUARY 2004

Miami, FL – January 26, 2004 – FranchiseBuyer, LLC will be hosting a Winter Sales Summit, from January 29 through January 31. The franchising summit brings together franchise consultants and vendors from around the country, to meet with senior level executives from many prominent, national franchise companies. With many guest speakers and a Franchisor Expo, the summit brings together the franchise industry’s best minds to discuss the development and growth of the industry and particular franchise companies. The event will take place at the Marriot Biscayne Bay Hotel & Marina.

The event sponsor, FranchiseBuyer, is a franchise consulting service that matches highly qualified prospective franchisees with equally high quality franchise opportunities. FranchiseBuyer is a wholly owned subsidiary of Franchise Solutions Corp., a ten year old franchise marketing firm based in Portsmouth, NH.

Marc Kiekenapp, FranchiseBuyer’s Executive Vice President commented, “The public is responding to FranchiseBuyer’s services very positively. As we all know, corporate America has been downsizing its payrolls for the past five years or so, starting with the implosion of the “dot com” industry. Literally tens of thousands of former employees are exploring business ownership as their new career.”

Franchises are gaining popularity with entrepreneurs and customers alike, growing at incredible rates as Kiekenapp explained, “Since franchised businesses now account for over 40% of the retail trade in America, it is natural for these business seekers to explore the wide variety of options with the franchise industry to find their next career. As a result of these changes, FranchiseBuyer is very busy helping people evaluate various aspects of their lives in order to match their goals, objectives, resources, family situation, location, skill sets, and personal interest with the offerings of a variety of excellent business opportunities. We find that our program is indeed helping many people find happiness in a well-matched business that will enable them to make a positive career change and continue to provide for their families financially.”