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NexCen Brands Franchise Business Opportunity – Meetings on November 18th, 2009

NEXCEN

NexCen Brands, Inc. is a strategic brand management company with a focus on franchising. It currently has over 1,800 franchised stores across its brands, located worldwide.  For more information on NexCen Brands, please visit: http://nexcenbrands.com 

NexCen’s franchised brands include five quick-service restaurants (QSR):  Great American Cookies, MaggieMoo’s, Marble Slab Creamery, Prezel Time & Prezelmaker, as well as two retail franchises: The Athelete’s Foot and Shoebox New York.

NexCen's international business model focuses on collaborating with qualified Master Franchise candidates who have the opportunity to acquire the license to open and operate one or more of the franchise concepts in a designated country or region. With an option of developing the franchise business (or businesses) through their own subsidiaries and a network of independent operators, NexCen is looking for partners in Finland.

To learn more about this franchising opportunity and to set up an appointment with NexCen Brands representative visiting Helsinki on November 18th, please contact Mia Maki at mia.maki@N0SPAM.mail.doc.gov or by phone 09-6162 5140.

QSR brands

Great American Cookies® - An instant retail phenomenon in 1977 when the first store opened in Atlanta, Georgia.  Based on an old family chocolate chip cookie recipe made famous by its signature Cookie Cakes, Great American Cookies has set the standard for gourmet cookie sales.  With over 30 years of consistent growth, and available at the shopping centers across the United States, Great American Cookies is beginning to share the fun of cookies internationally. For more information, please visit: http://www.greatamericancookies.com

MaggieMoo’s Ice Cream & Treatery® - MaggieMoo’s Treateries feature a menu of freshly made super-premium ice creams, mix-ins, smoothies, sorbets and custom ice cream cakes. MaggieMoo’s award-winning ice cream starts with the finest ingredients to make super premium ice cream fresh in the Treatery every day.  The brand is known as the innovator of the world’s first ice cream cupcake, and has consistently been award by The National Ice Cream Retailers Association’s for taste, texture and overall appearance of its most popular flavors. MaggieMoo’s operates nearly 200 treateries across the United States.  For more information, please visit: http://www.maggiemoos.com

Marble Slab Creamery® - As its name implies, this acclaimed super-premium hand-mixed ice cream stores features long marble counter kept frozen where trained employees skillfully create the guest’s very own one-of-a-kind dessert. Every batch of Marble Slab Creamery super-premium ice cream is made on location using the finest ingredients from around the world. With nearly 400 locations in the United States Marble Slab has international presence with locations in eight countries. For more information, please visit: http://www.marbleslab.com

Pretzelmaker & Pretzel Time® - Home of the World’s Best Soft Pretzel – serves hand-rolled, hot, fresh pretzels. Specialized in offering fresh-from-the-oven twisted pretzels, pretzel bites, pretzel dogs, freshly squeezed lemonade, and cold beverages, Pretzelmaker stores can be found in over 350 locations worldwide. For more information, please visit: http://www.pretzelmaker.com

Retail concepts

The Athlete's Foot® (TAF)- The world's first franchisor of athletic footwear stores and now known as TAF is recognized today as the world leader in athletic footwear franchising. The first international franchise store opened in 1978 in Australia and began the The Athlete's Foot® expansion into over 40 countries.

Shoebox New York® - Since 1954, has been New York's top multi-brand women's retailer for luxury footwear, handbags and accessories. Shoebox New York's reputation is built on its vast product assortment and trend-setting styles, offering women the latest fashions from top European and American designers, including the Arturo Chiang, Vince Camuto, and BCBGMaxAzria brands which are offered to our franchisees by our partner, The Camuto Group.