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Woodcraft was founded in 1928 as a small supply source for Boston’s North End cabinetmakers. Affiliated with Woodcraft Supply Corp., the Woodcraft franchise program started in 1997. The company has more than 32 locations throughout the United States. The private company is based in Parkersburg, West Virginia.

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Founded in 1991, Van Nuys, California-based Color Me Mine provides would-be artists with the studio and supplies to create ceramic masterpieces. Children and adults visit the stores, taking their pick of more than 300 pre-made pieces to paint.Color Me Mine can also set up painting parties at customers’ homes. The company provide all the necessary [...]

When she lost her job, single mother Gwen Willhite had to figure out what to do next. Combining two traditional gifts?flowers and sweets?Willhite developed a new business: Cookies by Design/Cookie Bouquet. Each bouquet was arranged with custom-molded, hand-decorated sugar and cinnamon brown sugar cookies in baskets for all holidays and occasions. The company, which Willhite [...]

In its national studies, The Great Frame Up found that the average American has 23 pieces of art on his or her walls and eight pieces waiting to be framed. Started in Chicago, The Great Frame Up opened its first location in the Lincoln Park neighborhood in 1971 and started franchising four years later. Their [...]

Bands used to be the only option for wedding entertainment. That began changing in the mid-1970s, about the time Gerald Maas founded Complete Music in Omaha, Nebraska. From his first performance at his sister’s wedding reception, Maas has seen his company expand into a nationwide operation.

Merlin P. Hayes and his wife launched a hobby shop in Lincoln, Nebraska, in the 1970s. Through this store, Hayes met Thomas Walla, and together they bought out a competing store, Hobby Town, in 1980.From that one store HobbyTown USA was born. The company began franchising in 1986 and also has an e-commerce site. HobbyTown [...]

In the late 1970s, electronics manufacturer Curtis Mathis Co. established ColorTyme as a distributor for its line of televisions. Willie Talley purchased the company in 1981 and began franchising the concept the following year. ColorTyme stores offer a complete line of home electronics, appliances and furnishings. All products are sold rent-to-own, with customers making weekly [...]

Brian McInerney founded Wheel Fun Rentals in 1987 in order to bring the four-wheeled Italian surrey cycle to California. The Southern California-based company began franchising in 2000. Wheel Fun Rentals has multiple units in operation and has identified more than 1,000 potential locations nationwide. It offers its franchisees exclusive territories and has co-branding relationships with [...]