<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>the Franchising community of Southern Africa</title><link>http://retail.bizcommunity.com//416/173.html</link><description>Southern Africa Franchising news</description><ttl>15</ttl><category>Franchising news - Southern Africa</category><image><url>http://www.bizcommunity.com/res/img/11/logo5.gif</url><title>Bizcommunity.com</title><link>http://www.bizcommunity.com/</link></image><language>en-us</language><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:57:15 +0200</pubDate><item><title>Innscor's brands caught in a storm</title><link>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/238/87/34432.html</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://mars.bizcommunity.com/c/0903/28379.jpg?r=0" width="65" height="30" align="left"  /&gt;Zimbabwe's retail giant, Innscor Africa, which runs a boutique of franchised fast food outlets across the country, is experiencing a brand crisis due to declining standards. This emerged from court documents following the arrest, made by immigration authorities, of Omer Rouben an Israel national recruited to head its brand loyalty division and revitalise the faltering brands.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/238/87/34432.html"&gt;Read full story...&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=238&amp;c=87&amp;ct=1&amp;ci=34432"&gt;Send to a friend&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><guid>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/238/87/34432.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:58:00 +0200</pubDate><source>http://www.bizcommunity.com/rss/416/173.html</source></item></channel></rss>