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Article: IFA launches 50th anniversary promotion with new logo design.(IFA 50TH ANNIVERSARY)(International Franchise Association)
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- Franchising World
- Article date:
- August 1, 2009
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Then a small group of entrepreneurs gathered in Chicago in 1959 to discuss their concerns about the future of franchising, their world was changing at a breakneck pace. The United States and the Soviet Union were going toe-to-toe in a Cold War that would continue for decades. The Race for Space was two years old. John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon met for the first televised political debate. The world's population was half the size of today's 6 billion figure. A postage stamp cost four cents. The Super Bowl was six years away and Bill Gates was getting ready to start the first grade.
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