Quarterly News Letter
  
Volume 2 No. 3

Archived News Letters

	SIGN-A-RAMA®  Update:
	SIGN*A*RAMA® full service sign centers - There are over 550 stores worldwide to serve you.
	John van den Bosch, Master Franchise Licensor, has opened our first store in the Netherlands - Rotterdam!
	Leonel Lopez, Master Franchise Licensor, has opened the flagship store for Guatemala.
	Several new South Africa stores are in training or open and ready for business!
	With close to 30 stores and more deposits, SIGN*A*RAMA® is enjoying great success in the United Kingdom.
	Master Franchise Licensor Ali Gurol has opened the Turkey flagship store in Istanbul.
	Australia Update - We currently have close to 50 stores operational and over 15 deposits for new locations.
	SIGN*A*RAMA® full service sign centers are now serving customers in the People's Republic of China.
	http://www.signarama.com

Caring for cars with Car-X

Car-X, ranked the number one automotive services franchise by Success Magazine in 1997, is a long established auto care franchise, located predominantly in the Midwest United States. With 133 franchised centers and 54 company-owned stores, Car-X is an excellent investment prospect for people who want to own their own business. David Maltzman, Director of Franchise Sales, tells us more.

http://www.carx.com

 Did you know that most websites don't work? You might be surprised that the President of the world's leading network of Internet Consultants would make such a statement, but it's true!

State Offices Administering Business Opportunity Disclosure Laws

Twenty-three states have business opportunity laws. Most of these laws prohibit sales of business opportunities unless the seller gives potential purchasers a pre-sale disclosure document that has first been filed with a designated state agency.

State business opportunity laws typically cover every imaginable type of business opportunity that might be offered. If a business opportunity seller is not required to provide pre-sale disclosures by the Franchise Rule, these disclosures will almost always be required by the laws of the states listed below.

The disclosures required by state business opportunity laws differ, and usually provide more abbreviated information than the Franchise Rule requires. However, most of these laws provide important rights and remedies for business opportunity investors, including required security bonds to cover investor losses.

If you are considering purchasing a work-at-home or other business opportunity, and reside in a state with a business opportunity law, we encourage you to find out more about the protection provided by your state statute before you invest.

State Phone Numbers 

Hometown Threads Receives Approval to Expand to 10 More Wal* Mart Stores

HAUPRAUGE, N.Y. -- Aug. 3 2000--HIRSCH INTERNATIONAL CORP. (NASDAQ HRSH) today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Hometown Threads has received permission to expand its in-store personalization and decoration services to ten more Wal Mart stores throughout 2000. In 1999, Hometown Threads tested its unique retail embroidery, personalization and decoration concept in two Wal Mart stores located outside of Dallas, Texas. The test stores showcased two different store layouts an in-line store within-a-store and a stand-alone kiosk. Each of the test stores offer same day service, great personalization of their choice. Sales at the test stores were driven by retail customers who decorated product using either their own custom logos of by selection from the more than 12,000 stock design and lettering styles offered by Hometown Threads. The wide array of products embellished included, polo shirts, caps, baby blankets sweatshirts, luggage, toys, sporting goods, Christmas stocking, dress shirts and more. In addition to the retail personalization business, the test store serviced many local small business owners seeking to create company branded apparel.

Howard Arnberg, President of Hometown Thread said, "Our business model focuses on delivering embellishment services which, traditionally, have been difficult to source and expensive to purchase in small quantities, As we identify these services, we present them to the mass market at a fair price via a convenient location. In addition to the convenience experience. One example of this is our proprietary, interactive design creation stations where customers actually participate in the design creation process. "Paul Leving, President of Hirsch International, continued. "The Hometown Threads expansion is one spoke on the wheel of our strategy to extend our revenue producing opportunities down several different avenues. We are also devoting efforts to s significant expansion of our Canadian software company. Pulse Microsystems. vie software sales overseas and proprietary B2B e-commerce tools. This transition should result in our return to strong sales that are no longer dependent on a single product line and therefore a very healthy growing Company"

http://www.hometownthreads.com