1: 20 Questions to Ask An Existing Franchisee
Interested in a franchise? A crucial exercise when trying to investigate franchise opportunities is to interview the existing franchisees. These 20 questions will help you.
Department: FRANCHISING
Publish Date: Monday, 16 August 2010
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2: Are Bigger Franchises Better?
Most people equate franchising with ubiquitous mega-systems; the large fast food chains like McDonalds or Subway, hotel operators like Marriot or other business-format franchises.
Department: FRANCHISING
Publish Date: Monday, 16 August 2010
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3: Does Your Business Have Franchise Potential?
So you are wondering if you can grow your business by franchising it. James Corne, Managing Director of the Franchise Institute identifies the top ten ingredients for a successful franchise.
Department: FRANCHISING
Publish Date: Monday, 16 August 2010
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4: FCA Checklist for Franchising Your Business
So you think you would like to franchise your business? There is no doubt that franchising can be a very successful way of expanding a business and Australia is the most franchised nation (per head of population) in the world.
Department: FRANCHISING
Publish Date: Monday, 16 August 2010
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5: Franchise Fundamentals
Despite the possible benefits for your business, knowing the best time to franchise or buy into a franchise can be difficult. We examine important steps in how and when to go about it.
Department: FRANCHISING
Publish Date: Monday, 16 August 2010
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6: Franchise Growth in Personal Services
Australia's booming franchising sector turns over an estimated $128 billion - or 14% of the country's gross domestic product - with personal services and finance/insurance among the fastest growing areas reveals a new survey.
Department: FRANCHISING
Publish Date: Monday, 16 August 2010
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7: Franchising Trends
Although relatively mature, the Australian franchising sector is experiencing solid growth. There are around 960 business format franchises in Australia (93 per cent "home-grown"), compared with 850 in 2004 and 700 in 2002. There are an estimated 62,000 units operating in business format franchises, employing around 430,000 people.
Department: FRANCHISING
Publish Date: Monday, 16 August 2010
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8: Is this the right franchise for you? | Franchising
Once you've selected a franchise, the next step is to analyse it thoroughly to determine whether it is really worth buying
Department: FRANCHISING
Publish Date: Monday, 16 August 2010
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9: How Much Are You Losing by Not Franchising Your Business?
Numerous articles have been written about the cost of franchising your business, but what if we ask a different question: What is the cost of not franchising your business? Franchising is not for every business, and that's OK. Some businesses cannot be franchised.
Department: FRANCHISING
Publish Date: Monday, 16 August 2010
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10: Partners In Profit
The success and failures of a franchise.
Department: FRANCHISING
Publish Date: Monday, 16 August 2010
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