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Making the right Franchising Decisions for your Business. While there are many franchise opportunities for sale there are as many questions you might like to consider before making any important decisions. First are questions you can ask yourself and second are questions more specific to finding the right business. Early on you may consider whether …

Managing a Franchise System. For a franchise system to flourish over the long-term, it will need to be grounded in the franchisor’s philosophy that support and guidance of franchisees is fundamental to success. When committing to a franchise system, a new franchisee expects their success to parallel the best. With continued support and guidance they have …

Improve Franchisee Performance for your franchise. Recently our firm sent out a questionnaire to a certain group of franchises asking if they wished to get more information on a range of subjects that we had selected to assist and improve franchisees performance. We have had a good response but guess who they were? Yes, they …

Challenges Faced By Franchises. Franchising has had an unquestionable impact on many countries economies and is widely acclaimed for its contribution to GDP, retail sales, job creation and training. Many chain operations utilising franchising have grown large franchise networks, and some global franchises like McDonald’s (with 29,000+ restaurants in 119 countries), Subway, Blockbuster and Century …

I was recently re-reading Douglas Myer’s book “What I’ve Learned in Business” and I came across the sub heading “Find a Mentor”. The book goes on to tell how a Dr Grant Lau, who advised the Todd family in the mid nineteen sixties, was asked to become the young Myer’s mentor. Myers said that he …

Franchising has had an unquestionable impact on many countries economies and is widely acclaimed for its contribution to GDP, job creation and training. With estimates of franchisors and franchisees currently exceeding 350 and 15,000 respectively, New Zealand is perhaps the most franchised country in the world, ahead of Australia, Canada, the US and the UK, …

Franchising in New Zealand has gone from strength to strength, with an estimated 300 franchise systems generating combined turnover of around $10 billion. The number of franchise outlets in the country totals over 14,000. These figures catapult New Zealand to the leader board in terms of franchising utilisation. New Zealand has clearly embraced franchising as …

Franchising types for your business. One important franchising decision affecting new franchisors is deciding on which franchising types are suitable to their individual circumstances. This can be a complex process as there are several methods of franchising. With the terms of franchise agreements typically spanning years, the final decision carries long-term consequences. Five Common Methods …