INTRODUCTION
A franchise is a right granted to an individual or group to market a company 's goods or services within a certain territory or location. Some examples of today 's popular franchises are McDonald 's, Subway, Domino 's Pizza, and the UPS Store. There are many different types of franchises. Many people associate only fast food businesses with franchising. In fact, there are over 120 different types of franchise businesses available today, including automotive, cleaning & maintenance, health & fitness, financial services, and pet-related franchises. The franchisee must follow certain rules and guidelines already established by the franchisor, and in most cases the franchisee must pay an ongoing franchise royalty fee, as well as an up-front, one-time franchise fee to the franchisor. Franchising has become one of the most popular ways of doing business in today 's marketplace. In most states you cannot drive three blocks without seeing a nationally recognized franchise company.
PART A
TYPE OF FRANCHISING (P C 1.1)
(1) SINGLE PRODUCT SERVICE: Single unit franchising is the most likely place a brand new entrepreneur would begin. In this type of franchise, the franchisee would only be responsible for running one unit. However he or she would be extremely involved with all of the daily operations of the business. Example: Toyota.
(2) MANUFACTURING AND WHOLESALE: In this type of franchising franchisor usually provides extensive training and support to the suppliers
A franchise is a legal agreement between franchisers and franchisees that consents use of the franchise’s trademark and trade name or marketing plan
1. Franchisees gain numerous advantage when they purchase a franchise. First, while a franchisee may be opening a new store, it is part of an already established business and system. This means a franchisee has access to turnkey operations, allowing an increased speed to establishing and growing the business. Franchisees also get support for management and training activities, as well as financial assistance. Going hand in hand with this, a franchise already has an established brand name, quality of goods and service which have been standardized across the franchisor’s larger company, and national advertising programs from franchisors. Franchises also have large-volume, centralized buying power. A franchise has proven products, and
Franchise is treated as a form of business that is more popular during the present context. Its popularity has to do with its proven track record of success,
The first choice of business is the franchise. In a franchise, legal binding agreement is entered into between two firms, the franchisor (the product or service owner) and the franchisee (the firm to market the product or service in a particular location). The franchisee pays a certain sum of money for the right to market this product” (Rubin, 1978, p.224). The franchising is more prevalent in the restaurant industry (Hoffman & Preble, 2003). The two distinct features of this business type include; first, in order to notable service components should
Franchising is a business model that allows companies to rapidly expand their market share. According to Franchise.com (2015), there are three types of franchises: distributorships, trademark licensing, and business format franchises. When two organizations enter into a distributorship, the originating company provides the rights another company to sell their products. An example of a distributorship is when an auto manufacturing company grants rights to a dealership to sell their vehicles (Franchise.com, 2015). Trademark licensing is when one company allows another company to use their trademark (Franchise.com, 2015). The business format franchise authorizes franchisees to sell the parent company’s products and/or services as well as utilize their business model. This type of franchising is the most common and is the type needed to obtain to open a new Cold Stone Creamery.
Launched as a fast-fashion women’s e-tailer in 2009, is now an empowering, bold and forward-thinking online fashion brand inspired by real-life. The brand aims to create an online fashion destination that encompasses and celebrates everything it means to be a girl in a digital immersed world today (Missguided.co.uk, 2016). This is through offering consumers affordable fashion that is informed by its consumers and global influencers in the likes of: celebrities, social media, YouTubers, bloggers and catwalk fashion. This gives the firm a pioneering advantage of introducing new collections, approximately 25% of its range every month (CCI, 2016) faster than its competitors (Boohoo, Pretty Little Thing and Asos). Missguided’s marketing strategy is its quick response to the market, launch of collaborative fashion lines, flash half price sales and discounts are the key growth of the brand as it increases the brand’s profile to a much wider audience (Wallis, 2014). ). It is clear, that Missguided are intending to create positive brand associations and positive brand attitude through its extensive marketing actions.
ASK 1 a.) Primark Menswear has sold 120 franchises. Explain what a franchise is. 1. Franchise Franchise is a type of business that involves the relationship between a franchisor and franchisee. The franchisor is the owner of the business, while the franchisee is the one who buys the rights of the company from the franchisor to be able to sell the same products using the same company name and logo with the same components.
Franchising is simply a method for expanding a business and distributing goods and distributing goods and services through a licensing relationship. In franchising, franchisors not only specify the products and services that will be offered by the franchisees, but also provide them with an operating system, brand and support. (Franchise.org, 2016)
Introduction Opening up a business such as a franchise can carry many risks, both financially and personally but can also be very rewarding and challenging. Some people make a decent living, some end up rich, then again, plenty of people fail. (MSNMoney, 2014) There are many advantages of owning a franchise. Some advantages are that you have association with a well-established brand, reputation and product or service, access to established standard procedures, operating manuals and stock control systems.
Franchising is defined as “a commercial agreement between a party that owns a trade name or trademark (the franchisor) and party that sells or distributes goods or services using that trade name or trademark (the franchisee) (Kubasek et al., 2015, p. 431). There are key advantages for choosing a franchise when starting a new business. First, there is many times instant brand awareness that is identifiable by potential customers, which you as a new owner do not have to concentrate on building. Secondly, on-going marketing of your business is backed by the power of the established brand, and could be as simple as contributing a fee to a advertising fund that is driven by the franchisor. Thirdly, the Return on Investment (ROI) will most likely be faster as the customers are “ready-made” and eager to buy your product or service. Fourthly, the franchise model provides a built-in support model, both from the franchisor and from other franchisees throughout the region and nation. Lastly, the franchise will provide consistent and extensive training in every aspect of the business (Goldberg, 2015).
This Literature review explains if a franchise is high or low risk way of entering into a market. It also explains whether a franchisee is suited for a certain franchise. Franchises can be seen all over the world, with everyone being introduced to them, as consumers, from a young age (Longenecker et al., 2011). Thomas and Seid (2000) agree with this and believes due to it, people think they understand a lot more about a franchise than they actually do, creating myths about the rate of success and the ease of entry. Antitrust Law and Economics of Product Distribution (2006, p.5) defines a franchise in a 3 part way as, “(1) a franchisee (a) offers, sells or distributes a franchisor’s goods or services, which are identified by
Small businesses are essential to the fabric of the American economy. Specifically the franchise model offers an easy way for an entrepreneur to attain success in the increasingly difficult and murky economical landscape. The U.S. Census Bureau estimates that over 13% of the total American workforce is compromised of franchisee employees. That equates to roughly 7.9 million workers. And while many have found unbound success within the realms of franchising, there are risks specific to undertaking such an expenditure.
What is a Franchise: A franchisee pays an initial fee and a percentage of profit to a franchisor; in return, the franchisee gains the use of a trademark, ongoing support from the franchisor, and the right to use the franchisor's system of doing business and sell its products or services.
“A franchise is a business system in which private entrepreneurs purchase the rights to open and run a location of a larger company. The franchising company, or franchisor, signs a contractual agreement with the franchisee, explaining
The proposals that we are going to depose are a planning of continuous action in order to confront the challenges, which BT confronts. The most important factor is considered to be the fact that the marketing environment changed rapidly after the deregulation of the telephone industry. Up to then BT was operating as a monopoly, ignoring the competition and ways to face it.