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as a profit center
Sabotage
Saturates markets through multiple distribution channels
Sets up competing distribution channel
Starts 2nd system from insolvent 1st
Stock market pressures make franchisor push
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products in grocery stores. The Body Shop distributes catalogues by mail. And countless fast-food chains have set up min-outlets in non-traditional locations, such as department stores, hospitals
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usually hides real objective, Raining litigation, Secured creditors (banks) 100% covered in dodgy insolvency, Securities fraud, Sets up competing distribution channel, Shell companies, Shills
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partners, not employees.
Marc Ballon
John Boyd, a Mail Boxes Etc. Inc. store owner for the past 11 years, became furious when the company mandated that franchisees like himself spend up to $55,000
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3,332 Lincolns. "There's too much cost in the distribution channel," Gaunt says, explaining that an oversized dealer body ties up capital that could be used to bolster marketing efforts
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by easy credit bubble
Seminar selling
Sets up competing distribution channel
Settlement just a tiny fraction of original claim
Settlement just covers fees
Severance package financing dream
Sexual assault
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Taxpayers set up to take the hit
John Minto
The most surprising thing about the bailout of South Canterbury Finance is that it has passed without much more than a ripple. It seems we have become so
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after the relationship ends (non-compete covenant) but a high value to the franchisor at all times. Opportunism risk increases substantially when idiosyncratic sunk costs make up most of the total
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was basically an outright scam.
I've seen a franchisor whose system was set up to fail. Their business was to be reselling stores and keep getting the upfront fees as well as the resale value. One store
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be an excellent way for young people to set up their own business
Simon Read
Buying into a franchise at just 25 can be daunting, but Philip Edwards of Newbury, Berks, is enthusiastic about his opportunity
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