I was witness to an interest situation last week. A franchisee was removed from an outlet and after removing his property from the safe, spun the combination lock. Sounds ok, does it.
Problem was neither the franchisee nor the franchisor knew the combination. Apparently, the franchisee only ever used a key to lock the safe. It [...]
An opinion piece by Chalpat Sonti of The Age on the waiting game that the Australian Franchising segement is playing while the “federal joint parliamentary committee’s report into improving the franchising code of conduct lies gathering dust”.
Touchs on the Jim’s troubles.
The ACCC Alert system has just informed me that:
The franchisor of G.J Gardner Homes, Netdeen Pty Ltd, and its directors, have given court enforceable undertakings after an Australian Competition and Consumer Commission investigation into allegations that the franchisor had misled former franchisees.
The full press release is available here.
Thanks to Mark from Red Monkey Coaching for the [...]
Prof. Lorelle Frazer writes on her blog about how third parties fuel conflict within franchise systems:
The research shows the involvement of third parties (such as franchise brokers) in the recruitment of franchisees appears likely to generate unrealistic expectations on the part of franchisees and should be carefully managed by franchisors.
After working as a representative for [...]
On the back of Jody preparing her business to franchise, I’ve got back to school to learn more about franchising.
I am currently enrolled in the Graduate Certificate in Franchising program run by Griffith University. I’ve certainly been impressed with the quality of my fellow students, the faculty and the the learning methods. The franchising unit [...]