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The franchise business, once viewed as lucrative, is in trouble, with many franchisees close to bankruptcy. Thirty franchisees are concerned they would go bust as franchisors obtain government
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The Toronto Star
June 17, 1998
Proposed franchising legislation offers little protection, lawyer says
Valerie Lawton
Don’t look to a government proposal for franchise-disclosure legislation to do much
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of the challenges and pitfalls and know that this isn't a piece of cake," she says. "Whether they come away deciding they want to start a franchise, or an independent business, or go back to their nine
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Michael Overs’ right-hand man since being paroled in 1989, Austin calls most of the shots.
The Toronto Star
May 5, 1993
No plans for law on franchising Churley says
Tony Van Alphen
ANGRY OWNERS: Pizza
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personal favorite) you need to invest or borrow more money to make the business work, expand, buy more locations, etc.
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April 6, 2009
If franchise business sounds too good to be true
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accurate way to view it is that you're buying yourself a job — and not even a permanent one.
"You can't think 'I own this business,'" says Dan So, a London lawyer who specializes in franchising law
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much higher profit than franchised ones, Independent businesses survive longer than franchised ones, Siren song, Success rate, 95 per cent, Success rate, Timothy Bates’ study, Universities provide unbiased expert knowledge and pursue objective truth, United Kingdom, 20061101 Franchising aspiring
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are much higher than for independent businesses. But a study conducted for the Small Business Administration in 1996 on failure rates of small franchises concluded that independent small businesses (non
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located in a cluster.
A franchise in a new system will be more risky than a unit in an established system. Noble says a new outlet in nearly any system will be more risky than buying a resale operation
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a failure rate of almost 35% among franchises, compared with 28% among independents. And although another survey found 80% of franchisees were breaking even, 62% were earning less than the franchiser promised
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