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economy tanks, franchising hits top gear.
“When middle managers get parachuted out of their regular jobs, then they start to think about buying themselves a job,” explains Gord Metcalfe, president
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franchisees buying product from competitor NBTY was "even more astonishing."
"Usually it's job No. 1 of the franchisor to have the right product," Mr. Giblen said.
But some franchisees have complained
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assigned a job cleaning a fitness centre every Saturday, a contract worth only $150 a month.
He was then told he needed to buy $290 worth of cleaning supplies from Countrywide before he could start.
Tjoa
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feel the pain of the recession, more Canadians are looking for alternative employment. Some will consider buying a franchise.
People who have lost their jobs are "vulnerable," and should be careful
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and former partners who lost money are convinced they were duped by a sophisticated job scheme that preys on low-paid workers and the unemployed, many of them immigrants, and profits from lax consumer
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was royalty, he was also a con man and his cheque bounced.
The Globe and Mail
October 9, 2003
Esposito in the hunt to buy Lightning once again
David Shoalts
TORONTO — Phil Esposito enjoyed a great
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in it.”
The Toronto Star
December 5, 1998
New franchising law called sales job
Ignores ongoing illicit practices, operator rep say
John Deverell
A franchising law proposed by the Mike Harris government
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being forced to shut down, and I fear I’m going to lose my house,” he sighed.
The Toronto Sun
March 15, 1996
Finding futures in franchises
Consider the benefits and hazards of buying yourself a job
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for yourself, not by yourself, Happy serfs, Entrepreneurs flee away, Tougher to sell franchises, Buying a job, Tougher to sell franchises, United States, 19990818 Millions take
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they have a job if they keep buying.
U.S. Federal Trade Commission
April 22, 1997
Public Comment
Kevin Bores, franchisee
Request for public comment on possible revisions to The Franchise Rule.
Comment #9
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