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Acres will harm franchise industry: consultant
The multi-million dollar Green Acres ironing franchise debacle is likely to have a domino effect on the franchising industry, says a business consultant
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the right to determine how that capital is used.
Ontario Franchise Disclosure Legislation
A Consultation Paper
Ontario Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations
June 1998
Ontario Ministry
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Zealand," says Callum Floyd from Franchize Consultants.
And many franchises don't come cheap. You'll need more than $200,000 to get into Battery World and about $650,000 for a United Video or Kiwibank
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Number of new lawsuits per year in the Ontario Franchise Industry = 5,000
Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations
June 1998
Franchise Disclosure Legislation
A Consultation Paper
Ontario
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FRANCHISING FOCUS: Gordon Metcalfe, president of Francon Consulting Ltd., tracks the franchising sector to assist companies in research and strategic planning.
HOW BIG A GAME IS BUSINESS FRANCHISING IN CANADA
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looking to become franchisees. However, prudent industry players and consultants alike say it is imperative that people do their homework before investing in a franchise system.
It is important
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…the government proposal for legislating in the franchise sector represents a virtual total abdication of its stated objective. To maintain as this Consultation Paper attempts, that it wants
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“Despite the hype that franchising is the safest way to go when starting a new business, the research just doesn’t bear that out,” says Timothy Bates, an economist at Wayne State University
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Stewart, who set up the association after his own unhappy experience with a lawn care franchise, said there must be an alternative to going to court to settle disputes – perhaps an industry
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proposed franchise guidelines that could become law by the fall.
The Ontario Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations’ just released consultation paper has tough, new disclosure requirements
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