What cultural factors must U.S. sports franchises overcome to increase popularity abroad? How can franchises ensure their products are appropriate for international markets? Should governments protect their industries by placing tariffs on imported products? These three points will be explained more in the next pages. First U.S. Sports franchises who are trying to expand their businesses abroad have many things to overcome. Lets try seeing this from the point of view of those abroad. How do our
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Mauricio Barajas Jaimes ID: 000208124 March 8, 2015 INVESTIGATION ON FRANCHISES PRODUCT FRANCHISE: HUSSE http://www.franchise.com/franchise/pet-animal/mobile/husse-arizona/company-information.cfm Characteristics: local pet food Delivery Company with the same benefits as a global company. Headquartered in Stockholm, Husse is the European leader in the home delivery of dog, cat and horse products under the Husse brand. How does the brand work? * You work from home and decide for yourself
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A retails is where we buy 90% of our products. Also most of the high streets found in UK are quiet same throughout the country. Some of the different types of retailers that are found in Nuneaton are: Department stores: for examples: Debenhams is a concession and the Dorothy poking that is within the stores. Department stores are divided in 3 types and they are chains, national and multinational. Chains are the small businesses that are within the nation. Nationals are like Topshop which is all
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1. 2. Franchising is the practice of the right to use a firm's business model and brand for a prescribed period of time. The word "franchise" is of Anglo-French derivation—from franc, meaning free and is used both as a noun and as a (transitive) verb. For the franchiser, the franchise is an alternative to building "chain stores" to distribute goods that avoids the investments and liability of a chain. The franchisor's success depends on the success of the franchisees. The franchisee is said
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Name: 馮光合 Student ID: M0414102 Foreign market entry modes 1. Exporting: Exporting is the process of selling of goods and services produced in one country to other countries. There are two types of exporting: direct and indirect. * Direct Exports The most basic mode of exporting made by a (holding) company, capitalizing on economies of scale in production concentrated in the home country and affording better control over distribution. Direct export works the best if the volumes are small
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Dayan v. McDonald’s Corp. (p. 9) The client: McDonald’s Corp Background of the case: McDonald's gave Dayan an exclusive franchise to operate McDonald’s restaurants in Paris, France. McDonald’s required Dayan adhere to all quality, service, and cleanliness standards set by McDonald’s, Dayan agreed. The parties made an agreement which stated the reason for Dayan must maintaining QSC standards was that a “departure of restaurants anywhere in the world from these standards impedes the successful
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likely start-up costs and probably most importantly, likely earnings from owning a franchise unit. If you are interested in finding out more about a franchise, it is essential that you get a copy of their latest FDD. | | Date Incorporation: 1954 Franchising Since: 1955 Headquarters: Canton, Massachusetts Business Description: A Dunkin' Donuts Store sells coffee, donuts, bagels, muffins, compatible bakery products, sandwiches, as well as other food items and beverages compatible with the franchisor’s
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Anytime Fitness continues to “maintain robust growth rates as the world’s largest and fastest growing 24-hour co-ed fitness franchise since their founding in 2002” (Anytime Fitness, 2012). Whenever looking to enter a franchise agreement, startup costs become a vital point. Anytime Fitness’s website provides numerical figures for average startup costs for both a complete fitness center and a fitness express center which doesn’t have as much square feet or perks as a regular center; fitness center
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2009 annual report The DineEquity difference. differentiated brands. disciplined approach. dynamic leadership. dedication to being the best. Our commitment to differentiating the Applebee’s and IHOP brands drives everything we do. At DineEquity, we leverage the resources of the largest full-service restaurant company in the world with the agility to connect with guests on a local level. We are working harder than ever to energize the brands, optimize operations, expand our market share and
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EUROPE Effective: 05/2011 Euros Franchise Capital Requirements Traditional GENERAL BREAKDOWN FOR : LOWER COST MODERATE COST HIGHER COST METHOD/ WHEN DUE INITIAL FRANCHISE FEE REAL PROPERTY ** LEASEHOLD IMPROVEMENTS EQUIPMENT PURCHASE SECURITY SYSTEM (Not including monitoring costs) € 7,500 or € 10,000* € 2,500 € 25,000 € 40,000 € 1,000 € 2,900 € 2,000 € 3,000 € 1,000 € 1,000 € 2,600 € 1,500 € 1,500 € 2,000 € 6,000 € 7,500 or €10,000* € 8,000 € 43,000 € 50,000 € € € € € € € € € € 2
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