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Franchise
Franchise generally means a right or privilege. It may refer to:
- Suffrage, the civil right to vote
- Franchising: A business method that involves the licensing of trademarks and methods of doing business, such as:
- Chain store, retail outlets which share a brand and central management
- An exclusive right, for example to sell branded merchandise.
- Media franchise, ownership of the characters and setting of a film, video game, book, etc., particularly in North American usage
- A government-granted monopoly, e.g. a "cable franchise"
- Franchise (short story), a 1955 short story by Isaac Asimov
- Dem Franchize Boyz, an American hip hop group from Atlanta.
- Franchise deductible, in insurance, where the deductible only applies in small losses
- In professional sports league organization in North America, a professional sports team.
- A "franchise player" is one who plays in this system.
- A "franchise tag" is a free agent player, specifically in the US National Football League.
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Franchise Due Diligence from the Franchise Rep
One of new RSS feeds, which I have enjoyed, is Franchising Craziness-A Franchise Reps Life
"Due Diligence. If you have already bought a franchise, there isn't much you can do now except give the straight story to the people who call...
Odd Franchise.
Here is a bit of an odd franchise, reported on from the Globe and Mail, A womb with a view (and some controversy)
"With more than two months left before she was due to give birth, Kathy Stewardson wanted a sneak preview...
The End of a Franchise
What happens when a franchisee's term ends? And the franchisor decides not to offer a renewal of the franchise on the then current terms in order to resell the location? This is a problem that the Australian Government is dealing with...
Is a Franchise Right for You?
Image via WikipediaKelly Spors, of the Wall Street Journal, has a good insight into some bad decision making - the purchase of a franchise by a naive purchaser...
Franchise Beating
The Franchise image is taking a battering in New Zealand because of the Green Acres franchise fraud.
"The multi-billion dollar franchise industry is bracing itself for a backlash following the recent Green Acres scandal...
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