Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Franchising
- Information
- It's a business agreement that allows one
business (the franchisee) to use another
business's name and sell the good or service
- The franchisee pays the franchiser (the business
whose name is used) a percentage of annual turnover
or a set royalty each year to use its products/services
- The franchisee and franchiser can set up in any type
of business i.e. a sole trader, partnership, etc.
- Franchirser
- Advantages
- Allows the franchiser to increase its market share without investing heavily
- Provides a reliable revenue (the
franchiser will receive a percentage of the
turnover or set royalty payment each year
- Risks and uncertainties are shared
between the franchiser and the franchisee
- Disadvantages
- The franchiser only receives a share of the profits
- Profits dependent on the ability of franchisees
- Reputation of the whole franchise is
dependent on individual franchisee's
- Franchisee
- Advantages
- The franchiser may carry out training and administration
- The franchiser may advertise
nationally, therefore little advertising
needs to be done by the franchisee
- The risk of business failure is reduced as
the business already has an established
trading record and presence in the market
- Disadvantages
- Products, selling prices and store layout
may be dictated, stifling franchisee initiative
- A royalty payment or percentage of
revenue has to be paid to franchiser
- The franchiser might not renew the
franchise after a certain time
- Can be costly to purchase a successful franchise