October 13, 2011

The Franchisor Always Has The Upper Hand

TheFranchiseHound: The franchisor’s upper hand is a fact of the franchisor/franchisee relationship. Franchising models depend on the franchisors’ power to control from the top-down. The relationship’s basis demands their control of the contract. But today’s contracts are increasingly one-sided. And increasingly, franchisors are unreasonably abusing the relationship’s control, at franchisees’ expense. Franchising contract negotiations are

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National Car Rental To Focus On Corporate Sector At World Travel Market

Breaking Travel News: Leading vehicle rental provider, National Car Rental, will be demonstrating its focus on corporate travellers at this year’s World Travel Market with a range of exciting new initiatives. The car rental giant has revealed it seeks to address both the cost and convenience needs of the business travel market. Answering growing corporate

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Shoppers Stop Arm Opens ‘Crossword’ Franchisee Store At Amanora Park Township, Pune

Equity Bulls: Shoppers Stop Ltd‘s wholly owned subsidiary Crossword Bookstores Ltd has opened one ‘Crossword’ franchisee store at Amanora Park Township, Pune. With the opening of this store, there are now 84 ‘Crossword’ stores. The Shoppers Stop Ltd stock closed the day at Rs.359.50, up by Rs.14.60 or 4.23%. The stock hit an intraday high

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Tax Deductions For Renewal Fees: It’s All In The Wording, Franchisees Told

Franchising.net.au: Could the renewal fees in a franchise system be tax deductible? Yes, if the wording shows the fees are a cost of conducting business, according to Professor Andrew Terrry, special counsel with DCS Lawyers and Professor of Business Regulation at Sydney University’s Business School. Terry, a Franchising magazine columnist, has commented on a recent

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Cartridge World Choose Fluid Creativity For Digital Strategy

DigitalJournal.com: The Global franchise chain Cartridge World has appointed Manchester-based digital agency Fluid Creativity to manage their online digital strategy. Fluid Creativity are responsible for the web design, development and ongoing search engine optimisation set up and support of Cartridge World’s new UK website including the franchise sales website and over 200 franchisee microsites, including

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