Saturday 10 November 2012

hey hey,
           would love to share all about franchising with u guys on ma blog. learning about franchising is very interesting! and educating . hope you enjoy it .


   Franchise is a license given to an individual or group of individuals to set up their own business with a company’s trade name or trademark within a certain location or area.
a franchisor is a    company that gives individuals or group of individuals the right or license to use its trademark to be able to set up their own business.    Franchisee is an individual or group of individuals that makes use of a company’s trade name or trademark to set up his/her/their business.
   
    Advantages of franchising include;
i)                   Brand-name appeal
ii)                 Financial assistance
iii)               Training and guidelines
iv)               A proven track record
i)                   Brand name appeal- in franchising, an individual or group of individuals that purchases a popular or well-known company’s trade name is of great advantage because the company’s name attracts people to his/her business.
ii)                 Financial assistance- franchising is a good investment as the franchisor might help in assisting the franchisee financially in starting up a business until the franchisee’s business is doing well and successfully.
iii)               Training and guidelines-franchising helps in training and guiding a franchisee in setting up a successful business, the franchisee acquire skills and advice from the experienced franchisor and this of great advantage.
iv)               A proven-track record- one advantage of franchising is that, the franchisor has shown records of success in his/her business which has been running smoothly for years and with that record, the franchisee is sure of the success of his/her business also.
6)    Examples of franchises include; pizza hut – which is located in America and in 94 other countries around the world.
ii) An example of franchise in Nigeria is KFC (ken tuckey fried chicken).

                      


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