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Five lessons from The Athlete’s Foot

Posted Wed, 2010-08-25 00:29 by Ray Borradale

The Athlete's Foot in Australia has reportedly gone against the trend in small business recording like-for-like sales growth of 8.3% with total sales growth at 11.6%.

ACCC Chief Graeme Samuel Faces Wipe-out

Posted Mon, 2010-08-16 17:54 by Ray Borradale

DFOThe head franchising regulator, Graeme Samuel, is facing a potential personal loss of more than $50M from his personal fortune through his investment in DFO.

Lack of Trust Research

Posted Thu, 2010-04-22 04:25 by Ray Borradale

Lorelle Fraser from the Asia Pacific Centre for Franchising Excellence in Australia has concluded research into franchise conflict that suggests 1 in 4 franchisees don’t trust their franchisor. Apparently most do.

Morphing from Good to Elite Franchise Brand

Posted Sat, 2009-12-12 23:24 by Ray Borradale

There are many potentially good franchise models in the market that require basic fine tuning to reach their optimum performance. 

Coping With A Breach Notice

Posted Fri, 2009-12-11 15:48 by Ray Borradale

In quality franchise systems, a notice of breach of contract is an absolute last resort.  In any system, such a notice almost always produces angst no matter what the motivation behind it.