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BP Makes Discredited 90 Percent Claim

Posted Thu, 2010/06/10 - 23:50 by Pualani Kaai

The BP online franchise information document (pdf) contains this statement on page three: “According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, 90 percent of franchised operations are still operating after ten years, whereas 82 percent of independent businesses fail.

Ormond Sings ‘I Did It My Way’

Posted Wed, 2010/03/17 - 04:45 by Ray Borradale

For every franchisee in Australia that has ever taken a complaint to the ACCC, the Refund Home Loans outcome is reinforcement of Australia's strange franchising standards.

SSP Estimates 18% Profit Growth in 2010 for Franchisor

Posted Thu, 2009/12/31 - 20:05 by Ray Borradale

SPOOFBERRA, Australia - Spore, Spawn & Pawn predicts Australian franchise system numbers will mostly hold in 2010 after sailing through the global financial crisis mostly intact while predicting franchisor revenue growth will grow by 9.13% affording the opportunity to grow profit by 18.11%. 

Due Diligence for Dummies

Posted Fri, 2009/10/02 - 20:12 by Ray Borradale

Is due diligence something difficult? Should it be done by someone else?

Consider the words of franchise attorney Rupert Barkoff in the New York Law Journal on Sep 24:

Increased Australian Franchise Disputes and Collapses Likely

Posted Sat, 2009/03/07 - 21:20 by Ray Borradale
Troubling Times
A day of reckoning for Australian franchising?