AAFD Endorses The Franchise Buyers Manual
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 21, 2012The American Association of Franchisees and Dealers Endorses The Franchise Buyers Manualread more
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Franchise Groups Advocate Creating Franchisee Associations
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — On Thursday the American Association of Franchisees and Dealers sent an email to franchisees encouraging them to "achieve a win-win relationship with their franchisors" by forming...
View ArticleAAFD Fair Franchising Standards Published on Kindle Marketplace
SAN DIEGO, CA (July 30, 2012) – The American Association of Franchisees and Dealers (AAFD) is pleased to announce that the read more
View ArticleFour To Recruit Before Buying a Franchise
Buying a franchise will be one of the largest (if not the largest) investments you will ever make. With so much money on the line, I’m surprised at just how many prospective franchisees I meet who try...
View Article6 Ways to Approach a Franchise Investment So You Don't Buy a Lemon
Sure, a franchise company might have a great sales pitch filled with big promises, but even though a franchise might sound like a Lamborghini what you could really end up with is a lemon. Do your due...
View ArticleOhio Passes Law to Protect Franchisees
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio has passed a law that goes beyond many other states in its attempt to curb abusive franchising practices. The revised Ohio Business Opportunity Law protects the state's...
View ArticleFranchisee Advocate to Testify Before the California Senate Judiciary Committee
The AAFD has signed on as Co-Sponsor of California Senate Bill SB610, fair franchising legislation pending in the California legislature.read more
View ArticleCalifornia State Senators Hear Franchise Owners Speak on Need for Good Faith...
SACRAMENTO — California state senators listened to franchise owners and associations ask for passage of Senate Bill 610 yesterday. Authored by Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson [D-Santa Barbara], the bill...
View ArticleFranchising Myth One: Franchises Are Safe Investments
Perhaps the most common and pervasive franchise myth is that franchising per se is a safe investment. Fed by a steady diet of industry hyperbole, the conventional wisdom that feeds this myth contends...
View ArticleFranchising Myth Two: In Business for Yourself but Not by Yourself
Many prospective franchise owners are attracted to the concept of buying a franchise because they believe it combines the freedom of owning a business with the safety of a benevolent guiding hand....
View ArticleFranchising Myth Three: Franchisees Own Their Franchised Business
Many franchisees consider themselves to be business owners. A franchisee might hire and manage employees, sign the lease on a store or restaurant, handle customers, keep the books and take home profits...
View ArticleAre Franchisees Well Informed? Revisiting Franchise Relationship Laws
Are franchise owners really well informed? Law professors Robert Emerson and Uri Benoliel say no and that there is a powerful case for the need to protect franchise owners from franchisor...
View ArticleFranchising Myth Four: The Typical Franchisee Gains a Valuable Brand Asset
Let's play a little game. Review Blue MauMau's alphabetized directory of franchises. HERE is the link. Take a few minutes to browse and then ask yourself how many companies you recognize. When you're...
View ArticleNFIB Announces Support of California’s Fair Franchising Bill
SACRAMENTO—The National Federation of Independent Business announced on Friday that it is supporting California's Senate Bill 610, a fair franchising amendment to California's existing Franchise...
View ArticleFranchising Myth Six: Many Franchises Means Critical Mass of Market Penetration
Too many prospective franchise buyers I know assume that a franchise is successful because it is “big enough” to sell franchises or because it already has hundreds of franchises in operation.read more
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