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to go into business?
Retailing
It is selling
goods directly
to consumers.
Types of Retailing
1. Store-based retailing-Store
retailing can take the
form of an over the
counter service or a
self service store, a
big department store,
or a small kiosk
offering a variety of
goods.
Supermarket
A large self service
store that carries a
wide variety of
household, and
laundry products.
Convenience Store
A retail store that is
located near a
residential area that
is usually open 24
hours a day, 7 days
a week.
Department Store
A retail store that
carries wide variety of
product lines, usually
clothing, shoes,
accessories, and
home furnishing
Specialty Store
A retail store
that specialize
on a certain
product line.
Shoes and Bags
Skin Care
Clothing
2. Online Retailing-
Retailers connect to
individual consumers
through the internet.This
makes shopping easier for
consumers by allowing them
to order products hassle-
free through the
computer.
3. Nonstore retailing
Call it a
revolutionary way
of retailing, it keeps
up with the
competition by a
wider base.
Catalog and direct mail retailing
franchises often
salls products
with regional,
national or even
global
recognition.
2.Training
Franchisors
generally
provide training
to new
franchisees.
3.Volume -
Purchasing power
Franchisors buy parts,
raw material, or
ingredients in bulk, and
therefore can negotiate
far better deals with
suppliers than an
independent small
business owner can.
4.Advertising
Many franchisors
provide a constant
national or
regional
advertising
5.A proven business model
Many franchisors have
succeed for one major
reason: their business
model work. Moreover,
one’s franchisor probably
has encountered and
overcome the most of the
problems one will face
6.Accounting and budgeting
system
When one buys a
franchise, he or she adopts
the accounting and
budgeting system of the
franchisor, which eliminates
the complicated task of
devising and implementing
one’s own.
7. Other help in running
one’s business
Franchisors want
one’s to succeed:
success translates
to higher royalties
for them.
Disadvantages of Franchising
1.Franchises can be very
expensive
Franchise fees,
especially the big names,
could amount to millions.
In addition, franchisors
demand on going royalties
regardless of whether his
or her business makes
profit
Disadvantages of
Franchising
2.Franchisors may require the franchisee
to follow their operations manual to the
letter – This rigidity ensures consistency
among a firm’s franchises, but it may
curtail a franchisee’s independence and
creativity, which might frustrate him/her
if he/she has gone into business to be
his/her own boss.
Disadvantages of
Franchising
3.Buying a franchise is like marrying someone
you have not known for very long – What if
one’s new partner become cold and distant or
controlling? The fact is franchisees enter a
legally binding, a long term relationship: the
average length of initial franchise is 10.6 years,
according to the International Franchise
Association (although the terms significally
between industries
Disadvantages of
Franchising
4. The relative security offered by
franchises may be exaggerated- one
study showed that during a four year
period, franchises were almost twice
likely to go out of business as
independent small business that had
been purchased by their own owners.
Questions to ask
before buying a
Franchise
When one buys a franchise, he or she is putting
big money on the line and his/her success does
not entirely depend on him/her. The quality of
the company that stands behind one’s franchise
also matters a great deal. Thus, it is important
to find out as much as one can about the
parent company before one lays his/her money
down
Here are 10 questions to ask:
Questions to ask before
buying a franchise
1.What type of franchise is it? – Most franchises
are “package franchises” businesses such as fast
foods restaurants, muffler shops, or hotels that
come complete with a business model laid out by
the parent company. That model covers
everything from financial controls to hiring
guidelines. “Product franchises” include businesses
such as car dealership and gas staition that exist
mainly to distribute the parent company’s
goods. Owners of product franchises have more
control over the way they run their businesses
Questions to ask before
buying a franchise