ASSIGNMENT IN BUSINESS FRANCHISING Top International Franchises Top National Franchises Submitted by: GERARD ANDREI B. DEINLA BSBA MARKETING MANAGEMENT Submitted to: DR. EDITH S. BUNUAN PROFESSOR IN BUSINESS FRANCHISING Top 10 International Franchises of 2014 The results of Entrepreneur ’s 35th annual Franchise 500 confirm that franchising continues to rebound‚ with these top 10 franchises leading the way. Here we highlight their success strategies and plans
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Porter analysis of Zara Zara fashion chain‚ with 546 stores in 30 countries today from which 340 are outside Spain- and 2914‚3 millions of total sales in 2002‚ is undoubtedly the group’s locomotive (Inditex‚ 2003). In 2002 it represented 33% of the group’s total stores‚ accounted for 72% of the group’s total sales and contributed to the holding’s total profits for 540.4 millions (Inditex FY2002 Results Presentation‚ 2003). Moreover‚ Zara with 75-90 new stores within 2003 takes the lion’s share
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setting up a franchise. Evaluate the success of franchises in Australia (refer to examples). There are significant differences between establishing a new business and setting up a franchise. Starting a business from scratch often takes a long time and a large amount of capital to accomplish‚ but the rewards can be substantial. A franchise is a business that is licensed to trade under a recognised brand name for payment of a fee (e.g. McDonalds‚ 7-11‚ etc). A franchisee purchases the franchise from the
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U.S. Sports Franchise BUSN-115 Sept. 16th‚ 2014 Introduction Today‚ sports play an important role in the culture of the United States. The local cultures like social systems‚ religion‚ manners and traditional practices‚ values and attitudes‚ language‚ and personal interaction are considered as the important factors when expanding the sports franchise across the borders. The U.S. sports franchises must provide good quality products and services in order to gain popularity in international
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Summary of Reacquired Franchise Rights It has come to our attention that much of Roman Holiday’s recent revenue growth came from acquisition of franchise right and existing restaurants rather than real growth in the franchise. Management is aware of these issues and may be feeling some pressure to meet growth targets and earnings forecasts. In the following working papers‚ we address this potential issue by reviewing the various accounting treatments for the reacquired franchise rights. We also examine
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THE 7 QC TOOLS 1 Introduction The 7 QC Tools are simple statistical tools used for problem solving. These tools were either developed in Japan or introduced to Japan by the Quality Gurus such as Deming and Juran. In terms of importance‚ these are the most useful. Kaoru Ishikawa has stated that these 7 tools can be used to solve 95 percent of all problems. These tools have been the foundation of Japan’s astomishing industrial resurgence after the second world war. The following are the
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Case Study # 1 – Zara / Due 10/13 – 10 pts / Professor Conrad Zara is one of the world’s largest and fastest growing apparel retailers‚ owing to a unique blend of business practices and an internal culture that many might say run “counter-intuitive” to those of competing U.S. retailers. More recently‚ however‚ industry analysts have started to suggest that the “fast fashion” business model that has made Zara so successful over the past decade has run its course and the very notion of disposable
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entrepreneur" These are the words of Don Wright‚ a McDonalds franchise owner of about twelve locations. Don and his wife‚ Paula‚ certainly risked it all when they both quit their plush jobs to become self-sufficient business owners. Their first venture was a complete disaster. Their second venture certainly was no cakewalk either. But Don and Paula Wright fought through the adversity and have become one of the most successful McDonalds franchise owners to date. I genuinely enjoyed Don and Paula’s
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Faced by Zara in the United States In the United States‚ fast fashion accounts for only 1% of the $181 billion U.S. apparel market‚ compared to 10% in the EU1. Although they are running 1000 retail stores efficiently‚ only 44 of them are located within the U.S.2. Zara has emerged as a global fast fashion leader as they are able to get up to the instant trends on their shelves within 2 weeks compared to their competition’s 6 weeks to 4 months‚ while still operating on a low-cost model.3 However
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Case 2: Zara 1. What are the essential elements of Zara’s business model? The business idea of Zara is to link customer demand to manufacturing‚ and to link manufacturing to distribution. And based on this general idea‚ Zara has several essential elements for its business model. First‚ speed and decision making‚ which means that in the external level‚ Zara need to respond very quickly to demands of target customers‚ and always keep in style. While for the inside‚ Zara treasure intelligence
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