Mandatory Purchasing in a Franchise: What to Check Before You Buy
How to assess suppliers, purchase prices and minimum orders so that mandatory purchasing does not become a hidden burden on your business.
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Checking a Franchisor: Who Signs the Agreement and Receives Your Money?
How to check a franchisor’s legal identity, the signatory’s authority and the payment recipient before entering into an agreement with the wrong party.
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Franchise Payback: How to Check the Financial Model
How to check a franchise payback calculation, spot missing costs and distinguish profit on paper from cash available to the owner.
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Working Capital for a Franchise: How Much Cash to Set Aside
How to calculate the cash buffer you need for a franchise’s first few months and check whether your funds will last until cash flow stabilises.
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Franchise Trade Marks: What to Check Before You Buy
How to check a brand’s protection in Russia, the goods and services covered and the trade mark’s expiry date, so you do not buy rights that are unsuitable for your outlet.
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Exiting a Franchise: What to Agree Before You Buy
How to agree termination terms, final payments and brand removal in advance, so closing your outlet does not leave you with open-ended costs.
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Trade Marks for Franchises: What to Check Before You Start Selling
How to check a trade mark’s owner, protection period and scope of services before offering prospective partners a franchise of your business in Russia.
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The Franchise Operations Manual: How to Document Processes
How to turn experience from an existing outlet into clear instructions for franchisees: process structure, exceptions and practical testing.
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Piloting a franchise: how to test the model before selling to partners
How to run a franchise pilot: choose a site, assess the true costs and set criteria for moving on to franchise sales.
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Franchise Disclosure: What to Tell Prospective Franchisees
What to disclose to prospective franchisees before signing an agreement, and how to distinguish verified business results from forecasts.
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Franchise negotiations: how to record what has been agreed
How business owners can agree franchise terms without contradictions between presentations, correspondence and the contract.
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Franchisee licences and permits: what franchisors need to prepare
A franchisor’s business licence does not transfer to its franchisees. How to allocate responsibilities and check regulatory approvals before a partner’s outlet opens in Russia.
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Drinkit plans to reach 500 coffee shops by the end of 2027
Drinkit has signed 470 franchise agreements for Russia and aims to expand its network to 500 coffee shops by the end of 2027.
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Pyaterochka to explain reverse franchising at Moscow event on 11 November
The Moscow event will cover store management, site selection and investment payback periods. Attendees will be offered calculations based on their own figures.
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Russian foodservice loan arrears reach 24.3 billion roubles: risks for franchisees
Overdue loans in Russia’s foodservice sector rose by 27% in a year. For prospective restaurant franchisees, this is a reason to revisit the figures before opening.
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