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MSA Worldwide’s response to the FTC’s Request for Information on franchise agreements & franchise business practices

MSA Worldwide

The Regulatory Landscape With its adoption of 16 CFR Part 436 (the Federal Trade Commission’s Franchise Rule), the Commission has played an integral and beneficial part in franchising by mandating that franchisors prepare and present to prospective franchisees a prescribed disclosure document (the Franchise Disclosure Document).

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5-YEAR ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL: What if Everything You Know About Franchising is Wrong?—Mike Andes

Big Sky Franchise Team

You will have a franchise advisory council set up. That’s definitely the most top of mind win. And so, for me, I want to make sure that if I got hit by a bus tomorrow, that no one could undo the culture that we wanted to have and, from the onset, of putting the owners first.