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Re:The realities of 'owning' a Japanese convenience store by mbreese on Tuesday May 28, 2019 @10:04AM (#20030089)
And in a market where the parent company doesn’t protect area rights, your competition can be other stores of the same franchise. Something about that seems wrong.
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Re:The realities of 'owning' a Japanese convenience store by brazzy on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @05:49AM (#20038319)
Depending on how the franchise contract is structured, the parent company may profit from every store, no matter how little profit that store itself makes, because of things like having to buy supplies and equipment from the parent company at inflated prices.
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